Superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin solutions for a nonlinear scalar hyperbolic problem (Q2384238)

The authors study the superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin solutions for a nonlinear hyperbolic problem. It is shown that the discontinuous Galerkin finite element solution is \(O(h^{p+2})\) superconvergent at the Radau points. It is also proved that locally the flux is \(O(h^{2p+2})\) superconvergent on average on the outflow boundary of the first inflow element. Similar superconvergence results are obtained in the presence of reaction terms. Furthermore, on sub-domains satisfying a certain condition the authors prove that the sum of the flux on the outflow boundary and the reaction term is \(O(h^{2p+1})\) superconvergent. Numerical results are also presented.