65N30 Finite elements, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods, finite methods
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Subspace decompositions of finite element spaces based on $L2$-like orthogonal projections play an important role for the construction and analysis of multigrid like iterative methods. Recently several authors proved the equivalence of the associated discrete norms with the $H^1$-norm. The present report gives an elementary, self-contained derivation of this result which is based on the use of $ K$-functionals known from the theory of interpolation spaces. {\bf Keywords:} multilevel methods, nonuniform meshes, optimal convergence rates. {\bf AMS(MOS) Subject classifications:} 65N55, 65N30, 65N50.
In this paper it is shown that for highly nonuniformly refined triangulations the condition number of the BPX preconditioner for elliptic finite element problems grows at most linearly in the depth of refinement. This is achieved by viewing the computational available version of the BPX preconditioner as an abstract additive Schwarz method with exact solvers. {\bf AMS CLASSIFICATION:} 65F10, 65F35, 65N20, 65N30.
Part III of the paper is devoted to the construction of an adaptive FEM solver in two spatial dimensions, which is able to handle the singularly perturbed elliptic problems arising from discretization in time. The problems of error estimation and multilevel iterative solution of the linear systems - both uniformly well behaved with respect to the time step - can be solved simultaneously within the framework of preconditioning. A multilevel nodal basis preconditioner able to handle highly nonuniform meshes is derived. As a numerical example an application of the method to the bioheat-transfer equation is included. {\bf AMS CLASSIFICATION:} 65F10, 65F35, 65M50, 65M60, 65N30.