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A stabilized finite element method for inverse problems subject to the convection-diffusion equation. II: convection-dominated regime

Numerical Analysis 2022-02-22 v3 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We consider the numerical approximation of the ill-posed data assimilation problem for stationary convection-diffusion equations and extend our previous analysis in [Numer. Math. 144, 451--477, 2020] to the convection-dominated regime. Slightly adjusting the stabilized finite element method proposed for dominant diffusion, we draw upon a local error analysis to obtain quasi-optimal convergence along the characteristics of the convective field through the data set. The weight function multiplying the discrete solution is taken to be Lipschitz and a corresponding super approximation result (discrete commutator property) is proven. The effect of data perturbations is included in the analysis and we conclude the paper with some numerical experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2006.13201,
  title  = {A stabilized finite element method for inverse problems subject to the convection-diffusion equation. II: convection-dominated regime},
  author = {Erik Burman and Mihai Nechita and Lauri Oksanen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.13201},
  year   = {2022}
}

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25 pages, 16 figures; final published version