TY - JOUR T1 - A Two-Grid Finite Element Method for Nonlinear Sobolev Equations JO - East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics VL - 3 SP - 549 EP - 565 PY - 2018 DA - 2018/08 SN - 8 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/eajam.150117.260618 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/eajam/12625.html KW - Nonlinear Sobolev equations, two-grid finite element method, error estimate. AB -

A two-grid based finite element method for nonlinear Sobolev equations is studied. It consists in solving small nonlinear systems related to coarse-grids, following the solution of linear systems in fine-grid spaces. The method has the same accuracy as the standard finite element method but reduces workload and saves CPU time. The $H^1$-error estimates show that the two-grid methods have optimal convergence if the coarse $H$ and fine $h$ mesh sizes satisfy the condition $h=\mathscr{O}(H^2)$. Numerical examples confirm the theoretical findings.