Kernel Convergence Estimates for Diffusions with Continuous Coefficients

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Albanese
Keyword(s):  
Kernel Convergence ◽  
Convergence Estimates

scholarly journals KERNEL CONVERGENCE ESTIMATES FOR DIFFUSIONS WITH CONTINUOUS COEFFICIENTS

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (07) ◽  
pp. 979-1004
Author(s):  
CLAUDIO ALBANESE
Keyword(s):  
Convergence Rate ◽  
Convergence Rates ◽  
Fourier Transforms ◽  
Uniform Continuity ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Uniform Bounds ◽  
Kernel Convergence ◽  
Discretization Schemes ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Derivatives Of

Bidirectional valuation models are based on numerical methods to obtain kernels of parabolic equations. Here we address the problem of robustness of kernel calculations vis a vis floating point errors from a theoretical standpoint. We are interested in kernels of one-dimensional diffusion equations with continuous coefficients as evaluated by means of explicit discretization schemes of uniform step h > 0 in the limit as h → 0. We consider both semidiscrete triangulations with continuous time and explicit Euler schemes with time step so small that the Courant condition is satisfied. We find uniform bounds for the convergence rate as a function of the degree of smoothness. We conjecture these bounds are indeed sharp. The bounds also apply to the time derivatives of the kernel and its first two space derivatives. The proof is constructive and is based on a new technique of path conditioning for Markov chains and a renormalization group argument. We make the simplifying assumption of time-independence and use longitudinal Fourier transforms in the time direction. Convergence rates depend on the degree of smoothness and Hölder differentiability of the coefficients. We find that the fastest convergence rate is of order O(h2) and is achieved if the coefficients have a bounded second derivative. Otherwise, explicit schemes still converge for any degree of Hölder differentiability except that the convergence rate is slower. Hölder continuity itself is not strictly necessary and can be relaxed by an hypothesis of uniform continuity.

scholarly journals Mixed Weak Galerkin Method for Heat Equation with Random Initial Condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Chenguang Zhou ◽  
Yongkui Zou ◽  
Shimin Chai ◽  
Fengshan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Mixed Finite Element ◽  
Mixed Finite Element Method ◽  
Optimal Order ◽  
Random Initial Condition ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Polynomial Functions ◽  
Weak Galerkin ◽  
Convergence Estimates

This paper is devoted to the numerical analysis of weak Galerkin mixed finite element method (WGMFEM) for solving a heat equation with random initial condition. To set up the finite element spaces, we choose piecewise continuous polynomial functions of degree j+1 with j≥0 for the primary variables and piecewise discontinuous vector-valued polynomial functions of degree j for the flux ones. We further establish the stability analysis of both semidiscrete and fully discrete WGMFE schemes. In addition, we prove the optimal order convergence estimates in L2 norm for scalar solutions and triple-bar norm for vector solutions and statistical variance-type convergence estimates. Ultimately, we provide a few numerical experiments to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed schemes and theoretical analysis.

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