The analysis of multigrid algorithms for nonsymmetric and indefinite elliptic problems

Bramble, James H.; Pasciak, Joseph E.; Xu, Jinchao

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1988-0930228-6

The analysis of multigrid algorithms for nonsymmetric and indefinite elliptic problems
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Math. Comp. 51 (1988), 389-414 Request permission

Abstract:

We prove some new estimates for the convergence of multigrid algorithms applied to nonsymmetric and indefinite elliptic boundary value problems. We provide results for the so-called ’symmetric’ multigrid schemes. We show that for the variable $\mathcal {V}$-cycle and the $\mathcal {W}$-cycle schemes, multigrid algorithms with any amount of smoothing on the finest grid converge at a rate that is independent of the number of levels or unknowns, provided that the initial grid is sufficiently fine. We show that the $\mathcal {V}$-cycle algorithm also converges (under appropriate assumptions on the coarsest grid) but at a rate which may deteriorate as the number of levels increases. This deterioration for the $\mathcal {V}$-cycle may occur even in the case of full elliptic regularity. Finally, the results of numerical experiments are given which illustrate the convergence behavior suggested by the theory.

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