An Ultra-Weak Space-Time Variational Formulation for the Schr\"odinger Equation

arXiv2212.14398MaRDI QIDQ6422005FDOQ6422005

Publication date: 29 December 2022

Abstract: We present a well-posed ultra-weak space-time variational formulation for the time-dependent version of the linear Schr"odinger equation with an instationary Hamiltonian. We prove optimal inf-sup stability and introduce a space-time Petrov-Galerkin discretization with optimal discrete inf-sup stability. We show norm-preservation of the ultra-weak formulation. The inf-sup optimal Petrov-Galerkin discretization is shown to be asymptotically norm-preserving, where the deviation is shown to be in the order of the discretization. In addition, we introduce a Galerkin discretization, which has suboptimal inf-sup stability but exact norm-preservation. Numerical experiments underline the performance of the ultra-weak space-time variational formulation, especially for non-smooth initial data.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60)

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