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TWO-SCALE PRODUCT APPROXIMATION FOR SEMILINEAR PARABOLIC PROBLEMS IN MIXED METHODS

  • Kim, Dongho;Park, Eun-Jae;Seo, Boyoon
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.267-288
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    • 2014
  • We propose and analyze two-scale product approximation for semilinear heat equations in the mixed finite element method. In order to efficiently resolve nonlinear algebraic equations resulting from the mixed method for semilinear parabolic problems, we treat the nonlinear terms using some interpolation operator and exploit a two-scale grid algorithm. With this scheme, the nonlinear problem is reduced to a linear problem on a fine scale mesh without losing overall accuracy of the final system. We derive optimal order $L^{\infty}((0, T];L^2({\Omega}))$-error estimates for the relevant variables. Numerical results are presented to support the theory developed in this paper.

HIGHER ORDER DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR NONLINEAR PARABOLIC PROBLEMS

  • Ohm, Mi Ray;Lee, Hyun Young;Shin, Jun Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.337-350
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we consider discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods with interior penalty term to approximate the solution of nonlinear parabolic problems with mixed boundary conditions. We construct the finite element spaces of the piecewise polynomials on which we define fully discrete discontinuous Galerkin approximations using the Crank-Nicolson method. To analyze the error estimates, we construct an appropriate projection which allows us to obtain the optimal order of a priori ${\ell}^{\infty}(L^2)$ error estimates of discontinuous Galerkin approximations in both spatial and temporal directions.

An Application of Time Discontinuous Finite Element Method for Heat Conduction Problems (열전도 방정식의 시간 불연속 유한요소법 적용)

  • Kim, Chi-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2008
  • A finite element method which is discontinuous in time is developed for the solution of the classical parabolic model of heat conduction problems. The approximations are continuous with respect to the space variables for each fixed time, but they admit discontinuities with respect to the time variable at each time step. The method is superior to other well-known approaches to these problems in that it allows a wider range of moving boundary value problems to be dealt with, such as are encountered in complex engineering operations like ground freezing. The method is applied to one-dimensional and two-dimensional heat conduction problems in this paper, although it could be extended to more higher dimensional problems. Several example problems are discussed and illustrated, and comparisons are made with analytical approaches where these can also be used.

A PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATES AND SUPERCONVERGENCE PROPERTY OF VARIATIONAL DISCRETIZATION FOR NONLINEAR PARABOLIC OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS

  • Tang, Yuelong;Hua, Yuchun
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.31 no.3_4
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    • pp.479-490
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we investigate a priori error estimates and superconvergence of varitional discretization for nonlinear parabolic optimal control problems with control constraints. The time discretization is based on the backward Euler method. The state and the adjoint state are approximated by piecewise linear functions and the control is not directly discretized. We derive a priori error estimates for the control and superconvergence between the numerical solution and elliptic projection for the state and the adjoint state and present a numerical example for illustrating our theoretical results.

ANALYSIS OF THE VLASOV-POISSON EQUATION BY USING A VISCOSITY TERM

  • Choi, Boo-Yong;Kang, Sun-Bu;Lee, Moon-Shik
    • Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.501-516
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    • 2013
  • The well-known Vlasov-Poisson equation describes plasma physics as nonlinear first-order partial differential equations. Because of the nonlinear condition from the self consistency of the Vlasov-Poisson equation, many problems occur: the existence, the numerical solution, the convergence of the numerical solution, and so on. To solve the problems, a viscosity term (a second-order partial differential equation) is added. In a viscosity term, the Vlasov-Poisson equation changes into a parabolic equation like the Fokker-Planck equation. Therefore, the Schauder fixed point theorem and the classical results on parabolic equations can be used for analyzing the Vlasov-Poisson equation. The sequence and the convergence results are obtained from linearizing the Vlasove-Poisson equation by using a fixed point theorem and Gronwall's inequality. In numerical experiments, an implicit first-order scheme is used. The numerical results are tested using the changed viscosity terms.

APPROXIMATE CONTROLLABILITY FOR NONLINEAR FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

  • Jeong, Jin-Mun;Rho, Hyun-Hee
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.30 no.1_2
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    • pp.173-181
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we study the control problems governed by the semilinear parabolic type equation in Hilbert spaces. Under the Lipschitz continuity condition of the nonlinear term, we can obtain the sufficient conditions for the approximate controllability of nonlinear functional equations with nonlinear monotone hemicontinuous and coercive operator. The existence, uniqueness and a variation of solutions of the system are also given.