Title
Finite Element Approximations of Wave Maps into Spheres
Abstract
Three fully discrete finite element methods are developed for approximating wave maps into the sphere based on two different approaches. The first method is an explicit scheme and the numerical solution satisfies the sphere-constraint exactly at every node. The second and third methods are implicit schemes which are based on a penalization approach, their numerical solutions satisfy the sphere-constraint approximately, and the quality of approximations is controlled by a small penalization parameter. Discrete energy conservation laws which mimic the underlying differential conservation law are established, and convergence of all proposed methods is proved. Computational experiments are also provided to validate the proposed methods and to present numerical evidence for possible finite-time blow-ups of the wave maps.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1137/060659971
SIAM J. Numerical Analysis
Keywords
Field
DocType
approximating wave map,underlying differential conservation law,numerical evidence,finite element approximations,discrete energy conservation law,wave maps,discrete finite element method,penalization approach,wave map,numerical solution,small penalization parameter,energy conservation,satisfiability,conservation law,computer experiment,finite element method
Convergence (routing),Energy conservation,Mathematical optimization,Mathematical analysis,Finite element method,Finite element approximations,SPHERES,Numerical analysis,Mathematics,Conservation law
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
1
0036-1429
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.65
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sören Bartels135556.90
Xiaobing Feng2906112.55
Andreas Prohl330267.29