Research Article

The Mixed Finite Element Multigrid Method for Stokes Equations

Table 7

Number of iterations and CPU time for multigrid (-cycle) with different smoothers and using one -cycle multigrid preconditioner approximation (for both and ) at different levels of refinement, tolerance = .

Levels MG--cycle()
DGS IUzawa Braess-SarazinPMINRES
Iter(cpu time (sec))Iter(cpu time (sec))Iter(cpu time (sec))Iter(cpu time (sec))

11 ()8 ()5 ()13 ()
12 ()9 ()6 ()14 ()
13 ()9 ()6 ()15 ()
13 ()9 ()6 ()15 ()