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Based on the numerical method proposed in [G. Hu, X. Xie, F. Xu, J. Comput. Phys., 355 (2018), 436-449.] for Kohn-Sham equation, further improvement on the efficiency is obtained in this paper by i). designing a numerical method with the…
We present useful connections between the finite difference and the finite element methods for a model boundary value problem. We start from the observation that, in the finite element context, the interpolant of the solution in one…
A homogenization approach is one of effective strategies to solve multiscale elliptic problems approximately. The finite element heterogeneous multiscale method (FEHMM) which is based on the finite element makes possible to simulate such…
Preservation of nonnengativity and boundedness in the finite element solution of Nagumo-type equations with general anisotropic diffusion is studied. Linear finite elements and the backward Euler scheme are used for the spatial and temporal…
We develop the a posteriori error analysis of finite element approximations of implicit power-law-like models for viscous incompressible fluids. The Cauchy stress and the symmetric part of the velocity gradient in the class of models under…
We design and analyze an adaptive $hp$-finite element method (hp-AFEM) in dimensions $n=1,2$. The algorithm consists of iterating two routines: hp-NEARBEST finds a near-best $hp$-approximation of the current discrete solution and data to a…
We analyze adaptive mesh-refining algorithms for conforming finite element discretizations of certain non-linear second-order partial differential equations. We allow continuous polynomials of arbitrary, but fixed polynomial order. The…
Many problems of theoretical and practical interest involve finding a convex or concave function. For instance, optimization problems such as finding the projection on the convex functions in $H^k(\Omega)$, or some problems in economics. In…
We develop an efficient and reliable adaptive finite element method (AFEM) for the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE). We first examine the regularization technique of Chen, Holst, and Xu; this technique made possible the first a…
Interpolation methods for nonlinear finite element discretizations are commonly used to eliminate the computational costs associated with the repeated assembly of the nonlinear systems. While the group finite element formulation…
Mesh sensitivity of finite element solution for linear elliptic partial differential equations is analyzed. A bound for the change in the finite element solution is obtained in terms of the mesh deformation and its gradient. The bound shows…
We consider an adaptive algorithm for finite element methods for the isogeometric analysis (IGAFEM) of elliptic (possibly non-symmetric) second-order partial differential equations. We employ analysis-suitable T-splines of arbitrary odd…
The finite element method is used to approximately solve boundary value problems for differential equations. The method discretises the parameter space and finds an approximate solution by solving a large system of linear equations. Here we…
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…
In this paper the $h$-adaptive partition-of-unity method and the $h$- and $hp$-adaptive finite element method are applied to partial differential equations arising in quantum mechanics, namely, the Schr\"odinger equation with Coulomb and…
We investigate a convective Brinkman--Forchheimer problem coupled with a heat equation. The investigated model considers thermal diffusion and viscosity depending on the temperature. We prove the existence of a solution without restriction…
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…
The aim of this work is to show an abstract framework to analyze the numerical approximation for a family of linear degenerate parabolic mixed equations by using a finite element method in space and a Backward-Euler scheme in time. We…
Modeling of physical systems includes extensive use of software packages that implement the accurate finite element method for solving differential equations considered along with the appropriate initial and boundary conditions. When the…
This paper is devoted to the convergence and optimality analysis of the adaptive Morley element method for the fourth order elliptic problem. A new technique is developed to establish a quasi-orthogonality which is crucial for the…