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In this paper, we consider a class of discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for one-dimensional nonlocal diffusion (ND) problems. The nonlocal models, which are integral equations, are widely used in describing many physical phenomena with long-range interactions. The ND problem is the nonlocal analog of the classic diffusion problem, and as the interaction radius (horizon) vanishes, then the nonlocality disappears and the ND problem converges to the classic diffusion problem. Under certain conditions, the exact solution to the ND problem may exhibit discontinuities, setting it apart from the classic diffusion problem. Since the DG method shows its great advantages in resolving problems with discontinuities in computational fluid dynamics over the past several decades, it is natural to adopt the DG method to compute the ND problems. Based on [Du-Ju-Lu-Tian-CAMC2020], we develop the DG methods with different penalty terms, ensuring that the proposed DG methods have local counterparts as the horizon vanishes. This indicates the proposed methods will converge to the existing DG schemes as the horizon vanishes, which is crucial for achieving asymptotic compatibility. Rigorous proofs are provided to demonstrate the stability, error estimates, and asymptotic compatibility of the proposed DG schemes. To observe the effect of the nonlocal diffusion, we also consider the time-dependent convection-diffusion problems with nonlocal diffusion. We conduct several numerical experiments, including accuracy tests and Burgers' equation with nonlocal diffusion, and various horizons are taken to show the good performance of the proposed algorithm and validate the theoretical findings.

In this paper, we develop an oscillation free local discontinuous Galerkin (OFLDG) method for solving nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations. Following the idea of our recent work [J. Lu, Y. Liu, and C.-W. Shu, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 59(2021), pp. 1299-1324.], we add the damping terms to the LDG scheme to control the spurious oscillations when solutions have a large gradient. The $L^2$-stability and optimal priori error estimates for the semi-discrete scheme are established. The numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed method maintains the high-order accuracy and controls the spurious oscillations well., Comment: 29 pages, 7 figures

In this paper, we develop a well-balanced oscillation-free discontinuous Galerkin (OFDG) method for solving the shallow water equations with a non-flat bottom topography. One notable feature of the constructed scheme is the well-balanced property, which preserves exactly the hydrostatic equilibrium solutions up to machine error. Another feature is the non-oscillatory property, which is very important in the numerical simulation when there exist some shock discontinuities. To control the spurious oscillations, we construct an OFDG method with an extra damping term to the existing well-balanced DG schemes proposed in [Y. Xing and C.-W. Shu, CICP, 1(2006), 100-134.]. With a careful construction of the damping term, the proposed method achieves both the well-balanced property and non-oscillatory property simultaneously without compromising any order of accuracy. We also present a detailed procedure for the construction and a theoretical analysis for the preservation of the well-balancedness property. Extensive numerical experiments including one- and two-dimensional space demonstrate that the proposed methods possess the desired properties without sacrificing any order of accuracy., Comment: 19 pages, 9 figures