| Abstract: | In this paper, an augmented Lagrangian Uzawa iterative method is developed and analyzed for solving a class of double saddle-point systems with semidefinite (2,2) block. Convergence of the iterative method is proved under the assumption that the double saddle-point problem exists a unique solution. An application ofthe iterative method to the double saddle-point systems arising from the distributedLagrange multiplier/fictitious domain (DLM/FD) finite element method for solvingelliptic interface problems is also presented, in which the existence and uniquenessof the double saddle-point system is guaranteed by the analysis of the DLM/FD finite element method. Numerical experiments are conducted to validate the theoreticalresults and to study the performance of the proposed iterative method. |
