Local and parallel finite element algorithms for the Stokes problem (Q929358)

Some local and parallel finite element algorithms for the Stokes problem are proposed and analyzed. In addition to the well-known ideas of multigrid algorithms, local properties of finite element solutions are used that are known from the study of pollution effects. Let \(D\subset\subset \Omega_0\subset \Omega\). The approximation properties in \(D\) depend less on the meshsize in \(\Omega\setminus \Omega_0\) than on the meshsize in \(\Omega_0\). This is helpful in the analyisis of local refinements or parallel iterations on subdomains.