A Three-Field Multiscale Method

Abstract: "A Three-Field Domain Decomposition Method" is the title of a seminal paper by F. Brezzi and L. D. Marini which introduces a three-field formulation for elliptic partial differential equations. Based on that, we propose the Multiscale-Hybrid-Hybrid Method (MH$^2$M) for the Darcy model, a multiscale finite element method that yields, after a series of formal manipulations, a symmetric positive definite formulation that depends only on the trace of the solution. We show stability and convergence results for a family of finite element spaces and establish relationships with other multiscale finite element methods.