On Sinc Quadrature Approximations of Fractional Powers of Regularly Accretive Operators

Abstract

We consider the finite element approximation of fractional powers of regularly accretive operators via the Dunford-Taylor integral approach. We use a sinc quadrature scheme to approximate the Balakrishnan representation of the negative powers of the operator as well as its finite element approximation. We improve the exponentially convergent error estimates from [A. Bonito, J. E. Pasciak, IMA J. Numer. Anal. (2016) 00, 1-29] by reducing the regularity required on the data. Numerical experiments illustrating the new theory are provided.

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