Mathematics – Numerical Analysis
Scientific paper
2007-12-07
Mathematics
Numerical Analysis
31 pages and 8 figures
Scientific paper
This paper studies mixed finite element approximations of the viscosity solution to the Dirichlet problem for the fully nonlinear Monge-Amp\`ere equation $\det(D^2u^0)=f$ based on the vanishing moment method which was proposed recently by the authors in \cite{Feng2}. In this approach, the second order fully nonlinear Monge-Amp\`ere equation is approximated by the fourth order quasilinear equation $-\epsilon\Delta^2 u^\epsilon + \det{D^2u^\epsilon} =f$. It was proved in \cite{Feng1} that the solution $u^\epsilon$ converges to the unique convex viscosity solution $u^0$ of the Dirichlet problem for the Monge-Amp\`ere equation. This result then opens a door for constructing convergent finite element methods for the fully nonlinear second order equations, a task which has been impracticable before. The goal of this paper is threefold. First, we develop a family of Hermann-Miyoshi type mixed finite element methods for approximating the solution $u^\epsilon$ of the regularized fourth order problem, which computes simultaneously $u^\vepsi$ and the moment tensor $\sigma^\vepsi:=D^2u^\epsilon$. Second, we derive error estimates, which track explicitly the dependence of the error constants on the parameter $\vepsi$, for the errors $u^\epsilon-u^\epsilon_h$ and $\sigma^\vepsi-\sigma_h^\vepsi$. Finally, we present a detailed numerical study on the rates of convergence in terms of powers of $\vepsi$ for the error $u^0-u_h^\vepsi$ and $\sigma^\vepsi-\sigma_h^\vepsi$, and numerically examine what is the "best" mesh size $h$ in relation to $\vepsi$ in order to achieve these rates.
Feng Xiaobing
Neilan Michael
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