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Volume 15, Issue 2
Postprocessing-Based a Posteriori Error Estimation for Spectral Galerkin Approximations of Fourth-Order Boundary Value Problems

Zhe Li, Tao Sun & Lijun Yi

East Asian J. Appl. Math., 15 (2025), pp. 314-343.

Published online: 2025-01

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A postprocessing-based a posteriori error estimates for the spectral Galerkin approximation of one-dimensional fourth-order boundary value problems are developed. Our approach begins by introducing a novel postprocessing technique aimed at enhancing the accuracy of the spectral Galerkin approximation. We prove that this post-processing step improves the convergence rate in both $L^2$- and $H^2$-norm. Using post-processed superconvergence results, we construct several a posteriori error estimators and prove that they are asymptotically exact as the polynomial degree increases. We further extend the postprocessing technique and error estimators to more general one-dimensional even-order equations and to multidimensional fourth-order equations. The results of numerical experiments illustrate the efficiency of the error estimators.

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65N35, 65L10, 41A10

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@Article{EAJAM-15-314, author = {Li , ZheSun , Tao and Yi , Lijun}, title = {Postprocessing-Based a Posteriori Error Estimation for Spectral Galerkin Approximations of Fourth-Order Boundary Value Problems}, journal = {East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics}, year = {2025}, volume = {15}, number = {2}, pages = {314--343}, abstract = {

A postprocessing-based a posteriori error estimates for the spectral Galerkin approximation of one-dimensional fourth-order boundary value problems are developed. Our approach begins by introducing a novel postprocessing technique aimed at enhancing the accuracy of the spectral Galerkin approximation. We prove that this post-processing step improves the convergence rate in both $L^2$- and $H^2$-norm. Using post-processed superconvergence results, we construct several a posteriori error estimators and prove that they are asymptotically exact as the polynomial degree increases. We further extend the postprocessing technique and error estimators to more general one-dimensional even-order equations and to multidimensional fourth-order equations. The results of numerical experiments illustrate the efficiency of the error estimators.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Postprocessing-Based a Posteriori Error Estimation for Spectral Galerkin Approximations of Fourth-Order Boundary Value Problems AU - Li , Zhe AU - Sun , Tao AU - Yi , Lijun JO - East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics VL - 2 SP - 314 EP - 343 PY - 2025 DA - 2025/01 SN - 15 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/eajam.2023-268.120324 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/eajam/23752.html KW - Spectral Galerkin method, fourth-order boundary value problem, superconvergent post-processing, a posteriori error estimation. AB -

A postprocessing-based a posteriori error estimates for the spectral Galerkin approximation of one-dimensional fourth-order boundary value problems are developed. Our approach begins by introducing a novel postprocessing technique aimed at enhancing the accuracy of the spectral Galerkin approximation. We prove that this post-processing step improves the convergence rate in both $L^2$- and $H^2$-norm. Using post-processed superconvergence results, we construct several a posteriori error estimators and prove that they are asymptotically exact as the polynomial degree increases. We further extend the postprocessing technique and error estimators to more general one-dimensional even-order equations and to multidimensional fourth-order equations. The results of numerical experiments illustrate the efficiency of the error estimators.

Li , ZheSun , Tao and Yi , Lijun. (2025). Postprocessing-Based a Posteriori Error Estimation for Spectral Galerkin Approximations of Fourth-Order Boundary Value Problems. East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics. 15 (2). 314-343. doi:10.4208/eajam.2023-268.120324
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