Superconvergence recovery of cubic edge elements for Maxwell's equations (Q2226266)

A new recovery method of edge finite elements on cubic meshes is proposed for Maxwell's equations using the symmetry property to identify a symmetric subdomain. Applying this recovery method to Nédélec interpolation and edge finite element solution, the superconvergence of recovered functions is obtained. Combining with the extrapolation and the least square fitting for the linear edge elements and quadratic edge elements, respectively, the global superconvergence of recovered quantities is established by using Lagrange interpolation. Numerical experiments are provided on a model problem to check the performance of the proposed recovery methods and to validate the theoretical findings.