The problem of the selection of an a posteriori error indicator based on smoothening techniques
- 28 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
- Vol. 36 (4) , 539-567
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620360402
Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of assessing the quality of an a posteriori error estimate of a finite element solution. An error estimate based on local L2‐projections is analysed in the case of translation‐invariant meshes. It is shown that for general meshes this technique does not lead to an asymptotically exact estimator. The problem is analysed in detail in the one‐dimensional setting. It is shown that an asymptotically exact estimator is not the optimal one when the solution is not sufficiently smooth. An optimal estimator for adaptively constructed meshes is given. Finally, a general mathematical framework for the quality assessment of estimators is introduced.Keywords
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