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On an a posteriori error analysis of mixed finite element Galerkin approximations to a second order wave equation

Numerical Analysis 2017-01-10 v2

Abstract

In this article, a posteriori error analysis is developed for mixed finite element Galerkin approximations to a second order linear hyperbolic equation. Based on mixed elliptic reconstructions and an integration tool, which is a variation of Baker's technique introduced earlier by G. Baker ( SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 13 (1976), 564-576) in the context of a priori estimates for a second order wave equation, a posteriori error estimates of the displacement in L{\infty}(L2)-norm for the semidiscrete scheme are derived under minimal regularity. Finally, a first order implicit-in-time discrete scheme is analyzed and a posteriori error estimators are established.

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@article{arxiv.1504.01906,
  title  = {On an a posteriori error analysis of mixed finite element Galerkin approximations to a second order wave equation},
  author = {Samir Karaa and Amiya K. Pani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.01906},
  year   = {2017}
}