Mathematics – Numerical Analysis
Scientific paper
2012-02-08
Mathematics
Numerical Analysis
24 pages
Scientific paper
Arnold, Falk, and Winther [Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 281--354] recently showed that mixed variational problems, and their numerical approximation by mixed methods, could be most completely understood using the ideas and tools of Hilbert complexes. This led to the development of the Finite Element Exterior Calculus (FEEC) for a large class of linear elliptic problems. More recently, Holst and Stern [arXiv:1005.4455,arXiv:1010.6127] extended the FEEC framework to semi-linear problems, and to problems containing variational crimes, allowing for the analysis and numerical approximation of linear and nonlinear geometric elliptic partial differential equations on Riemannian manifolds of arbitrary spatial dimension, generalizing surface finite element approximation theory. In this article, we develop another distinct extension to the FEEC, namely to parabolic and hyperbolic evolution systems, allowing for the treatment of geometric and other evolution problems. Our approach is to combine the recent work on the FEEC for elliptic problems with a classical approach to solving evolution problems via semi-discrete finite element methods, by viewing solutions to the evolution problem as lying in time-parameterized Hilbert spaces (or Bochner spaces). Building on classical approaches by Thomee for parabolic problems and Geveci for hyperbolic problems, we establish a priori error estimates for Galerkin FEM approximation in the natural Bochner space norms. In particular, we recover the results of Thomee and Geveci for two-dimensional domains and the lowest-order mixed method as a special case, effectively extending their results to arbitrary spatial dimension and to an entire family of mixed methods. We also show how the Holst and Stern framework allows for extensions of these results to certain semi-linear evolution problems.
Gillette Andrew
Holst Michael
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