Preconditioning for the time-dependent Stokes equations: stage-weighted Radau IIA and weighted discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping
Abstract
We determine field-of-values equivalent preconditioners for the time-dependent Stokes equations discretized in time by stage-weighted Radau IIA Runge--Kutta time-stepping and discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping methods. By weighing each stage of the Radau IIA Runge--Kutta method differently we obtain preconditioners that are field-of-values equivalent, with constants independent of viscosity, timestep, and mesh size, to the system matrix. Similarly, by using weighted inner products in time to define the discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping method, we again obtain field-of-values equivalent preconditioners for the resulting system matrix. Numerical experiments are performed in two and three-dimensions which demonstrate robustness of the proposed preconditioners.
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BibTeX
@misc{henriquez2026preconditioning,
title = {{Preconditioning for the time-dependent Stokes equations: stage-weighted Radau IIA and weighted discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping}},
author = {Esteban Henríquez and Jeonghun J. Lee and Sander Rhebergen},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.08429},
eprint = {2611.08429},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.08429},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Preconditioning for the time-dependent Stokes equations: stage-weighted Radau IIA and weighted discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping
AU - Esteban Henríquez
AU - Jeonghun J. Lee
AU - Sander Rhebergen
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/05
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.08429
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.08429
AB - We determine field-of-values equivalent preconditioners for the time-dependent Stokes equations discretized in time by stage-weighted Radau IIA Runge--Kutta time-stepping and discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping methods. By weighing each stage of the Radau IIA Runge--Kutta method differently we obtain preconditioners that are field-of-values equivalent, with constants independent of viscosity, timestep, and mesh size, to the system matrix. Similarly, by using weighted inner products in time to define the discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping method, we again obtain field-of-values equivalent preconditioners for the resulting system matrix. Numerical experiments are performed in two and three-dimensions which demonstrate robustness of the proposed preconditioners.
ER -