Piecewise Divergence-Free $H(\textrm{div})$-Nonconforming Virtual Elements for Stokes Problem in Any Dimensions

Huayi Wei, Xuehai Huang, Ao Li

Published 2020-07-04Version 1

Piecewise divergence-free $H(\div)$-nonconforming virtual elements are designed for Stokes problem in any dimensions. After introducing a local energy projector based on the Stokes problem and the stabilization, a divergence-free nonconforming virtual element method is proposed for Stokes problem. A detailed and rigorous error analysis is presented for the discrete method, including the norm equivalence of the stabilization on the kernel of the local energy projector, the interpolation error estimate, the discrete inf-sup condition, and the optimal error estimate of the discrete method. An important property in the analysis is that the local energy projector commutes with the divergence operator. A reduced virtual element method is also discussed. Numerical results are provided to verify the theoretical convergence.