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A conforming discontinuous Galerkin (CDG) finite element method is designed for solving second order non-self adjoint and indefinite elliptic equations. Unlike other discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods, the numerical trace on the edge/triangle between two elements is not the average of two discontinuous \(P_k\) functions, but a lifted \(P_{k+2}\) function from four (eight in 3D) nearby \(P_k\) functions. While all existing DG methods have the optimal order of convergence, this CDG method has a superconvergence of order two above the optimal order when solving general second order elliptic equations. Due to the superconvergence, a post-process lifts a \(P_k\) CDG solution to a quasi-optimal \(P_{k+2}\) solution on each element. Numerical tests in 2D and 3D are provided confirming the theory.
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Ye, X., Zhang, S. Order two superconvergence of the CDG finite elements for non-self adjoint and indefinite elliptic equations. Adv Comput Math 50, 2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-023-10100-9
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Keywords
- Finite element
- Conforming discontinuous Galerkin method
- Second order elliptic equation
- Triangular mesh
- Tetrahedral mesh