On the linear convergence of additive Schwarz methods for the $p$-Laplacian

We consider additive Schwarz methods for boundary value problems involving the $p$-Laplacian. While the existing theoretical estimates for the convergence rate of additive Schwarz methods for the $p$-Laplacian are sublinear, the actual convergence rate observed by numerical experiments is linear. In this paper, we bridge the gap between these theoretical and numerical results by analyzing the linear convergence rate of additive Schwarz methods for the $p$-Laplacian. In order to estimate the linear convergence rate of the methods, we present two essential components. Firstly, we present a new abstract convergence theory of additive Schwarz methods written in terms of a quasi-norm. This quasi-norm exhibits behavior similar to the Bregman distance of the convex energy functional associated to the problem. Secondly, we provide a quasi-norm version of the Poincar'{e}--Friedrichs inequality, which is essential for deriving a quasi-norm stable decomposition for a two-level domain decomposition setting.