Constructing both lower and upper bounds for the eigenvalues of elliptic operators by nonconforming finite element methods (Q495540)

The authors present a method of constructing nonconforming finite elements in which it is possible to get lower bounds for the eigenvalues of elliptic operators. A simple method to produce upper bounds of eigenvalues is presented. Conforming approximations of exact eigenfunctions by a projection average interpolation operator of nonconforming discrete eigenfunctions are constructed. The approximation property of the projection average interpolation operator is shown. The convergence of the Rayleigh quotients of the mentioned conforming approximations to the exact eigenvalues is proved. Thanks to a combining of lower and upper bounds of eigenvalues, high accuracy approximations of eigenvalues are obtained. Some numerical examples verifying the theoretical results are presented.