A practical algorithm to minimize the overall error in FEM computations

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Authors Jie Liu, Henk M. Schuttelaars, Matthias Möller

Publication date 5 February 2022

Abstract: Using the standard finite element method (FEM) to solve general partial differential equations, the round-off error is found to be proportional to $$, with $N$ the number of degrees of freedom (DoFs) and $$ a coefficient. A method which uses a few cheap numerical experiments is proposed to determine the coefficient of proportionality and $$ in various space dimensions and FEM packages. Using the coefficients obtained above, the strategy put forward in cite{liu386balancing} for predicting the highest achievable accuracy $E_{mmin}$ and the associated optimal number of DoFs $N_{mopt}$ for specific problems is extended to general problems. This strategy allows predicting $E_{mmin}$ accurately for general problems, with the CPU time for obtaining the solution with the highest accuracy $E_{mmin}$ typically reduced by 60%--90%.

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