Superconvergence of fully discrete splitting positive definite mixed FEM for hyperbolic equations (Q2874171)

The superconvergence property of finite element methods (FEMs) for second-order hyperbolic equations has been studied by several authors (see, for example ([\textit{L. Liang} et al., Henan Sci 26, 757--760 (2008)]; [\textit{D. Shi} and \textit{Z. Li}, Appl. Math., Ser. B (Engl. Ed.) 23, No. 4, 455--462 (2008; Zbl 1199.65317)])). In this paper, the authors consider the superconvergence property between the splitting positive definite mixed element solution and the Raviart-Thomas projection of the exact solution of the second-order hyperbolic equation by using the splitting technique of \textit{J. Zhang} and \textit{D. Yang} [Numer. Methods Partial Differ. Equations 25, No. 3, 622--636 (2009; Zbl 1167.65058)] and \textit{D. Yang} [Numer. Methods Partial Differ. Equations 17, No. 3, 229-249 (2001; Zbl 1008.76044)]. Some numerical experiments justifying the theoretical results are also given.