Stability analysis of Trefftz methods for the stick-slip problem

Abstract

The stick-slip problem is a two-dimensional Stokes flow problem, and is classified into biharmonic equation with crack singularities. The collocation Trefftz method (CTM) is used to provide the very accurate solutions and leading coefficients. In this paper, the error analysis is made, to show the exponential convergence rates, and the new stability analysis is explored more in detail. We derive the bounds of effective and traditional condition numbers, to have the polynomial and the exponential growth rates, respectively. The moderate effective condition number is a suitable criterion of stability for the CTM solution of the stick-slip problem, while the huge condition number is misleading. Besides, numerical experiments are carried out to support the stability analysis. Hence the effective condition number becomes a new trend of stability for numerical partial differential equations.