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The gradient discretisation method. (English) Zbl 1435.65005

Mathématiques & Applications (Berlin) 82. Cham: Springer (ISBN 978-3-319-79041-1/pbk; 978-3-319-79042-8/ebook). xxiv, 497 p. (2018).
This monograph focuses on the Gradient Discretisation Method, which is introduced as a unified convergence analysis framework for numerical methods for elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. Several examples of numerical methods are shown to fall into the range of the discrete gradient discretization methods: The GDM applies e.g. to both classical (conforming, non-conforming, mixed finite elements, discontinuous Galerkin) and modern (mimetic finite differences, hybrid and mixed finite volume) discretization methods. The convergence results are obtained by the GDM for both stationary and transient models. An error estimates are provided for linear equations, and several nonlinear equations are investigated as well. The convergence is established for a wide range of fully non-linear models as Leray-Lions equations and degenerate parabolic equations such as the Stefan or Richards model.

MSC:

65-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to numerical analysis
65M12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs
65M15 Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs
65M60 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N15 Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N30 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs