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We consider the finite element discretization and the iterative solution of singularly perturbed elliptic reaction-diffusion equations in three-dimensional computational domains. These equations arise from the optimality conditions for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Ulrich Langer , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

We analyze optimal complexity of adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for general second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in the Lax-Milgram setting. To this end, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which steers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Thomas Führer , Paula Hilbert , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius

In this paper we propose a method to generate suitably refined finite element meshes using neural networks. As a model problem we consider a linear elasticity problem on a planar domain (possibly with holes) having a polygonal boundary. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-16 Chiu Ling Chan , Felix Scholz , Thomas Takacs

This paper is concerned with the design, analysis and implementation of preconditioning concepts for spectral Discontinuous Galerkin discretizations of elliptic boundary value problems. While presently known techniques realize a growth of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-14 Kolja Brix , Martin Campos Pinto , Claudio Canuto , Wolfgang Dahmen

Mesh optimization procedures are generally a combination of node smoothing and discrete operations which affect a small number of elements to improve the quality of the overall mesh. These procedures are useful as a post-processing step in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-18 Andrew Shi , Per-Olof Persson

In the discretization of differential problems on complex geometrical domains, discretization methods based on polygonal and polyhedral elements are powerful tools. Adaptive mesh refinement for such kind of problems is very useful as well…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-12 Stefano Berrone , Andrea Borio , Alessandro D'Auria

The use of multigrid and related preconditioners with the finite element method is often limited by the difficulty of applying the algorithm effectively to a problem, especially when the domain has a complex shape or adaptive refinement. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Peter R. Brune , Matthew G. Knepley , L. Ridgway Scott

This work presents a multilevel approach to large--scale topology optimization accounting for linearized buckling criteria. The method relies on the use of preconditioned iterative solvers for all the systems involved in the linear buckling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Federico Ferrari , Ole Sigmund

We introduce a new Partition of Unity Method for the numerical homogenization of elliptic partial differential equations with arbitrarily rough coefficients. We do not restrict to a particular ansatz space or the existence of a finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Daniel Peterseim , Patrick Henning , Philipp Morgenstern

An algebraic multilevel iteration method for solving system of linear algebraic equations arising in $H(\mathrm{curl})$ and $H(\mathrm{div})$ spaces are presented. The algorithm is developed for the discrete problem obtained by using the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-02 S. K. Tomar

We define a generalized finite element method for the discretization of elliptic partial differential equations in heterogeneous media. An adaptive local finite element basis (AL basis) on a coarse mesh which does not resolve the matrix of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Monika Weymuth

This paper addresses a multi-scale finite element method for second order linear elliptic equations with arbitrarily rough coefficient. We propose a local oversampling method to construct basis functions that have optimal local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-04 Thomas Y. Hou , Pengfei Liu

Immersed finite element methods provide a convenient analysis framework for problems involving geometrically complex domains, such as those found in topology optimization and microstructures for engineered materials. However, their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Nils Wunsch , Keenan Doble , Mathias R. Schmidt , Lise Noël , John A. Evans , Kurt Maute

We exploit level set topology optimization to find the optimal material distribution for metamaterial-based heat manipulators. The level set function, geometry, and solution field are parameterized using the non-uniform rational B-spline…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Chintan Jansari , Stéphane P. A. Bordas , Elena Atroshchenko

This paper addresses the efficient solution of linear systems arising from curl-conforming finite element discretizations of $H(\mathrm{curl})$ elliptic problems with heterogeneous coefficients. We first employ the discrete form of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Chupeng Ma , Yongwei Zhang

This paper describes a new multilevel procedure that can solve the discrete Navier-Stokes system arising from finite volume discretizations on composite grids, which may consist of more than one level. SIMPLE is used and tested as the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-08-14 Alexandros Syrakos , Apostolos Goulas

We present a new high order finite element method for the discretization of partial differential equations on stationary smooth surfaces which are implicitly described as the zero level of a level set function. The discretization is based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-17 Jörg Grande , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Arnold Reusken

We present a numerical investigation of residual-based a posteriori error estimation for finite element discretizations of convection--diffusion equations stabilized by algebraic flux correction and related algebraic stabilization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Naveed Ahmed , Abhinav Jha

In this paper, we study fast iterative solvers for the solution of fourth order parabolic equations discretized by mixed finite element methods. We propose to use consistent mass matrix in the discretization and use lumped mass matrix to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-26 Bin Zheng , Luoping Chen , Xiaozhe Hu , Long Chen , Ricardo H. Nochetto , Jinchao Xu

This paper introduces a novel adaptive refinement strategy for Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) using Truncated Hierarchical B-splines (THB-splines). The proposed strategy enhances locally-refined meshes for specific applications, simplifying…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Kevin Dijkstra , Carlotta Giannelli , Deepesh Toshniwal