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In this paper, we consider anisotropic diffusion with decay, and the diffusivity coefficient to be a second-order symmetric and positive definite tensor. It is well-known that this particular equation is a second-order elliptic equation,…
This article devises a new primal-dual weak Galerkin finite element method for the convection-diffusion equation. Optimal order error estimates are established for the primal-dual weak Galerkin approximations in various discrete norms and…
We consider a mixed finite element method for a biharmonic equation with clamped boundary conditions based on biorthogonal systems with weakly imposed Dirichlet boundary condition. We show that the weak imposition of the boundary condition…
In this paper, we present a unified analysis of both convergence and optimality of adaptive mixed finite element methods for a class of problems when the finite element spaces and corresponding a posteriori error estimates under…
We consider implementational aspects of the mixed finite element method for a special class of nonlinear problems. We establish the equivalence of the hybridized formulation of the mixed finite element method to a nonconforming finite…
This paper derives some discrete maximum principles for $P1$-conforming finite element approximations for quasi-linear second order elliptic equations. The results are extensions of the classical maximum principles in the theory of partial…
The conditioning of the linear finite volume element discretization for general diffusion equations is studied on arbitrary simplicial meshes. The condition number is defined as the ratio of the maximal singular value of the stiffness…
Piecewise divergence-free nonconforming virtual elements are designed for Stokes problem in any dimensions. After introducing a local energy projector based on the Stokes problem and the stabilization, a divergence-free nonconforming…
This article establishes a discrete maximum principle (DMP) for the approximate solution of convection-diffusion-reaction problems obtained from the weak Galerkin finite element method on nonuniform rectangular partitions. The DMP analysis…
This work proposes a nonlinear finite element method whose nodal values preserve bounds known for the exact solution. The discrete problem involves a nonlinear projection operator mapping arbitrary nodal values into bound-preserving ones…
We introduce a novel technique for proving global strong discrete maximum principles for finite element discretizations of linear and semilinear elliptic equations for cases when the common, matrix-based sufficient conditions are not…
In this paper, we construct new finite element methods for the approximation of the equations of linear elasticity in three space dimensions that produce direct approximations to both stresses and displacements. The methods are based on a…
We propose and explore a new, general-purpose method for the implicit time integration of elastica. Key to our approach is the use of a mixed variational principle. In turn its finite element discretization leads to an efficient alternating…
Heterogeneous anisotropic diffusion problems arise in the various areas of science and engineering including plasma physics, petroleum engineering, and image processing. Standard numerical methods can produce spurious oscillations when they…
We consider the tensor equation whose coefficient tensor is a nonsingular M-tensor and whose right side vector is nonnegative. Such a tensor equation may have a large number of nonnegative solutions. It is already known that the tensor…
Convection-diffusion-reaction equations model the conservation of scalar quantities. From the analytic point of view, solution of these equations satisfy under certain conditions maximum principles, which represent physical bounds of the…
In this paper, we present a model based on a local thermodynamic equilibrium, weakly ionized plasma-mixture model used for medical and technical applications in etching processes. We consider a simplified model based on the Maxwell-Stefan…
This paper is concerned with stochastic incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with multiplicative noise in two dimensions with respect to periodic boundary conditions. Based on the Helmholtz decomposition of the multiplicative noise,…
In this work, we develop variational formulations of Petrov-Galerkin type for one-dimensional fractional boundary value problems involving either a Riemann-Liouville or Caputo derivative of order $\alpha\in(3/2, 2)$ in the leading term and…
In this paper, we prove a discrete embedding inequality for the Raviart--Thomas mixed finite element methods for second order elliptic equations, which is analogous to the Sobolev embedding inequality in the continuous setting. Then, by…