The harmonic virtual element method: stabilization and exponential convergence for the Laplace problem on polygonal domains

DOI10.1093/IMANUM/DRY038zbMATH Open1496.65214arXiv1705.10049OpenAlexW2962890781WikidataQ115539005 ScholiaQ115539005MaRDI QIDQ5243256FDOQ5243256

Authors: Alexey Chernov, Lorenzo Mascotto 

Publication date: 18 November 2019

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

Abstract: We introduce the harmonic virtual element method (harmonic VEM), a modification of the virtual element method (VEM) for the approximation of the 2D Laplace equation using polygonal meshes. The main difference between the harmonic VEM and the VEM is that in the former method only boundary degrees of freedom are employed. Such degrees of freedom suffice for the construction of a proper energy projector on (piecewise harmonic) polynomial spaces. The harmonic VEM can also be regarded as an "$H^1$-conformisation" of the Trefftz discontinuous Galerkin-finite element method (TDG-FEM). We address the stabilization of the proposed method and develop an $hp$ version of harmonic VEM for the Laplace equation on polygonal domains. As in Trefftz DG-FEM, the asymptotic convergence rate of harmonic VEM is exponential and reaches order $mathcalO(exp(-bsqrt[2]N))$, where $N$ is the number of degrees of freedom. This result overperformes its counterparts in the framework of $hp$ FEM and $hp$ VEM, where the asymptotic rate of convergence is of order $mathcalO(exp(-bsqrt[3]N))$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.10049

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zbMATH Keywords

harmonic polynomialsLaplace equationvirtual element methodTrefftz methodspolygonal meshes\(hp\) Galerkin methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30)

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