Title
A Superconvergent HDG Method for the Maxwell Equations.
Abstract
We present and analyze a new hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for the steady state Maxwell equations. In order to make the problem well-posed, a condition of divergence is imposed on the electric field. Then a Lagrange multiplier p is introduced, and the problem becomes the solution of a mixed curl---curl formulation of the Maxwell's problem. We use polynomials of degree $$k+1$$k+1, k, k to approximate $${{\\varvec{u}}},\\nabla \\times {{\\varvec{u}}}$$u,¿×u and p respectively. In contrast, we only use a non-trivial subspace of polynomials of degree $$k+1$$k+1 to approximate the numerical tangential trace of the electric field and polynomials of degree $$k+1$$k+1 to approximate the numerical trace of the Lagrange multiplier on the faces. On the simplicial meshes, we show that the convergence rates for $$\\varvec{u}$$u and $$\\nabla \\times \\varvec{u}$$¿×u are independent of the Lagrange multiplier p. If we assume the dual operator of the Maxwell equation on the domain has adequate regularity, we show that the convergence rate for $$\\varvec{u}$$u is $$O(h^{k+2})$$O(hk+2). From the point of view of degrees of freedom of the globally coupled unknown: numerical trace, this HDG method achieves superconvergence for the electric field without postprocessing. Finally, we show that the superconvergence of the HDG method is also derived on general polyhedral elements. Numerical results are given to verify the theoretical analysis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/s10915-016-0272-z
J. Sci. Comput.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Discontinuous Galerkin, Hybridization, Maxwell equations, Superconvergence, Simplicial mesh, General polyhedral mesh, 65N15, 65N30
Discontinuous Galerkin method,Mathematical optimization,Nabla symbol,Polynomial,Lagrange multiplier,Mathematical analysis,Superconvergence,Operator (computer programming),Rate of convergence,Mathematics,Maxwell's equations
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
70
3
1573-7691
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.44
13
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Huangxin Chen1337.11
Weifeng Qiu2807.66
Ke Shi31047.03
Manuel Solano4425.53