Convergence of a substructuring method with Lagrange multipliers (Q1923299)

The convergence of a substructuring iterative method with Lagrange multipliers is analyzed. This method was recently proposed by \textit{C. Farhat} and \textit{F.-X. Roux} [Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 32, No. 6, 1205-1227 (1991; Zbl 0758.65075)]. The method decomposes finite element discretization of an elliptic boundary value problem into Neumann problems on the subdomains plus a coarse problem for the subdomain nullspace components. For linear conforming elements and preconditioning by the Dirichlet problems on the subdomains, an asymptotic bound on the condition number is derived.