An hp-adaptive Newton-Galerkin finite element procedure for semilinear boundary value problems

Abstract

In this paper we develop an hp-adaptive procedure for the numerical solution of general, semilinear elliptic boundary value problems in 1d, with possible singular perturbations. Our approach combines both a prediction-type adaptive Newton method and an hp-version adaptive finite element discretization (based on a robust a posteriori residual analysis), thereby leading to a fully hp-adaptive Newton-Galerkin scheme. Numerical experiments underline the robustness and reliability of the proposed approach for various examples