A posteriori error estimators for elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients (Q5961034)

This paper deals with the elliptic problem \(\nabla(k(x)\nabla u)= f\in L^2(\Omega)\), \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d\), \(d= 2,3\), where \(k\) is a piecewise constant and positive on polygonal (polyhedral) subdomains, and mixed boundary conditions are given. A posteriori error estimators for the mentioned problems are analyzed. The error estimators can be shown to be robust reliable and efficient for quasi-monotonically distributed coefficients. In the nonquasi-monotone case robustness can not be proven. Some numerical tests are presented.