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We consider Poisson's equation with a finite number of weighted Dirac masses as a source term, together with its discretization by means of conforming finite elements. For the error in fractional Sobolev spaces, we propose residual-type a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-30 Fernando D. Gaspoz , Pedro Morin , Andreas Veeser

There is a wide range of stabilized finite element methods for stationary and non-stationary convection-diffusion equations such as streamline diffusion methods, local projection schemes, subgrid-scale techniques, and continuous interior…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-25 L. Tobiska , R. Verfürth

Functional error estimates are well-established tools for a posteriori error estimation and related adaptive mesh-refinement for the finite element method (FEM). The present work proposes a first functional error estimate for the boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Stefan Kurz , Dirk Pauly , Dirk Praetorius , Sergey Repin , Daniel Sebastian

In a general setting, we study a posteriori estimates used in finite element analysis to measure the error between a solution and its approximation. The latter is not necessarily generated by a finite element method. We show that the error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Thomas Führer , Sergio Rojas

Post-processing techniques are essential tools for enhancing the accuracy of finite element approximations and achieving superconvergence. Among these, recovery techniques stand out as vital methods, playing significant roles in both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Hailong Guo , Zhimin Zhang

For the pure biharmonic equation and a biharmonic singular perturbation problem, a residual-based error estimator is introduced which applies to many existing nonconforming finite elements. The error estimator involves the local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-18 Dietmar Gallistl , Shudan Tian

This paper introduces an explicit residual-based a posteriori error analysis for the symmetric mixed finite element method in linear elasticity after Arnold-Winther with pointwise symmetric and H(div)-conforming stress approximation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-25 C. Carstensen , D. Gallistl , J. Gedicke

Given a partial differential equation (PDE), goal-oriented error estimation allows us to understand how errors in a diagnostic quantity of interest (QoI), or goal, occur and accumulate in a numerical approximation, for example using the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-25 Joseph G. Wallwork , Jingyi Lu , Mingrui Zhang , Matthew D. Piggott

This paper develops and discusses a residual-based a posteriori error estimator for parabolic surface partial differential equations on closed stationary surfaces. The full discretization uses the surface finite element method in space and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Balázs Kovács , Michael Lantelme

This paper presents a goal-oriented a posteriori error estimation framework for linear functionals in the stabilized finite element discretization of the stationary convection-diffusion-reaction (CDR) equation. The theoretical framework for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Sheraz Ahmed Khan , Ramon Codina , Hauke Gravenkamp

Adaptive finite elements are the method of choice for accurate simulations of optical components. However as shown recently by Bienstman et al. many finite element mode solvers fail to compute the propagation constant's imaginary part of a…

Optics · Physics 2009-05-28 L. Zschiedrich , S. Burger , J. Pomplun , F. Schmidt

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a well-established procedure for computing approximate solutions to deterministic engineering problems described by partial differential equations. FEM produces discrete approximations of the solution with…

This article investigates residual a posteriori error estimates and adaptive mesh refinements for time-dependent boundary element methods for the wave equation. We obtain reliable estimates for Dirichlet and acoustic boundary conditions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Heiko Gimperlein , Ceyhun Oezdemir , David Stark , Ernst P. Stephan

We derive a residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the conforming hp-Adaptive Finite Element Method (hp-AFEM) for the steady state Stokes problem describing the slow motion of an incompressible fluid. This error estimator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-16 Arezou Ghesmati , Wolfgang Bangerth , Bruno Turcksin

This paper aims to develop an efficient adaptive finite element method for the second-order elliptic problem. Although the theory for adaptive finite element methods based on residual-type a posteriori error estimator and bisection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Jingjing Xiao , Ying Liu , Nianyu Yi

In our work, we consider the classical density-based approach to the topology optimization. We propose to modify the discretized cost functional using a posteriori error estimator for the finite element method. It can be regarded as a new…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-03 Vladislav Pimanov , Ivan Oseledets

This paper introduces a novel a posteriori error estimation framework for the enriched Galerkin (EG) finite element method applied to linear parabolic equations. While the EG method has been recognized for its local conservation property…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Hyun-Geun Shin , Yi-Yung Yang , Sanghyun Lee

Mixed-dimensional elliptic equations exhibiting a hierarchical structure are commonly used to model problems with high aspect ratio inclusions, such as flow in fractured porous media. We derive general abstract estimates based on the theory…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Jhabriel Varela , Elyes Ahmed , Eirik Keilegavlen , Jan Martin Nordbotten , Florin Adrian Radu

A new technique of residual-type a posteriori error analysis is developed for the lowest-order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element discretizations of convection-diffusion-reaction equations in two- or three-dimension. Both centered mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-26 Shaohong Du , Xiaoping Xie

For the finite element solution of Poisson's equation, a local a posteriori error estimation based on the Hypercircle method is proposed. Even for the solution of Poisson's equation without the $H^2$ regularity, this method can provide…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-24 Taiga Nakano , Xuefeng Liu