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A Virtual Element Method on polyhedra with curved faces

Numerical Analysis 2025-09-30 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this paper we construct conforming Virtual Element approximations on domains with curved boundary and/or internal curved interfaces, both in two and three dimensions. Our approach allows to impose both Dirichlet and Neumann non-homogeneous boundary conditions, and provides, for degree of accuracy k1k \geq 1, optimal convergence rates. Whenever the exact solution is a polynomial of degree kk, local spaces of degree kk ensure satisfaction of the patch test. The proposed method is theoretically analyzed in the two-dimensional case, whereas it is numerically validated both in two and three dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2509.23005,
  title  = {A Virtual Element Method on polyhedra with curved faces},
  author = {Daniele Prada and Franco Brezzi and L. Donatella Marini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.23005},
  year   = {2025}
}
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