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The focus of this work is on the construction and analysis of optimal-order multigrid preconditioners to be used in the Newton-Krylov method for a distributed optimal control problem constrained by the stationary Navier-Stokes equations. As…

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We provide an alternative Fourier analysis for multigrid applied to the Poisson problem in 1D, based on explicit derivation of spectra of the iteration matrix. The new Fourier analysis has advantages over the existing one. It is easy to…

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We investigate several robust preconditioners for solving the saddle-point linear systems that arise from spatial discretization of unsteady and steady variable-coefficient Stokes equations on a uniform staggered grid. Building on the…

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This paper introduces a new method for discretizing and solving integral equation formulations of Maxwell's equations which achieves spectral accuracy for smooth surfaces. The approach is based on a hybrid Nystr\"om-collocation method using…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Jin Hu , Emmanuel Garza , Constantine Sideris

Overlapping block smoothers efficiently damp the error contributions from highly oscillatory components within multigrid methods for the Stokes equations but they are computationally expensive. This paper is concentrated on the development…

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The Fourier analysis of the \emph{p}-multigrid acceleration technique is considered for a dual-time scheme applied to the advection-diffusion equation with various cycle configurations. It is found that improved convergence can be achieved…

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We consider the numerical solution of Poisson's equation on structured grids using geometric multigrid with nonstandard coarse grids and coarse level operators. We are motivated by the problem of developing high-order accurate numerical…

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We focus on the study of multigrid methods with aggressive coarsening and polynomial smoothers for the solution of the linear systems corresponding to finite difference/element discretizations of the Laplace equation. Using local Fourier…

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We present a polynomial multigrid method for the nodal interior penalty formulation of the Poisson equation on three-dimensional Cartesian grids. Its key ingredient is a weighted overlapping Schwarz smoother operating on element-centered…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-12-19 Joerg Stiller

Space-time finite-element discretizations are well-developed in many areas of science and engineering, but much work remains within the development of specialized solvers for the resulting linear and nonlinear systems. In this work, we…

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I propose a vertex patch smoother where local problems are solved inexactly by a nested, matrix-free p-multigrid, creating a multigrid-within-multigrid framework. A single iteration of the local solver can be evaluated with…

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In this paper we analyse the convergence properties of V-cycle multigrid algorithms for the numerical solution of the linear system of equations arising from discontinuous Galerkin discretization of second-order elliptic partial…

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We design and investigate a variety of multigrid solvers for high-order local discontinuous Galerkin methods applied to elliptic interface and multiphase Stokes problems. Using the template of a standard multigrid V-cycle, we consider a…

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This work presents a non-linear extension of the high-order discretisation framework based on the Variational Multiscale (VMS) method previously introduced for steady linear problems. We build on the concept of an optimal projector defined…

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In this paper, we establish a new estimate (including lower and upper bounds) for an important quantity involved in the convergence analysis of smoothed aggregation algebraic multigrid methods. The new upper bound improves the existing…

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The numerical analysis of higher-order mixed finite-element discretizations for saddle-point problems, such as the Stokes equations, has been well-studied in recent years. While the theory and practice of such discretizations is now…

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We present a monolithic geometric multigrid preconditioner for solving fluid-solid interaction problems in Stokes limit. The problems are discretized by a spatially adaptive high-order meshless method, the generalized moving least squares…

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We discuss the ill conditioning of the matrix for the discretised Poisson equation in the small aspect ratio limit, and motivate this problem in the context of nonhydrostatic ocean modelling. Efficient iterative solvers for the Poisson…

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