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Error estimates for the Cahn--Hilliard equation with dynamic boundary conditions

Numerical Analysis 2020-12-01 v3 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

A proof of convergence is given for bulk--surface finite element semi-discretisation of the Cahn--Hilliard equation with Cahn--Hilliard-type dynamic boundary conditions in a smooth domain. The semi-discretisation is studied in the weak formulation as a second order system. Optimal-order uniform-in-time error estimates are shown in the L2L^2 and H1H^1 norms. The error estimates are based on a consistency and stability analysis. The proof of stability is performed in an abstract framework, based on energy estimates exploiting the anti-symmetric structure of the second order system. Numerical experiments illustrate the theoretical results.

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@article{arxiv.2005.03349,
  title  = {Error estimates for the Cahn--Hilliard equation with dynamic boundary conditions},
  author = {Paula Harder and Balázs Kovács},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.03349},
  year   = {2020}
}
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