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This article develops a weak Galerkin least-squares (WG--LS) finite element method for first-order linear convection equations in non-divergence form. The method is formulated using discontinuous finite element functions and does not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

A parallelizable iterative procedure based on domain decomposition is presented and analyzed for weak Galerkin finite element methods for second order elliptic equations. The convergence analysis is established for the decomposition of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-12 Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang , Shangyou Zhang

We introduce a new weak Galerkin finite element method whose weak functions on interior neighboring edges are double-valued for parabolic problems. Based on $(P_k(T), P_{k}(e), RT_k(T))$ element, a fully discrete approach is formulated with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Wenya Qi

This paper introduces the application of the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method to solve the Steklov eigenvalue problem, focusing on obtaining lower bounds of the eigenvalues. The noncomforming finite element space of the weak…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-13 Shusheng Li , Hehu Xie , Qilong Zhai

This paper presents a new weak Galerkin (WG) method for elliptic interface problems on general curved polygonal partitions. The method's key innovation lies in its ability to transform the complex interface jump condition into a more…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

A superconvergence error estimate for the gradient approximation of the second order elliptic problem in three dimensions is analyzed by using weak Galerkin finite element scheme on the uniform and non-uniform cubic partitions. Due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-19 Dan Li , Yufeng Nie , Chunmei Wang

This article introduces a novel residual-based a posteriori error estimators for the Modified Weak Galerkin (MWG) finite element method applied to the obstacle problem. To the best of the author's knowledge, this work represents the first…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Tanvi Wadhawan

A C^0-weak Galerkin (WG) method is introduced and analyzed for solving the biharmonic equation in 2D and 3D. A weak Laplacian is defined for C^0 functions in the new weak formulation. This WG finite element formulation is symmetric,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-12-04 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

The proximal Galerkin finite element method is a high-order, low-iteration complexity, nonlinear numerical method that preserves the geometric and algebraic structure of point-wise bound constraints in infinite-dimensional function spaces.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Brendan Keith , Thomas M. Surowiec

The goal of this article is to clarify some misunderstandings and inappropriate claims made in [6] regarding the relation between the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method and the hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG). In this paper,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

We propose a numerical method to approximate the solution of second order elliptic problems in nonvariational form. The method is of Galerkin type using conforming finite elements and applied directly to the nonvariational (nondivergence)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-05-19 Omar Lakkis , Tristan Pryer

A weak Galerkin (WG) method is introduced and numerically tested for the Helmholtz equation. This method is flexible by using discontinuous piecewise polynomials and retains the mass conservation property. At the same time, the WG finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shan Zhao

In this paper, we propose a simple numerical algorithm based on the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for a class of fourth-order problems in fluorescence tomography (FT), eliminating the need for stabilizer terms required in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

A discrete divergence-free weak Galerkin finite element method is developed for the Stokes equations based on a weak Galerkin (WG) method introduced in the reference [15]. Discrete divergence-free bases are constructed explicitly for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-01 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

A conforming discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element method has been introduced in [21] on simplicial meshes, which has the flexibility of using discontinuous approximation and the simplicity in formulation of the classic continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

We extend the finite element method introduced by Lakkis and Pryer [2011] to approximate the solution of second order elliptic problems in nonvariational form to incorporate the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) framework. This is done by viewing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-09 Andreas Dedner , Tristan Pryer

In this paper, the weak Galerkin finite element method for second order elliptic problems employing polygonal or polyhedral meshes with arbitrary small edges or faces was analyzed. With the shape regular assumptions, optimal convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Qingguang Guan

In this paper, we propose new basis functions defined on curved sides or faces of curvilinear elements (polygons or polyhedrons with curved sides or faces) for the weak Galerkin finite element method. Those basis functions are constructed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Qingguang Guan , Gillian Queisser , Wenju Zhao

In this paper, we propose a pressure-robust weak Galerkin (WG) finite element scheme to solve the Stokes-Darcy problem. To construct the pressure-robust numerical scheme, we use the divergence-free velocity reconstruction operator to modify…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Jiwei Jia , Lin Yang , Qilong Zhai

This paper presents a simplified weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving biharmonic equations avoiding the use of traditional stabilizers. The proposed WG method supports both convex and non-convex polytopal elements in finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Chunmei Wang