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\n A singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion problem posed on the unit square in\n \n \n \n \n \n R<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n 2<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \\mathbb {R}^2<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n is solved numerically by a local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) finite element method. Typical solutions of this class of 2D problems exhibit boundary layers along the sides of the domain; these layers generally cause difficulties for numerical methods. Our LDG method handles the boundary layers by using a Shishkin mesh and also introducing the new concept of a \u201clayer-upwind flux\u201d\u2014a discrete flux whose values are chosen on the fine mesh (which lies inside the boundary layers) in the direction where the layer weakens. On the coarse mesh, one can use a standard central flux. No penalty terms are needed with these fluxes, unlike many other variants of the LDG method. Our choice of discrete flux makes it feasible to derive an optimal-order error analysis in a balanced norm; this norm is stronger than the usual energy norm and is a more appropriate measure for errors in computed solutions for singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion problems. It will be proved that the LDG method is usually convergent of order\n \n \n \n \n O<\/mml:mi>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n \n N<\/mml:mi>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n ln<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u2061\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n N<\/mml:mi>\n \n )<\/mml:mo>\n \n k<\/mml:mi>\n +<\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n O((N^{-1}\\ln N)^{k+1})<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n in the balanced norm, where\n \n \n \n N<\/mml:mi>\n N<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n is the number of mesh intervals in each coordinate direction and tensor-product piecewise polynomials of degree\u00a0\n \n \n \n k<\/mml:mi>\n k<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n in each coordinate variable are used in the LDG method. This result is the first of its kind for the LDG method applied to this class of problem and is optimal for convergence on a Shishkin mesh. 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