RESIDUAL-BASED A POSTERIORI ESTIMATORS FOR THE A - φ MAGNETODYNAMIC HARMONIC FORMULATION OF THE MAXWELL SYSTEM

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the derivation of an a posteriori residual-based error estimator for the A-φ magnetodynamic harmonic formulation of the Maxwell system. The weak continuous and discrete formulations are established, and the well-posedness of both of them is addressed. Some useful analytical tools are derived. Among them, an ad hoc Helmholtz decomposition is proven, which allows to pertinently split the error. Consequently, an a posteriori error estimator is obtained, which is proven to be reliable and locally efficient. Finally, numerical tests confirm the theoretical results.