On variational eigenvalue approximation of semidefinite operators

DOI10.1093/IMANUM/DRS002zbMATH Open1269.65121arXiv1005.2059OpenAlexW2127619791MaRDI QIDQ4907965FDOQ4907965

Snorre H. Christiansen, Ragnar Winther

Publication date: 27 February 2013

Published in: IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Eigenvalue problems for semidefinite operators with infinite dimensional kernels appear for instance in electromagnetics. Variational discretizations with edge elements have long been analyzed in terms of a discrete compactness property. As an alternative, we show here how the abstract theory can be developed in terms of a geometric property called the vanishing gap condition. This condition is shown to be equivalent to eigenvalue convergence and intermediate between two different discrete variants of Friedrichs estimates. Next we turn to a more practical means of checking these properties. We introduce a notion of compatible operator and show how the previous conditions are equivalent to the existence of such operators with various convergence properties. In particular the vanishing gap condition is shown to be equivalent to the existence of compatible operators satisfying an Aubin-Nitsche estimate. Finally we give examples demonstrating that the implications not shown to be equivalences, indeed are not.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.2059

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zbMATH Keywords

convergencesemidefinite operatorscompatible operatorFriedrichs estimatesinfinite-dimensional kernelsvanishing gap propertyvariational eigenvalue approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Numerical methods for eigenvalue problems for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N25)

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