Multigrid preconditioned conjugate-gradient solver for mixed finite-element method (Q2269063)

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    Multigrid preconditioned conjugate-gradient solver for mixed finite-element method
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5681681

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      Multigrid preconditioned conjugate-gradient solver for mixed finite-element method (English)
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      15 March 2010
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      The mixed finite-element approximation of a porous media flow by the lowest order Raviart-Thomas elements is transformed by elimination of the fluxes into a positive definite Schur complement system for the pressures, which is solved by conjugate gradients preconditioned by a multigrid method for related cell-centered finite differences. The matrix of the fluxes can be inverted cheaply for rectangular grids, but for distorted meshes, the elimination is done by inner iterations with incomplete Cholesky preconditioning.
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      mixed finite element method
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      Distorted grids
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      Darcy law
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      lowest order Raviart-Thomas element
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      porous media flow
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      Schur complement
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      conjugate gradients
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      multigrid method
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      cell-centered finite differences
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      incomplete Cholesky preconditioning
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