This paper aims at a general guideline to obtain a posteriori error estimates for the finite element error control in computational partial differential equations. In the abstract setting of mixed formulations, a generalised formulation of the corresponding residuals is proposed which then allows for the unified estimation of the respective dual norms. Notably, this can be done with an approach which is applicable in the same way to conforming, nonconforming and mixed discretisations. Subsequently, the unified approach is applied to various model problems. In particular, we consider the Laplace, Stokes, Navier-Lamé, and the semi-discrete eddy current equations.

This paper is concerned with a compact difference scheme with the truncation error of order 3/2 for time and order 4 for space to an evolution equation with a weakly singular kernel. The integral term is treated by means of the second order convolution quadrature suggested by Lubich. The stability and convergence are proved by the energy method. A numerical experiment is reported to verify the theoretical predictions.

This paper is concerned with recovery type a posteriori error estimates of fully discrete finite element approximation for general convex parabolic optimal control problems with pointwise control constraints. The time discretization is based on the backward Euler method. The state and the adjoint state are approximated by piece-wise linear functions and the control is approximated by piecewise constant functions. We derive the superconvergence properties of finite element solutions. By using the superconvergence results, we obtain recovery type a posteriori error estimates. Some numerical examples are presented to verify the theoretical results.

We present a simple yet effective and applicable scheme, based on quadrature, for constructing optimal iterative methods. According to the, still unproved, Kung-Traub conjecture an optimal iterative method based on n + 1 evaluations could achieve a maximum convergence order of 2n. Through quadrature, we develop optimal iterative methods of orders four and eight. The scheme can further be applied to develop iterative methods of even higher orders. Computational results demonstrate that the developed methods are efficient as compared with many well known methods.

In this paper, we derive a posteriori error estimates for finite element approximations of the optimal control problems governed by the Stokes-Darcy system. We obtain a posteriori error estimators for both the state and the control based on the residual of the finite element approximation. It is proved that the a posteriori error estimate provided in this paper is both reliable and efficient.

In this paper, the dimension of the nonuniform bivariate spline space is discussed based on the theory of multivariate spline space. Moreover, by means of the Conformality of Smoothing Cofactor Method, the basis of composed of two sets of splines are worked out in the form of the values at ten domain points in each triangular cell, both of which possess distinct local supports. Furthermore, the explicit coefficients in terms of B-net are obtained for the two sets of splines respectively.