A Priori Error Analysis of a High-Order Selective Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Elliptic Interface Problems

Abstract

This paper develops a high-order selective discontinuous Galerkin (SDG) method for solving elliptic interface problems on interface-unfitted Cartesian meshes. This method applies the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) formulation on interface elements and the continuous Galerkin (CG) formulation elsewhere. Correspondingly, we construct a new, locally conforming, hybrid immersed finite element (HIFE) space based on the high-order Frenet IFE basis functions of [1]. Compared with the DG method, the computational cost of this SDG method is significantly reduced and remains comparable to that of the CG method. We prove that the new HIFE space achieves optimal approximation under $h$-refinement, and we establish the well-posedness of the SDG scheme. {\it A priori} error estimates are derived in the energy and $L^2$ norms. Numerical examples are provided to verify the theoretical analysis.