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Stability of an upwind Petrov Galerkin discretization of convection diffusion equations

Numerical Analysis 2016-02-23 v2

Abstract

We study a numerical method for convection diffusion equations, in the regime of small viscosity. It can be described as an exponentially fitted conforming Petrov-Galerkin method. We identify norms for which we have both continuity and an inf-sup condition, which are uniform in mesh-width and viscosity, up to a logarithm, as long as the viscosity is smaller than the mesh-width or the crosswind diffusion is smaller than the streamline diffusion. The analysis allows for the formation of a boundary layer.

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@article{arxiv.1406.0390,
  title  = {Stability of an upwind Petrov Galerkin discretization of convection diffusion equations},
  author = {Snorre H. Christiansen and Tore G. Halvorsen and Torquil M. Sørensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.0390},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

v1: 18 pages. 2 figures. v2: 22 pages. Numerous details added and completely rewritten final proof. 8 pages appendix with old proof