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Algorithm MGB to solve highly nonlinear elliptic PDEs in $\tilde{O}(n)$ FLOPS

Numerical Analysis 2023-06-21 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We introduce Algorithm MGB (Multi Grid Barrier) for solving highly nonlinear convex Euler-Lagrange equations. This class of problems includes many highly nonlinear partial differential equations, such as pp-Laplacians. We prove that, if certain regularity hypotheses are satisfied, then our algorithm converges in O~(1)\tilde{O}(1) damped Newton iterations, or O~(n)\tilde{O}(n) FLOPS, where the tilde indicates that we neglect some polylogarithmic terms. This the first algorithm whose running time is proven optimal in the big-O~\tilde{O} sense. Previous algorithms for the pp-Laplacian required O~(n)\tilde{O}(\sqrt{n}) damped Newton iterations or more.

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@article{arxiv.2306.10183,
  title  = {Algorithm MGB to solve highly nonlinear elliptic PDEs in $\tilde{O}(n)$ FLOPS},
  author = {Sébastien Loisel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.10183},
  year   = {2023}
}
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