Cubic superconvergent finite volume element method for one-dimensional elliptic and parabolic equations

  • Authors:
  • Guanghua Gao;Tongke Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematical Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, PR China;School of Mathematical Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, PR China

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2010

Quantified Score

Hi-index 7.29

Visualization

Abstract

In this paper, a cubic superconvergent finite volume element method based on optimal stress points is presented for one-dimensional elliptic and parabolic equations. For elliptic problem, it is proved that the method has optimal third order accuracy with respect to H^1 norm and fourth order accuracy with respect to L^2 norm. We also obtain that the scheme has fourth order superconvergence for derivatives at optimal stress points. For parabolic problem, the scheme is given and error estimate is obtained with respect to L^2 norm. Finally, numerical examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the method.