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# Superclose analysis of a two-grid finite element scheme for semilinear parabolic integro-differential equations

• Received: 01 February 2020 Revised: 01 April 2020
• Primary: 35K58, 35R09; Secondary: 65K15

• In this paper, a two-grid finite element scheme for semilinear parabolic integro-differential equations is proposed. In the two-grid scheme, continuous linear element is used for spatial discretization, while Crank-Nicolson scheme and Leap-Frog scheme are ultilized for temporal discretization. Based on the combination of the interpolation and Ritz projection technique, some superclose estimates between the interpolation and the numerical solution in the $H^1$-norm are derived. Notice that we only need to solve nonlinear problem once in the two-grid scheme, namely, the first time step on the coarse-grid space. A numerical example is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed two-grid scheme.

Citation: Changling Xu, Tianliang Hou. Superclose analysis of a two-grid finite element scheme for semilinear parabolic integro-differential equations[J]. Electronic Research Archive, 2020, 28(2): 897-910. doi: 10.3934/era.2020047

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• In this paper, a two-grid finite element scheme for semilinear parabolic integro-differential equations is proposed. In the two-grid scheme, continuous linear element is used for spatial discretization, while Crank-Nicolson scheme and Leap-Frog scheme are ultilized for temporal discretization. Based on the combination of the interpolation and Ritz projection technique, some superclose estimates between the interpolation and the numerical solution in the $H^1$-norm are derived. Notice that we only need to solve nonlinear problem once in the two-grid scheme, namely, the first time step on the coarse-grid space. A numerical example is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed two-grid scheme.

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