A spectral method for nonlinear elliptic equations

Abstract: Let

O m e g a

be an open, simply connected, and bounded region in

m a t h b b R^{d}

,

d g e q 2

, and assume its boundary

p a r t i a l O m e g a

is smooth. Consider solving an elliptic partial differential equation

L u = f

over

O m e g a

with zero Dirichlet boundary value. The function

f

is a nonlinear function of the solution

u

. The problem is converted to an equivalent elliptic problem over the open unit ball

m a t h b b B^{d}

in

m a t h b b R^{d}

, say

w i d e t i l d e L w i d e t i l d e u = w i d e t i l d e f

. Then a spectral Galerkin method is used to create a convergent sequence of multivariate polynomials

w i d e t i l d e u_{n}

of degree

l e q n

that is convergent to

w i d e t i l d e u

. The transformation from

O m e g a

to

m a t h b b B^{d}

requires a special analytical calculation for its implementation. With sufficiently smooth problem parameters, the method is shown to be rapidly convergent. For

u i n C^{i n f t y} l e f t (o v e r l i n e O m e g a i g h t)

and assuming

p a r t i a l O m e g a

is a

C^{i n f t y}

boundary, the convergence of

l e f t V e r t w i d e t i l d e u - w i d e t i l d e u_{n} i g h t V e r t_{H^{1} %}

to zero is faster than any power of

1 / n

. Numerical examples illustrate experimentally an exponential rate of convergence. A generalization to

- D e l t a u + g a m m a u = f

with a zero Neumann boundary condition is also presented.

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