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Residual-based a posteriori error estimation for the Maxwell's eigenvalue problem

Numerical Analysis 2016-02-02 v1

Abstract

We present an a posteriori estimator of the error in the L^2-norm for the numerical approximation of the Maxwell's eigenvalue problem by means of N\'ed\'elec finite elements. Our analysis is based on a Helmholtz decomposition of the error and on a superconvergence result between the L^2-orthogonal projection of the exact eigenfunction onto the curl of the N\'ed\'elec finite element space and the eigenfunction approximation. Reliability of the a posteriori error estimator is proved up to higher order terms and local efficiency of the error indicators is shown by using a standard bubble functions technique. The behavior of the a posteriori error estimator is illustrated on a numerical test.

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@article{arxiv.1602.00675,
  title  = {Residual-based a posteriori error estimation for the Maxwell's eigenvalue problem},
  author = {Daniele Boffi and Lucia Gastaldi and Rodolfo Rodríguez and Ivana Šebestová},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00675},
  year   = {2016}
}
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