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Volume 17, Issue 2
An Explicit Superconvergent Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for the Heat Equation

Fuzheng Gao & Shangyou Zhang

Adv. Appl. Math. Mech., 17 (2025), pp. 538-553.

Published online: 2024-12

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An explicit two-order superconvergent weak Galerkin finite element method is designed and analyzed for the heat equation on triangular and tetrahedral grids. For two-order superconvergent $P_k$ weak Galerkin finite elements, the auxiliary inter-element functions must be $P_{k+1}$ polynomials. In order to achieve the superconvergence, the usual $H^1$-stabilizer must be also eliminated. For time-explicit weak Galerkin method, a time-stabilizer is added, on which the time-derivative of the auxiliary variables can be defined. But for the two-order superconvergent weak Galerkin finite elements, the time-stabilizer must be very weak, an $H^{−2}$-like inner-product instead of an $L^2$-like inner-product. We show the two-order superconvergence for both semi-discrete and fully-discrete schemes. Numerical examples are provided.

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65N15, 65N30

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@Article{AAMM-17-538, author = {Gao , Fuzheng and Zhang , Shangyou}, title = {An Explicit Superconvergent Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for the Heat Equation}, journal = {Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics}, year = {2024}, volume = {17}, number = {2}, pages = {538--553}, abstract = {

An explicit two-order superconvergent weak Galerkin finite element method is designed and analyzed for the heat equation on triangular and tetrahedral grids. For two-order superconvergent $P_k$ weak Galerkin finite elements, the auxiliary inter-element functions must be $P_{k+1}$ polynomials. In order to achieve the superconvergence, the usual $H^1$-stabilizer must be also eliminated. For time-explicit weak Galerkin method, a time-stabilizer is added, on which the time-derivative of the auxiliary variables can be defined. But for the two-order superconvergent weak Galerkin finite elements, the time-stabilizer must be very weak, an $H^{−2}$-like inner-product instead of an $L^2$-like inner-product. We show the two-order superconvergence for both semi-discrete and fully-discrete schemes. Numerical examples are provided.

}, issn = {2075-1354}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2023-0290}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/23733.html} }
TY - JOUR T1 - An Explicit Superconvergent Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for the Heat Equation AU - Gao , Fuzheng AU - Zhang , Shangyou JO - Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics VL - 2 SP - 538 EP - 553 PY - 2024 DA - 2024/12 SN - 17 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2023-0290 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/23733.html KW - Parabolic equations, finite element, weak Galerkin method, polytopal mesh. AB -

An explicit two-order superconvergent weak Galerkin finite element method is designed and analyzed for the heat equation on triangular and tetrahedral grids. For two-order superconvergent $P_k$ weak Galerkin finite elements, the auxiliary inter-element functions must be $P_{k+1}$ polynomials. In order to achieve the superconvergence, the usual $H^1$-stabilizer must be also eliminated. For time-explicit weak Galerkin method, a time-stabilizer is added, on which the time-derivative of the auxiliary variables can be defined. But for the two-order superconvergent weak Galerkin finite elements, the time-stabilizer must be very weak, an $H^{−2}$-like inner-product instead of an $L^2$-like inner-product. We show the two-order superconvergence for both semi-discrete and fully-discrete schemes. Numerical examples are provided.

Gao , Fuzheng and Zhang , Shangyou. (2024). An Explicit Superconvergent Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for the Heat Equation. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. 17 (2). 538-553. doi:10.4208/aamm.OA-2023-0290
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