Uniform convergence of multigrid V-cycle on adaptively refined finite element meshes for second order elliptic problems (Q867786)

Multigrid methods are not optimal if the smoothing operation is performed on the whole domain although local refinements occur only on a part of it. Therefore convergence proofs via space decomposition methods have been developed in the 90's, although they are more technical than proofs with a separation of smoothing and approximation properties. Here the theory with space decompositions is elaborated and numerical examples are presented.