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2.2 Spaces of discontinuous functions 13<br />

Let T h be a triangulation of Ω introduced in Section sec:2.1.1 2.2.1 and let p ≥<br />

0 be an integer. We define the space of discontinuous piecewise polynomial<br />

functions<br />

S hp = {v;v| K ∈ P p (K) ∀K ∈ T h }, (2.16) A1.23<br />

where P p (K) denotes the space of all polynomials on K of degree ≤ p. We<br />

call the number p the degree of polynomial approximation.<br />

sec:2.1.4<br />

2.2.4 Some auxiliary results<br />

Assumptions on the mesh<br />

Let us consider a system {T h } h∈(0,h0), h 0 > 0, of partitions of the domain Ω<br />

(T h = {K} K∈Th ). In our further considerations we shall meet the following<br />

assumptions.<br />

(A1) The system {T h } h∈(0,h0) is shape regular: there exists a positive constant<br />

C R such that<br />

h K<br />

ρ K<br />

≤ C R ∀K ∈ T h , ∀h ∈ (0,h 0 ). (2.17) A1.33<br />

(A2) The system {T h } h∈(0,h0) is locally quasi-uni<strong>for</strong>m: there exists a constant<br />

C H > 0 such that<br />

h K ≤ C H h K ′ ∀K,K ′ ∈ T h , K,K ′ are neighbours, ∀h ∈ (0,h 0 ). (2.18) A1.35<br />

rem:MA<br />

Remark 2.2. Sometimes the quasi-uni<strong>for</strong>mity of the mesh is required, i.e. there<br />

exists a constant ˜C > 0 such that h ≤ ˜Ch K ∀K ∈ T h . The condition ( 2.18)<br />

A1.35<br />

is weaker condition than quasi-uni<strong>for</strong>mity since it only limits the ratio of<br />

diameters of neighbouring elements.<br />

Let us introduce important tools <strong>for</strong> the theoretical analysis of the DG<br />

method.<br />

lem:MTI<br />

Lemma 2.3. (Multiplicative trace inequality) Let assumption (A1) be<br />

satisfied. Then there exists a constant C M > 0 independent of v, h and K<br />

such that<br />

(<br />

)<br />

‖v‖ 2 L 2 (∂K) ≤ C M ‖v‖ L2 (K) |v| H1 (K) + h −1<br />

K ‖v‖2 L 2 (K) , (2.19) eq:MTI<br />

K ∈ T h , v ∈ H 1 (K), h ∈ (0,h 0 ).<br />

Proof. Let K ∈ T h be arbitrary but fixed. We denote by x K the centre of the<br />

largest d−dimensional ball inscribed into the simplex K. (Of course, ρ K is the<br />

radius of this ball.) Without the loss of generality we suppose that x K is the<br />

origin of the coordinate system. We start from the following relation<br />

∫<br />

∫<br />

v 2 x · ndS = ∇ · (v 2 x)dx, v ∈ H 1 (K). (2.20) A1.51<br />

∂K<br />

K

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