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On the TVD property of second order methods for 2D scalar conservation laws

Numerical Analysis 2021-10-06 v2 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

The total variation diminishing (TVD) property is an important tool for ensuring nonlinear stability and convergence of numerical solutions of one-dimensional scalar conservation laws. However, it proved to be challenging to extend this approach to two-dimensional problems. Using the anisotropic definition for discrete total variation (TV), it was shown in \cite{Goodman} that TVD solutions of two-dimensional hyperbolic equations are at most first order accurate. We propose to use an alternative definition resulting from a full discretization of the semi-discrete Raviart-Thomas TV. We demonstrate numerically using the second order discontinuous Galerkin method that limited solutions of two-dimensional hyperbolic equations are TVD in means when total variation is computed using the new definition.

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@article{arxiv.2110.00067,
  title  = {On the TVD property of second order methods for 2D scalar conservation laws},
  author = {Lilia Krivodonova and Alexey Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.00067},
  year   = {2021}
}

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16 pages, 9 figures