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Convergence of the multilevel Full Approximation Scheme including theV-cycle

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The multilevel Full Approximation Scheme (FAS ML) is a well-known solver for nonlinear boundary value problems. In this paper we prove local quantitative convergence statements for a class of FAS ML algorithms in a general Hilbertspace setting. This setting clearly exhibits the structure of FAS ML. We prove local convergence of a nested iteration for a rather concrete class of FAS ML algorithms in whichV-cycles and only one Jacobilike pre- and post-smoothing on each level are used.

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Reusken, A. Convergence of the multilevel Full Approximation Scheme including theV-cycle. Numer. Math. 53, 663–686 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01397135

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