Poincaré Inequality for a Mesh-Dependent 2-Norm on Piecewise Linear Surfaces with Boundary

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

We establish several useful estimates for a non-conforming 2-norm posed on piecewise linear surface triangulations with boundary, with the main result being a Poincaré inequality. We also obtain equivalence of the non-conforming 2-norm posed on the true surface with the norm posed on a piecewise linear approximation. Moreover, we allow for free boundary conditions. The true surface is assumed to be C 2, 1 C^{2,1} when free conditions are present; otherwise, C 2 C^{2} is sufficient. The framework uses tools from differential geometry and the closest point map (see [G. Dziuk, Finite elements for the Beltrami operator on arbitrary surfaces, Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations, Lecture Notes in Math. 1357, Springer, Berlin (1988), 142-155]) for approximating the full surface Hessian operator. We also present a novel way of applying the closest point map when dealing with surfaces with boundary. Connections with surface finite element methods for fourth-order problems are also noted.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics

First Page

227

Last Page

243

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