By Dietrich Stauffer, Eugene H. Stanley, H. Eugene Stanley
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We also consider another discretization to (4): Find uh ∈ Vh , uh · n = 0 on ∂Ω, and ph ∈ Qh such that a−1 uh · v dx − Ω − p˜h div v dx = 0, Ω div uh q dx Ω − (16) c˜ ph q dx f˜h q dx =− Ω Ω for all v ∈ Vh , v · n = 0 on ∂Ω, and q ∈ Qh . Here, p˜h (x) = and f˜h (x) = 1 |Ek,s | Ek,s 1 |Ek,s | Ek,s ph (x ) dx , x ∈ Ek,s , (17) f (x ) dx , x ∈ Ek,s , (18) where |Ek,s | is the volume of Ek,s , s = 1, nk , k = 1, n. The finite element problem (16) results in the system of linear algebraic equations ¯ = 0, Mu ¯ + B T p¯ + C T λ (19) Bu ¯ − Σ p¯ = F 1, Cu ¯ = 0, where the matrices M , B, and C are the same as in the system (15).
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For instance, [Tem79, GR86]). In fact, the solution is more regular and the scheme below is consistent (cf. [Gri85, Dau89]). In view of the operator and boundary condition in (11), the relevant spaces here are H 1 (Eh )d and L20 (Ω), and the set Γh,N is empty. The definition of J0 is extended straightforwardly to vectors and the permeability tensor is replaced by the identity multiplied by the viscosity. Thus, the semi-norms (28) and (30) are replaced by 1 2 ∇v |||∇v|||L2 (Eh ) = 2 L2 (E) , (41) E∈Eh 1 [|v|]H 1 (Eh ) = µ 2 |||∇v|||2L2 (Eh ) + J0 (v, v) 1 2 .