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 and J. E. Pasciak, IMA J. Numer. Anal., 37 (2016), No. 3, 1245–1273] by reducing the regularity required on the data. Numerical experiments illustrating the new theory are provided.
Funding: The first and second authors are partially supported by NSF grant DMS-1254618.
Acknowledgment
The authors would like to thank R. H. Nochetto for pointing out the possible suboptimality in [10], thereby prompting the current analysis.
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