An octree multigrid method for quasi-static Maxwell's equations
with highly discontinuous coefficients

Eldad Haber
Mathematics and Computer Science
Emory University
haber@mathcs.emory.edu
Stefan Heldmann

In this work we develop an octree discretization for Maxwells equations in the quasi-static regime. We then use this discretization in order to develop a multigrid method for Maxwells equations with highly discontinuous coefficients. We show that our approach can be interpreted as a semi-algebraic multigrid method with physical base for coarse grid selection. We test our algorithms and compare it to other multilevel algorithms.