Discontinuous Galerkin method for hyperbolic equations involving \(\delta \)-singularities: negative-order norm error estimates and applications (Q2391809)

The authors use the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method to solve hyperbolic conservation laws involving \(\delta\)-singularities. Negative-order norm error estimates for the accuracy of DG approximations to linear hyperbolic conservation laws with singular initial data or singular source terms are investigated. They also obtain error estimates in the \(L^2\)-norm after post-processing in one space dimension. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the rates of convergence obtained by them are optimal. Numerical examples including an acoustic equation and nonlinear rendezvous algorithms are given to demonstrate the good performance of DG methods for solving hyperbolic equations involving \(\delta\)-singularities. In future work they will apply the DG method to more nonlinear hyperbolic equations involving \(\delta\)-singularities.