Title
Rate Optimality Of Adaptive Finite Element Methods With Respect To Overall Computational Costs
Abstract
We consider adaptive finite element methods for second-order elliptic PDEs, where the arising discrete systems are not solved exactly. For contractive iterative solvers, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which monitors and steers the adaptive mesh-refinement as well as the inexact solution of the arising discrete systems. We prove that the proposed strategy leads to linear convergence with optimal algebraic rates. Unlike prior works, however, we focus on convergence rates with respect to the overall computational costs. In explicit terms, the proposed adaptive strategy thus guarantees quasi-optimal computational time. In particular, our analysis covers linear problems, where the linear systems are solved by an optimally preconditioned CG method as well as nonlinear problems with strongly monotone nonlinearity which are linearized by the so-called Zarantonello iteration.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1090/mcom/3654
MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Second-order elliptic PDE, adaptive mesh-refinement, convergence of adaptive FEM, optimal computational cost
Journal
90
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
331
0025-5718
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
gregor gantner131.77
Haberl Alexander210.70
Dirk Praetorius312122.50
Schimanko Stefan410.70