Superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin methods for nonlinear delay differential equations with vanishing delay (Q1757376)

The authors focus on nonlinear delay differential equations (DDEs) of time-dependent vanishing delay. In particular, numerical solutions by discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are proposed which use quasi-graded meshes. Global convergence and superconvergence analysis is presented. Moreover, the superconvergence results are also extended to DDEs with state-dependent vanishing delay. Numerical examples are given to enlighten the presented theoretical results. Remarkably, the global convergence and local superconvergence at mesh points of the presented method are compared with those of the collocation method under quasi-graded meshes. It is noted that the superconvergence rate of DG solution at nodal points is 1 order higher than that of the collocation solution.