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Wave propagation problems have many applications in physics and engineering, and the stochastic effects are important in accurately modeling them due to the uncertainty of the media. This paper considers and analyzes a fully discrete finite element method for a class of nonlinear stochastic wave equations, where the diffusion term is globally Lipschitz continuous while the drift term is only assumed to satisfy weaker conditions as in Chow (Ann Appl Probab 12(1):361–381, 2002). The novelties of this paper are threefold. First, the error estimates cannot be directly obtained if the numerical scheme in primal form is used. An equivalent numerical scheme in mixed form is therefore utilized and several Hölder continuity results of the strong solution are proved, which are used to establish the error estimates in both \(L^2\) norm and energy norms. Second, two types of discretization of the nonlinear term are proposed to establish the \(L^2\) stability and energy stability results of the discrete solutions. These two types of discretization and proper test functions are designed to overcome the challenges arising from the stochastic scaling in time issues and the nonlinear interaction. These stability results play key roles in proving the probability of the set on which the error estimates hold approaches one. Third, higher moment stability results of the discrete solutions are proved based on an energy argument and the underlying energy decaying property of the method. Numerical experiments are also presented to show the stability results of the discrete solutions and the convergence rates in various norms.
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This work is partially supported by National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. DMS-2110728 and DMS-1753581, and National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 11901016.
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The work of Yukun Li was partially supported by the NSF Grant DMS-2110728. The work of Shuonan Wu was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant 11901016 and the startup Grant from Peking University. The work of Yulong Xing was partially supported by the NSF Grant DMS-1753581.
A Proofs of Hölder Continuity
A Proofs of Hölder Continuity
In this Appendix, we prove the Hölder continuity in time for the strong solution u in various norms in Sect. 2.
Proof of Lemma 3
The SPDE (1.1) leads to
Taking the square, the spatial integral, and the expectation on both sides of (A.1), and then using the triangle inequality, the Schwarz inequality, and Itô isometry, we obtain
where (1.8) is used in the derivation of the last inequality. For any \(s,t \in [0,T]\) with \(s < t\), we have
where \(\xi \in (s,t)\) and
This finishes the proof of the lemma. \(\square \)
Proof of Lemma 4
Note that \(v = u_t\). By (1.1), for any \(s,t \in [0,T]\) with \(s < t\), we have
Taking the square, the spatial integral, and the expectation on both sides of (A.4), and then using the triangle inequality, the Schwarz inequality, and Itô isometry, we obtain
where
and this finishes the proof of the lemma. \(\square \)
Proof of Lemma 5
From the Eq. (1.1), we get
Taking the gradient, the square, the spatial integral, and the expectation on both sides of (A.6), and then using the triangle inequality, the Schwarz inequality, and Itô isometry, we obtain
Therefore, for any \(s,t \in [0,T]\) with \(s < t\), we have
where \(\xi \in (s,t)\) and
This finishes the proof of the lemma. \(\square \)
Proof of Lemma 6
From the SPDE (1.1), for any \(s,t \in [0,T]\) with \(s < t\), we have
Taking the gradient, the square, the spatial integral, and the expectation on both sides of (A.6), and then using the triangle inequality, the Schwarz inequality, and Itô isometry, we obtain
where
This finishes the proof of the lemma. \(\square \)
Proof of Lemma 7
Again, from the Eq. (1.1), we get
Taking the Hessian, the square, the spatial integral, and the expectation on both sides of (A.6), and then using the triangle inequality, the Schwarz inequality, and Itô isometry, we obtain
Therefore, for any \(s,t \in [0,T]\) with \(s < t\), we have
where \(\xi \in (s,t)\) and
This finishes the proof of the lemma. \(\square \)
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Li, Y., Wu, S. & Xing, Y. Finite Element Approximations of a Class of Nonlinear Stochastic Wave Equations with Multiplicative Noise. J Sci Comput 91, 53 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-022-01816-9
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Keywords
- Stochastic wave equation
- Multiplicative noise
- Finite element method
- Higher moment
- Error estimate
- Stability analysis