A medius error analysis for nonconforming virtual element methods for Poisson and biharmonic equations (Q2222174)

In this paper, a medius error analysis is developed for several nonconforming virtual element methods (VEMs) for the Poisson equation and the biharmonic equation in two dimensions, which is missing in the literature. The inverse inequalities and norm equivalence are derived for some conforming VEMs under the geometric assumptions. Using these results, medius error estimates are obtained for some nonconforming VEMs. The error estimates are optimal up to the regularity of the weak solution. It was also shown that the nonconforming VEMs are convergent even if the exact solution only belongs to the admissible space while the right-hand side has some additional regularity.