The convergence of the discontinuous Galerkin method for the nonlinear (cubic) Schrödinger equation is analyzed in this paper. We show the existence of the resulting approximations and prove optimal order error estimates in L∞(L2). These estimates are valid under weak restrictions on the space-time mesh.

In this paper, we present a discontinuous Galerkin finite clement method for solving the nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi equations. This method is based on the Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for solving conservation laws. The method has the flexibility of treating complicated geometry by using arbitrary triangulation, can achieve high order accuracy with a local, compact ste...

Higher order and spectral methods have been used with success for elliptic and parabolic initial and boundary value problems with smooth solutions. On the other hand, higher order methods have been applied to hyperbolic problems with less success, as higher order approximations of discontinuous solutions suffer from the Gibbs phenomenon. We extend past work and show that spectral methods yield ...

The convergence of the discontinuous Galerkin method for the nonlinear (cubic) Schrödinger equation is analyzed in this paper. We show the existence of the resulting approximations and prove optimal order error estimates in L∞(L2). These estimates are valid under weak restrictions on the space-time mesh.

Considering a simple model transport problem, we present a new finite element method. While the new method fits in the class of discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods, it differs from standard DG and streamline diffusion methods, in that it uses a space of discontinuous trial functions tailored for stability. The new method, unlike the older approaches, yields optimal estimates for the primal vari...

We propose a nonconforming finite element method for isentropic viscous gas flow in situations where convective effects may be neglected. We approximate the continuity equation by a piecewise constant discontinuous Galerkin method. The velocity (momentum) equation is approximated by a finite element method on div–curl form using the nonconforming Crouzeix– Raviart space. Our main result is that...

In this paper we consider discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element approximations of a model scalar linear hyperbolic equation. We show that in order to ensure continuous stabilization of the method it suffices to add a jump-penalty-term to the discretized equation. In particular, the method does not require upwinding in the usual sense. For a specific value of the penalty parameter we recove...

In this paper we propose a new discontinuous finite element method for higher-order initial value problems where the finite element solution exhibits an optimal O(∆tp+1) convergence rate in the L2 norm. We further show that the p-degree discontinuous solution of differential equation of order m and its first m−1 derivatives are O(∆t2p+2−m) superconvergent at the end of each step. We also establ...

The positivity-preserving property is an important and challenging issue for the numerical solution of radiative transfer equations. In the past few decades, different numerical techniques have been proposed to guarantee positivity of the radiative intensity in several schemes, however it is difficult to maintain both high order accuracy and positivity. The discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite el...