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Analysis of a subdomain-based error estimator for finite element approximations of elliptic problems. (English) Zbl 1049.65123

Authors’ abstract: We analyze a subdomain residual error estimator for finite element approximations of elliptic problems. It is obtained by solving local problems on patches of elements in weighted spaces and provides an upper bound on the energy norm of the error when the local problems are solved in sufficiently enriched discrete spaces. A guaranteed lower bound on the error is also derived by a simple postprocess of the solutions to the local problems. Numerical tests show very good effectivity indices for both the upper and lower bounds and a strong reliability of this estimator even for coarse meshes.

MSC:

65N15 Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N30 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
35J25 Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations
65N50 Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
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