Mathematics – Numerical Analysis
Scientific paper
2011-04-14
Mathematics
Numerical Analysis
17 pages, research results
Scientific paper
In this paper, authors shall introduce a finite element method by using a weakly defined gradient operator over discontinuous functions with heterogeneous properties. The use of weak gradients and their approximations results in a new concept called {\em discrete weak gradients} which is expected to play important roles in numerical methods for partial differential equations. This article intends to provide a general framework for operating differential operators on functions with heterogeneous properties. As a demonstrative example, the discrete weak gradient operator is employed as a building block to approximate the solution of a model second order elliptic problem, in which the classical gradient operator is replaced by the discrete weak gradient. The resulting numerical approximation is called a weak Galerkin (WG) finite element solution. It can be seen that the weak Galerkin method allows the use of totally discontinuous functions in the finite element procedure. For the second order elliptic problem, an optimal order error estimate in both a discrete $H^1$ and $L^2$ norms are established for the corresponding weak Galerkin finite element solutions. A superconvergence is also observed for the weak Galerkin approximation.
Wang Jun-ping
Ye Xiu
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