arXiv · 2605.20057
Quasi-optimal complexity of iterative Galerkin methods driven by an elliptic reconstruction error estimator
Abstract
We study an iterative Galerkin method for quasilinear elliptic problems in the Browder-Minty setting. The resulting discrete nonlinear systems are solved by linearization via a (damped) Zarantonello iteration. Unlike prior work, adaptive mesh refinement is driven by an elliptic reconstruction error estimator, which is natural in the sense that the a posteriori bounds for the linearization and discretization errors are well separated. For this setting, we present the first comprehensive convergence analysis of the corresponding algorithm. We prove unconditional full R-linear convergence of a suitable quasi-error that combines linearization and discretization errors. For sufficiently small adaptivity parameters, we further establish optimal convergence rates with respect to the number of degrees of freedom and quasi-optimal complexity, i.e., optimal convergence rates with respect to the overall computational cost. Numerical experiments underpin the theoretical findings.
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Maximilian Brunner, Gregor Gantner, Christoph Lietz, Dirk Praetorius. 2026-08-06. Quasi-optimal complexity of iterative Galerkin methods driven by an elliptic reconstruction error estimator. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20057
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