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Nitsche's method for the stationary Boussinesq system under mixed and nonlinear boundary conditions

Numerical Analysis 2026-04-09 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this paper we analyze Nitsche's method for the stationary Boussinesq system with Navier's slip and a nonlinear boundary condition. Our analysis of the formulation establishes the robustness of a finite elements scheme in arbitrarily complex boundaries. The well-posedness of the discrete problem is established using fixed-point theorems under a standard smallness assumption on the data. We also provide optimal convergence rates for the approximation error. Furthermore, the efficiency and reliability of residual-based a posteriori error estimators are established. We validate our theory through several numerical tests.

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@article{arxiv.2604.06560,
  title  = {Nitsche's method for the stationary Boussinesq system under mixed and nonlinear boundary conditions},
  author = {Aparna Bansal and Nicolás A. Barnafi and Gianmarco Sperone and Dwijendra N. Pandey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.06560},
  year   = {2026}
}