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For an arbitrary strong, spherically symmetric super-horizon curvature perturbation, we present analytical solutions of the Einstein equations in terms of asymptotic expansion over the ratio of the Hubble radius to the length-scale of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-10-09 A. G. Polnarev , Tomohiro Nakama , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

In this work, a polygonal Reissner-Mindlin plate element is presented. The formulation is based on a scaled boundary finite element method, where in contrast to the original semi-analytical approach, linear shape functions are introduced…

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We present a fully iterative adaptive algorithm for the numerical minimization of strongly convex energy functionals in Hilbert spaces. The proposed approach, which we first present in abstract form, generates a hierarchical sequence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Raphael Leu , Thomas P. Wihler

We survey some results on scalar curvature and properties of solutions to the Einstein constraint equations. Topics include an extended discussion of asymptotically flat solutions to the constraint equations, including recent results on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-25 Justin Corvino , Daniel Pollack

Since the 1960's the finite element method emerged as a powerful tool for the numerical simulation of countless physical phenomena or processes in applied sciences. One of the reasons for this undeniable success is the great versatility of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Vitoriano Ruas

We introduce a proposal to modify Einstein's equations by embedding them in a larger symmetric hyperbolic system. The additional dynamical variables of the modified system are essentially first integrals of the original constraints. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Othmar Brodbeck , Simonetta Frittelli , Peter Huebner , Oscar A. Reula

We study the constraint equations for the Einstein-scalar field system on compact manifolds. Using the conformal method we reformulate these equations as a determined system of nonlinear partial differential equations. By introducing a new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat , James Isenberg , Daniel Pollack

This paper presents a new data-driven finite element framework that is applicable to a broad range of engineering simulation problems. In the data-driven approach, the conservation laws and boundary conditions are satisfied by means of the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Adriana Kuliková , Andrei G. Shvarts , Łukasz Kaczmarczyk , Chris J. Pearce

The Einstein constraint equations describe the space of initial data for the evolution equations, dictating how space should curve within spacetime. Under certain assumptions, the constraints reduce to a scalar quasilinear parabolic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-20 Phillipo Lappicy

This article initiates the study of space-time adaptive mesh refinements for time-dependent boundary element formulations of wave equations. Based on error indicators of residual type, we formulate an adaptive boundary element procedure for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein , Chiara Guardasoni

In recent years, an increasing attention has been paid to quantum heterostructures with tailored functionalities, such as heterojunctions and quantum matematerials, in which quantum dynamics of electrons can be described by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Jingrun Chen , Dingjiong Ma , Zhiwen Zhang

The modeling of electric machines and power transformers typically involves systems of nonlinear magnetostatics or -quasistatics, and their efficient and accurate simulation is required for the reliable design, control, and optimization of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Herbert Egger , Felix Engertsberger , Bogdan Radu

We construct a class of time-symmetric initial data sets for the Einstein vacuum equation modeling elementary configurations of multiple ``almost isolated" systems. Each such initial data set consists of a collection of several localized…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-20 John Anderson , Justin Corvino , Federico Pasqualotto

We develop an essentially optimal finite element approach for solving ergodic stochastic two-scale elliptic equations whose two-scale coefficient may depend also on the slow variable. We solve the limiting stochastic two-scale homogenized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Viet Ha Hoang , Chen Hui Pang , Wee Chin Tan

Outer boundary conditions for strongly and symmetric hyperbolic formulations of 3D Einstein's field equations with a live gauge condition are discussed. The boundary conditions have the property that they ensure constraint propagation and…

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It is possible to solve the Einstein constraint equations as an evolutionary rather than an elliptic system. Here we consider the Gauss constraint in electrodynamics as a toy model for thist. We use a combination of the evolutionary method…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-17 Ingemar Bengtsson , Istvan Racz

In this note we study the convergence of monotone P1 finite element methods on unstructured meshes for fully non-linear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations arising from stochastic optimal control problems with possibly degenerate, isotropic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-25 Max Jensen , Iain Smears

We investigate a finite element discretization of an elastic bending-plate model with an effective prestrain. The model has been obtained via homogenization and dimension reduction by B\"onlein at al. (2023). Its energy functional is the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Klaus Böhnlein , Stefan Neukamm , Oliver Sander

We propose consistent locally stabilized, conforming finite element schemes on completely unstructured simplicial space-time meshes for the numerical solution of non-autonomous parabolic evolution problems under the assumption of maximal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-07 Ulrich Langer , Andreas Schafelner