Superconvergence of finite volume element method for elliptic problems

Abstract

We study the superconvergence of finite volume element (FVE) method for elliptic problems by using linear trial functions. Under the condition of C-uniform meshes, we first establish a superclose weak estimate for the bilinear form of FVE method. Then, we prove that all interior mesh points are the optimal stress points of interpolation function and further we give the superconvergence result of gradient approximation: max P � S � u � � � u h ( P ) = O h 2 ln h $\displaystyle {\max _{P\in S}}\left |\left (\nabla u-\overline {\nabla }u_{h}\right )(P)\right |=O\left (h^{2}\right )\left |\ln h\right |$ , where S is the set of mesh points and � � $\overline {\nabla }$ denotes the average gradient on elements containing vertex P.