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The nonconforming virtual element method for eigenvalue problems

Numerical Analysis 2018-02-09 v1

Abstract

We analyse the nonconforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problems. The nonconforming VEM allow to treat in the same formulation the two- and three-dimensional case.We present two possible formulations of the discrete problem, derived respectively by the nonstabilized and stabilized approximation of the L^2-inner product, and we study the convergence properties of the corresponding discrete eigenvalue problem. The proposed schemes provide a correct approximation of the spectrum, in particular we prove optimal-order error estimates for the eigenfunctions and the usual double order of convergence of the eigenvalues. Finally we show a large set of numerical tests supporting the theoretical results, including a comparison with the conforming Virtual Element choice.

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@article{arxiv.1802.02942,
  title  = {The nonconforming virtual element method for eigenvalue problems},
  author = {Francesca Gardini and Gianmarco Manzini and Giuseppe Vacca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.02942},
  year   = {2018}
}