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For an elliptic complex of first order differential operators on a smooth manifold, we define a system of two equations which can be thought of as abstract Maxwell equations. The formal theory of this system proves to be very similar to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-08 K. O. Makhmudov , O. I. Makhmudov , N. Tarkhanov

Analyzing electromagnetic fields in complex, multi-material environments presents substantial computational challenges. To address these, we propose a hybrid numerical method that couples discrete exterior calculus (DEC) with surface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Amgad Abdrabou , Luis J. Gomez

A method of numerically solving the Maxwell equations is considered for modeling harmonic electromagnetic fields. The vector finite element method makes it possible to obtain a physically consistent discretization of the differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Andrew V. Terekhov

We develop a geometric version of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations for discrete mechanics and constrained discrete mechanics. The geometric approach consists of using suitable Lagrangian and isotropic submanifolds. We also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-09 María Barbero-Liñán , Marta Farré Puiggalí , Sebastián Ferraro , David Martín de Diego

In the present paper we consider linear and isotropic Maxwell equations with inhomogeneous interface conditions. We discretize the problem with the discontinuous Galerkin method in space and with the leapfrog scheme in time. An analytical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Benjamin Dörich , Julian Dörner , Marlis Hochbruck

The discrete exterior calculus (DEC) defines a family of discretized differential operators which preserve certain desirable properties from the exterior calculus. We formulate and solve the porous convection equations in the DEC via the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Luke Morris , George Rauta , Kevin Carlson , James Fairbanks

We present numerical results concerning the solution of the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations discretized by discontinuous Galerkin methods. In particular, a numerical study of the convergence, which compares different strategies proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Victorita Dolean , Hugo Fol , Stephane Lanteri , Ronan Perrussel

Numerical schemes that preserve the structure of the kinetic equations can provide stable simulation results over a long time. An electromagnetic particle-in-cell solver for the Vlasov-Maxwell equations that preserves at the discrete level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Benedikt Perse , Katharina Kormann , Eric Sonnendrücker

In this paper, we discuss the Maxwell equations in terms of differential forms, both in the 3-dimensional space and in the 4-dimensional space-time manifold. Further, we view the classical electrodynamics as the curvature of a line bundle,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-12-06 Shenghua Du , Cheng Hao , Yueke Hu , Yuming Hui , Quan Shi , Li Wang , Yuqing Wu

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is a framework for constructing discrete versions of exterior differential calculus objects, and is widely used in computer graphics, computational topology, and discretizations of the Hodge-Laplace operator…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Erick Schulz , Gantumur Tsogtgerel

Starting from space-discretisation of Maxwell's equations, various classical formulations are proposed for the simulation of electromagnetic fields. They differ in the phenomena considered as well as in the variables chosen for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-09 Idoia Cortes Garcia , Sebastian Schöps , Herbert De Gersem , Sascha Baumanns

We present a discrete form of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation for quantum gravitation, based on the lattice formulation due to Regge. In this setup the infinite-dimensional manifold of 3-geometries is replaced by a space of three-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-01-07 Herbert W. Hamber , Ruth M. Williams

We consider a system of nonlinear equations that extends the Maxwell theory. It was pointed out in a previous paper that symmetric solutions of these equations display properties characteristic of magnetic oscillations. In this paper I…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Artur Sowa

A formulation of elliptic boundary value problems is used to develop the first discrete exterior calculus (DEC) library for massively parallel computations with 3D domains. This can be used for steady-state analysis of any physical process…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Pieter D. Boom , Ashley Seepujak , Odysseas Kosmas , Lee Margetts , Andrey Jivkov

In this article we have illustrated how is possible to formulate Maxwell's equations in vacuum in an independent form of the usual systems of units. Maxwell's equations, are then specialized to the most commonly used systems of units:…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Francesco Ferdinando Summa

In this work, based on the $3+1$ decomposition in [24, 33], we present a fully exterior calculus breakdown of spacetime and Einstein's equations. Links to the orthonormal frame approach [38] are drawn to help understand the variables in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-06 Todd A. Oliynyk , Jia Jia Qian

This paper explores the embedding of lattice structures $L \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ into smooth manifolds $M \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ through a rigorous mathematical framework. Building upon the foundational results established in "Embedding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Francesco D'Agostino

We employ Maxwell's equations formulated in Space-Time Algebra to perform discretization of moving geometries directly in space-time. All the derivations are carried out without any non-relativistic assumptions, thus the application area of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-11-23 Mariusz Klimek , Stefan Kurz , Sebastian Schoeps , Thomas Weiland

It is shown that the set of equations known as Maxwell's equations perfectly describe two very different systems: (1) the usual electromagnetic phenomena in vacuum or in the matter and (2) the deformation of isotropic solid lattices,…

General Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 G. Gremaud

We present an implicit-explicit (IMEX) scheme for semilinear wave equations with strong damping. By treating the nonlinear, nonstiff term explicitly and the linear, stiff part implicitly, we obtain a method which is not only unconditionally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Daniel Eckhardt , Marlis Hochbruck , Barbara Verfürth