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We provide a priori error estimates for variational approximations of the ground state energy, eigenvalue and eigenvector of nonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problems of the form −div(A ∇ u)+Vu+f(u 2)u=λ u, \(\|u\|_{L^{2}}=1\). We focus in particular on the Fourier spectral approximation (for periodic problems) and on the ℙ1 and ℙ2 finite-element discretizations. Denoting by (u δ ,λ δ ) a variational approximation of the ground state eigenpair (u,λ), we are interested in the convergence rates of \(\|u_{\delta}-u\|_{H^{1}}\), \(\|u_{\delta}-u\|_{L^{2}}\), |λ δ −λ|, and the ground state energy, when the discretization parameter δ goes to zero. We prove in particular that if A, V and f satisfy certain conditions, |λ δ −λ| goes to zero as \(\|u_{\delta}-u\|_{H^{1}}^{2}+\|u_{\delta}-u\|_{L^{2}}\). We also show that under more restrictive assumptions on A, V and f, |λ δ −λ| converges to zero as \(\|u_{\delta}-u\|_{H^{1}}^{2}\), thus recovering a standard result for linear elliptic eigenvalue problems. For the latter analysis, we make use of estimates of the error u δ −u in negative Sobolev norms.
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Cancès, E., Chakir, R. & Maday, Y. Numerical Analysis of Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems. J Sci Comput 45, 90–117 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-010-9358-1
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