Abstract
A stabilizing/penalty term is often used in finite element methods with discontinuous approximations to enforce connection of discontinuous functions across element boundaries. Removing stabilizers from discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods will simplify formulations and reduce programming complexity significantly. The goal of this paper is to introduce a stabilizer free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for second order elliptic equations on polytopal meshes. This new WG method keeps a simple symmetric positive definite form and can work on polygonal/polyhedral meshes. Optimal order error estimates are established for the corresponding WG approximations in both a discrete H1 norm and the L2 norm. Numerical results are presented verifying the theorem.
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