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The Gradient Discretisation Method

  • Includes a complete convergence analysis of schemes for linear and non-linear PDEs, covering all standard boundary conditions for elliptic and parabolic models
  • Presents a unified analysis of many classical, and less classical, numerical methods, including an analysis of degenerate models
  • Provides very generic compactness results for stationary and time-dependent problems

Part of the book series: Mathématiques et Applications (MATHAPPLIC, volume 82)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Elliptic Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Motivation and Basic Ideas

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 3-16
    3. Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 17-65
    4. Neumann, Fourier and Mixed Boundary Conditions

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 67-97
  3. Parabolic Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
    2. Time-Dependent GDM

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 101-121
    3. Non Degenerate Parabolic Problems

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 123-166
    4. Degenerate Parabolic Problems

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 167-202
  4. Examples of Gradient Discretisation Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-204
    2. Analysis Tools for Gradient Discretisations

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 205-262
    3. Conforming Approximations

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 263-284
    4. Non-conforming Finite Element Methods

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 285-305
    5. \(H_{\mathrm{div}}\) Conforming GDs from Mixed Finite Element Methods

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 307-324
    6. Discontinuous Galerkin Methods

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 325-341
    7. The Multi-point Flux Approximation MPFA-O Scheme

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 343-351
    8. Hybrid Mimetic Mixed Schemes

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 353-375
    9. Nodal Mimetic Finite Difference Methods

      • Jérôme Droniou, Robert Eymard, Thierry Gallouët, Cindy Guichard, Raphaèle Herbin
      Pages 377-393
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 395-497

About this book

This monograph presents  the Gradient Discretisation Method (GDM), which is a unified convergence analysis framework for numerical methods for elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. The results obtained by the GDM cover both stationary and transient models; error estimates are provided for linear (and some non-linear) equations, and convergence is established for a wide range of fully non-linear models (e.g. Leray–Lions equations and degenerate parabolic equations such as the Stefan or Richards models). The GDM applies to a diverse range of methods, both classical (conforming, non-conforming, mixed finite elements, discontinuous Galerkin) and modern (mimetic finite differences, hybrid and mixed finite volume, MPFA-O finite volume), some of which can be built on very general meshes.


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

    Jérôme Droniou

  • Laboratoire d’Analyse et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Champs-sur-Marne, France

    Robert Eymard

  • Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Ecole Centrale de Marseille, CNRS, Marseille, France

    Thierry Gallouët, Raphaèle Herbin

  • Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

    Cindy Guichard

About the authors

Jérôme Droniou is Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on elliptic and parabolic PDEs. He has published many papers on theoretical and numerical analysis of models with singularities or degeneracies, including convergence analysis of schemes without regularity assumptions on the data or solutions.

Robert Eymard is professor of mathematics at Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée. His research concerns  the design and analysis of numerical methods, mainly applied to fluid flows in porous media and incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.

Thierry Gallouet is  professor at the University of Aix-Marseille. His research focuses on the analysis of partial differential equations and the approximation of their solutions by numerical schemes. 

Cindy Guichard is assistant professor at Sorbonne Université. Her research is mainly focused on numerical methods for nonlinear fluid flows problems,  including  coupled  elliptic or parabolic equations  and  hyperbolic equations. 

Raphaèle Herbin is professor at the University of Aix-Marseille. She is a specialist of numerical schemes for partial differential equations, with application to incompressible and compressible fluid flows.


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