Finite Volume Discretizations for Eigenvalue Problems with Applications to Electronic Structure Calculations

To introduce the finite volume method to electronic structure calculations, we study a symmetric finite volume scheme for a class of linear eigenvalue problems and present a priori error analysis of the finite volume eigenpair approximations. Based on finite volume-finite element coupled discretizations, in particular, we design several higher order approximate schemes. We also demonstrate a series of numerical experiments in electronic structure calculations that illustrate the effectiveness of our finite volume discretization approaches.