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Title: Schwarz and multilevel methods for quadratic spline collocation

Conference ·
OSTI ID:223832
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
  2. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Smooth spline collocation methods offer an alternative to Galerkin finite element methods, as well as to Hermite spline collocation methods, for the solution of linear elliptic Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Recently, optimal order of convergence spline collocation methods have been developed for certain degree splines. Convergence proofs for smooth spline collocation methods are generally more difficult than for Galerkin finite elements or Hermite spline collocation, and they require stronger assumptions and more restrictions. However, numerical tests indicate that spline collocation methods are applicable to a wider class of problems, than the analysis requires, and are very competitive to finite element methods, with respect to efficiency. The authors will discuss Schwarz and multilevel methods for the solution of elliptic PDEs using quadratic spline collocation, and compare these with domain decomposition methods using substructuring. Numerical tests on a variety of parallel machines will also be presented. In addition, preliminary convergence analysis using Schwarz and/or maximum principle techniques will be presented.

Research Organization:
Front Range Scientific Computations, Inc., Boulder, CO (United States); US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
223832
Report Number(s):
CONF-9404305-Vol.1; ON: DE96005735; TRN: 96:002320-0004
Resource Relation:
Conference: Colorado conference on iterative methods, Breckenridge, CO (United States), 5-9 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]; Related Information: Is Part Of Colorado Conference on iterative methods. Volume 1; PB: 203 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English