A Finite Difference Method for the Variational p-Laplacian

We propose a new monotone finite difference discretization for the variational p-Laplace operator, pu = div(|∇u|p−2∇u), and present a convergent numerical scheme for related Dirichlet problems. The resulting nonlinear system is solved using two different methods: one based on Newton-Raphson and one...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Del Teso Méndez, Félix, Lindgren, Erik
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/71302
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71302
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:p-Laplacian
Finite difference
Mean value property
Nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem
Viscosity solutions
Dynamic programming principle
Análisis matemático
1202 Análisis y Análisis Funcional
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Sumario:We propose a new monotone finite difference discretization for the variational p-Laplace operator, pu = div(|∇u|p−2∇u), and present a convergent numerical scheme for related Dirichlet problems. The resulting nonlinear system is solved using two different methods: one based on Newton-Raphson and one explicit method. Finally, we exhibit some numerical simulations supporting our theoretical results. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first monotone finite difference discretization of the variational p-Laplacian and also the first time that nonhomogeneous problems for this operator can be treated numerically with a finite difference scheme.