Acta mathematica scientia,Series A

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Discontinuous Finite Elements in Solving Initial Value Problem of Nonlinear ODE

Li Tianran;Chen Chuanmiao   

  1. Dpeartment of Mathematics and Calculation Science, Hunan City University; Institute of Computation, Hunan Normal University
  • Received:2004-01-23 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-02-25 Published:2006-02-25
  • Contact: Li Tianran

Abstract: In this paper the initial value problem of nonlinear ODE is solved with discontinuous finite elements of order u'=f(x,u),u(0)=u0. For m≥1, the authors prove that the left limits of discontinuous finite elements of order m at their node have a superconvergence estimate (u-U(xj-0)=O(h2m+1) and at characteristic points xji of order m+1 of every elements. There is the superconvergence estimate (u-U)(xji)=O(hm+2).

Key words: Nonlinear, Ordinary Differential Equation(ODE), Initial value problem, Discontinuous finite element, Superconvergence

CLC Number: 

  • 65N30
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