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A posteriori estimates give bounds on the error between the unknown solution of a partial differential equation and its numerical approximation. We present here the methodology based on H1-conforming potential and H(div)-conforming…

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In this work, we propose and analyze a pointwise a posteriori error estimator for simple eigenvalues of elliptic eigenvalue problems with adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs). We prove the reliability and efficiency of the residual-type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Zhenglei Li , Qigang Liang , Xuejun Xu

We propose a new and simpler residual based a posteriori error estimator for finite element approximation of the elliptic obstacle problem. The results in the article are two fold. Firstly, we address the influence of the inhomogeneous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Sharat Gaddam , Thirupathi Gudi

We present an equilibration-based a posteriori error estimator for N\'ed\'elec element discretizations of the magnetostatic problem. The estimator is obtained by adding a gradient correction to the estimator for N\'ed\'elec elements of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-26 Joscha Gedicke , Sjoerd Geevers , Ilaria Perugia , Joachim Schöberl

In this work, we derive two-sided a posteriori error estimates for the dual-weighted residual (DWR) method. We consider both single and multiple goal functionals. Using a saturation assumption, we derive lower bounds yielding the efficiency…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Bernhard Endtmayer , Ulrich Langer , Thomas Wick

We design and analyze a posteriori error estimators for the Stokes system with singular sources in suitable $\mathbf{W}^{1,p}\times \mathrm{L}^p$ spaces. We consider classical low-order inf-sup stable and stabilized finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Francisco Fuica , Felipe Lepe , Enrique Otarola , Daniel Quero

The purpose of this work is the design and analysis of a reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimator for the so-called pointwise tracking optimal control problem. This linear-quadratic optimal control problem entails the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-30 Alejandro Allendes , Enrique Otarola , Richard Rankin , Abner J. Salgado

We present a posteriori error analysis in the supremum norm for the symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin method for the elliptic obstacle problem. We construct discrete barrier functions based on appropriate corrections of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-27 Blanca Ayuso de Dios , Thirupathi Gudi , Kamana Porwal

In this work we examine a posteriori error control for post-processed approximations to elliptic boundary value problems. We introduce a class of post-processing operator that `tweaks' a wide variety of existing post-processing techniques…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Andreas Dedner , Jan Giesselmann , Tristan Pryer , Jennifer K Ryan

This work develops user-friendly a posteriori error estimates of finite element methods, based on smoothers of linear iterative solvers. The proposed method employs simple smoothers, such as Jacobi or Gauss-Seidel iteration, on an auxiliary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Yuwen Li , Han Shui

A novel residual-type {\it a posteriori} error analysis technique is developed for multipoint flux mixed finite element methods for flow in porous media in two or three space dimensions. The derived {\it a posteriori} error estimator for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-24 Shaohong Du , Shuyu Sun , Xiaoping Xie

We propose and analyse residual-based a posteriori error estimates for the virtual element discretisation applied to the thin plate vibration problem in both two and three dimensions. Our approach involves a conforming $C^1$ discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Franco Dassi , Andres E. Rubiano , Iván Velásquez

An abstract property (H) is the key to a complete a priori error analysis in the (discrete) energy norm for several nonstandard finite element methods in the recent work [Lowest-order equivalent nonstandard finite element methods for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Carsten Carstensen , Benedikt Gräßle , Neela Nataraj

We describe a posteriori error analysis for a discontinuous Galerkin method for a fourth order elliptic interface problem that arises from a linearized model of thin sheet folding. The primary contribution is a local efficiency bound for an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Harbir Antil , Sean P. Carney , Rohit Khandelwal

This work is concerned with the derivation of a robust a posteriori error estimator for a discontinuous Galerkin method discretisation of linear non-stationary convection-diffusion initial/boundary value problems and with the implementation…

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Based on the auxiliary subspace techniques, a hierarchical basis a posteriori error estimator is proposed for the Stokes problem in two and three dimensions. For the error estimator, we need to solve only two global diagonal linear systems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Jiachuan Zhang , Ran Zhang , Xiaoshen Wang

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-02 Daniele Boffi , Lucia Gastaldi , Rodolfo Rodríguez , Ivana Šebestová

We derive a new residual-type a posteriori estimator for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion problem with obstacle constraints. It generalizes robust residual estimators for unconstrained singularly perturbed equations. Upper and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Mirjam Walloth

In this work, we propose an a pointwise a posteriori error estimator for conforming finite element approximations of eigenfunctions corresponding to multiple and clustered eigenvalues of elliptic operators. It is proven that the pointwise a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Zhenglei Li , Qigang Liang , Xuejun Xu

In a previous work, we introduced a discretization scheme for a constrained optimal control problem involving the fractional Laplacian. For such a control problem, we derived optimal a priori error estimates that demand the convexity of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-31 Harbir Antil , Enrique Otarola