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Block Preconditioners for LDG Discretizations of Linear Incompressible Flow Problems

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We present a block preconditioner for LDG discretizations of Stokes equations. The dependence of its performance on the discretization parameters is investigated. An extension to Oseen equations is shown, yielding efficient and robust solvers in a wide regime of Reynolds numbers.

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Guido, K. Block Preconditioners for LDG Discretizations of Linear Incompressible Flow Problems. J Sci Comput 22, 371–384 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-004-4144-6

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