A Nonconforming Finite Element Method for the Quad-Curl Hodge-Laplacian Problem in Two Dimensions

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-24-2025

Department

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce an H1-nonconforming vector-valued finite element whose rot has H1-conformity. This element yields a nonconforming interior-penalty finite element method for the primal formulation of the quad-curl Hodge-Laplacian problem. Contrasting with conforming methods based on the primal formulation, our method effectively avoids spurious solutions on non-convex polygonal domains. We establish rigorous error estimates for the method in both the energy norm and the L2 norm, under graded meshes with various grading parameters. Numerical examples are used to verify our theoretical findings.

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The work of Zhai was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12271208). The work of Zhang was supported by Simons Foundation, USA, MPS-TSM-00007606.

Publication Title

Journal of Scientific Computing

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