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: Teso Méndez, Félix del, Lindgren, Erik
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/710125
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/710125
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10915-021-01745-z
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:p-Laplacian
Finite difference
Mean value property
Nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem
Viscosity solutions
Dynamic programming principle
Matemáticas
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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