H-matrix approximability of the inverses of FEM matrices

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Abstract: We study the question of approximability for the inverse of the FEM stiffness matrix for (scalar) second order elliptic boundary value problems by blockwise low rank matrices such as those given by the H-matrix format. We show that exponential convergence in the local block rank can be achieved. We also show that exponentially accurate LU-decompositions in the H-matrix format are possible for the stiffness matrices arising in the FEM. Unlike prior works, our analysis avoids any coupling of the block rank r and the mesh width h and also covers mixed Dirichlet-Neumann-Robin boundary conditions.


This paper deals with the stiffness matrix by the finite element method (FEM) for scalar second-order elliptic boundary value problems. The authors show the existence of an \({\mathcal H}\)-matrix approximation to the inverse FEM stiffness matrix with arbitrary accuracy, whereas previous results achieve accuracy up to the finite element error. Numerical examples in two and three dimensions to confirm the theoretical estimates are presented.



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