Semilinear Finite Element Method

Abstract

In the Ritz-Galerkin method the linear subspace of the trial solution is extended to a closed subset. Some results, such as orthogonalization and minimum property of the error function, are obtained. A second order scheme is developed for solving a linear singular perturbation elliptic problem and error estimates are given for a uniform mesh size. Numerical results for linear and semilinear singular perturbation problems are included.