Multilevel finite element discretizations based on local defect correction for nonsymmetric eigenvalue problems

Based on the work of Xu and Zhou (2000), we establish new three-level and multilevel finite element discretizations by local defect correction techniques. Theoretical analysis and numerical experiments show that the discretizations are simple and easy to implement, and can be used to solve nonsymmetric eigenvalue problems with non smooth eigenfunctions efficiently. We also discuss the local error estimates of finite element approximations; it is a new feature here that the estimates apply to the local domains containing corner points.