Piecewise polynomial interpolation in Muckenhoupt weighted Sobolev spaces and applications

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DOI10.1007/S00211-015-0709-6zbMATH Open1334.65030arXiv1402.1916OpenAlexW1983783864MaRDI QIDQ907050FDOQ907050

Ricardo H. Nochetto, Abner J. Salgado, Enrique Otárola

Publication date: 1 February 2016

Published in: Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a constructive piecewise polynomial approximation theory in weighted Sobolev spaces with Muckenhoupt weights for any polynomial degree. The main ingredients to derive optimal error estimates for an averaged Taylor polynomial are a suitable weighted Poincare inequality, a cancellation property and a simple induction argument. We also construct a quasi-interpolation operator, built on local averages over stars, which is well defined for functions in L1. We derive optimal error estimates for any polynomial degree on simplicial shape regular meshes. On rectangular meshes, these estimates are valid under the condition that neighboring elements have comparable size, which yields optimal anisotropic error estimates over n-rectangular domains. The interpolation theory extends to cases when the error and function regularity require different weights. We conclude with three applications: nonuniform elliptic boundary value problems, elliptic problems with singular sources, and fractional powers of elliptic operators.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.1916





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