TY - JOUR T1 - High Degree Immersed Finite Element Spaces by a Least Squares Method JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 4-5 SP - 604 EP - 626 PY - 2017 DA - 2017/08 SN - 14 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/10052.html KW - Interface problems, discontinuous coefficients, finite element spaces, curved interfaces, higher order. AB -

We present a least squares framework for constructing $p$-th degree immersed finite element (IFE) spaces for typical second-order elliptic interface problems. This least squares formulation enforces interface jump conditions including extended ones already proposed in the literature, and it guarantees the existence of $p$-th IFE shape functions on interface elements. The uniqueness of the proposed $p$-th degree IFE shape functions is also discussed. Computational results are presented to demonstrate the approximation capabilities of the proposed $p$-th IFE spaces as well as other features.