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A posteriori error estimates with point sources in fractional Sobolev spaces

Numerical Analysis 2015-07-30 v1

Abstract

We consider Poisson's equation with a finite number of weighted Dirac masses as a source term, together with its discretization by means of conforming finite elements. For the error in fractional Sobolev spaces, we propose residual-type a posteriori estimators with a specifically tailored oscillation and show that, on two-dimensional polygonal domains, they are reliable and locally efficient. In numerical tests, their use in an adaptive algorithm leads to optimal error decay rates.

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@article{arxiv.1507.08247,
  title  = {A posteriori error estimates with point sources in fractional Sobolev spaces},
  author = {Fernando D. Gaspoz and Pedro Morin and Andreas Veeser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.08247},
  year   = {2015}
}