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A hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method for Poisson-type problems with sign-changing coefficients

Numerical Analysis 2019-11-12 v2 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this paper, we present a hybridized discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for Poisson-type problems with sign-changing coefficients. We introduce a sign-changing stabilization parameter that results in a stable HDG method independent of domain geometry and the ratio of the negative and positive coefficients. Since the Poisson-type problem with sign-changing coefficients is not elliptic, standard techniques with a duality argument to analyze the HDG method cannot be applied. Hence, we present a novel error analysis exploiting the stabilized saddle-point problem structure of the HDG method. Numerical experiments in two dimensions and for varying polynomial degree verify our theoretical results.

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@article{arxiv.1911.01984,
  title  = {A hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method for Poisson-type problems with sign-changing coefficients},
  author = {Jeonghun J. Lee and Sander Rhebergen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01984},
  year   = {2019}
}
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