DG for elliptic operators still makes lot of sense if you have problems with discontinuous coefficients local grid adaptation (hp) convection-diffusion where convection is dominant fourth order problems (standard C^0 elements can be used)
praveen On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Matthew Knepley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Justin Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Is there, or will there be, support for implementing Discontinuous >> Galerkin formulations within the DMPlex framework? I think it would be nice >> to have something such as the SIPG formulation for the poisson problem in >> SNES ex12.c >> > > We will have a trial DG in PETSc shortly. However, I don't think DG > methods make much sense for elliptic > problems. Why would I use it there? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > >> Thanks, >> Justin >> > -- > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their > experiments lead. > -- Norbert Wiener >
