An Error Analysis of Conservative Space-Time Mesh Refinement Methods for the One-Dimensional Wave Equation (Q5700296)

The model problem reads: \[ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+&\frac{\partial v}{\partial x}=0,\\ u(x,0)=&u_{0}(x), \end{aligned} \] \text{using} \[ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial v}{\partial t}+&\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=0\\ v(x,0)=&v_{0}(x), \end{aligned} \] \(x\in \mathbb{R}, \quad t>0.\) The authors study two space mesh refinement methods as the one introduced by \textit{F. Collino, T. Fouquet}, and \textit{P. Joly} [Numer. Math, 95, No.~2, 197--221 (2003; Zbl 1048.65089)]. The stability of such methods is guaranteed by a construction through the conservation of a discrete energy. The authors prove the \(L^{2}\) convergence of the method and provide optimal error estimates and several numerical results.