The Gauss Theorem for Domain Decompositions in Sobolev Spaces

Abstract

This paper belongs to a broad line of research leaded by Herrera, which encompasses a good number of numerical methods such as Localized Adjoint Method (LAM), Eulerian-Lagrangian LAM (ELAM) and Trefftz-Herrera Method. The results presented in this paper are required in order to incorporate Herrera's general theory in a Sobolev-space setting. In particular, this article introduces a class of partitions (or domain decompositions) whose internal boundaries belong to a category of manifolds with corners, here also presented. Then a version of Gauss (or divergence) theorem, in a wider sense, is established and an explicit integral formula is associated for any given linear partial differential operator L, its adjoint and concomitant. The structure of the bilinear concomitant induced by L is first determined. Then the required formula is given over that class of domain decompositions. Finally, an integral formula well on the way of the Green-Herrera formula is settled.