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The present paper proposes and analyzes an interior penalty technique using $C^0$-finite elements to solve the Maxwell equations in domains with heterogeneous properties. The convergence analysis for the boundary value problem and the…

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We propose and analyze a general framework for space-time finite element methods that is based on least-squares finite element methods for solving a first-order reformulation of the thick parabolic obstacle problem. Discretizations based on…

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With the development of multi-layer elastic systems in the field of engineering mechanics, the corresponding variational inequality theory and algorithm design have received more attention and research. In this study, a class of equivalent…

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The phase field model is a widely used mathematical approach for describing crack propagation in continuum damage fractures. In the context of phase field fracture simulations, adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) are often employed to…

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The purpose of this work is the design and analysis of a reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimator for the so-called pointwise tracking optimal control problem. This linear-quadratic optimal control problem entails the…

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In this work, we propose and analyze a pointwise a posteriori error estimator for simple eigenvalues of elliptic eigenvalue problems with adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs). We prove the reliability and efficiency of the residual-type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Zhenglei Li , Qigang Liang , Xuejun Xu

A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-07-12 Gunther H. Peichl , Rachid Touzani

This paper presents an innovative continuous linear finite element approach to effectively solve biharmonic problems on surfaces. The key idea behind this method lies in the strategic utilization of a surface gradient recovery operator to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Ying Cai , Hailong Guo , Zhimin Zhang

This research presents a novel method using an adversarial neural network to solve the eigenvalue topology optimization problems. The study focuses on optimizing the first eigenvalues of second-order elliptic and fourth-order biharmonic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-13 Xindi Hu , Jiaming Weng , Shengfeng Zhu

We propose and analyze an adaptive finite element method for a phase-field model of dynamic brittle fracture. The model couples a second-order hyperbolic equation for elastodynamics with the Ambrosio-Tortorelli regularization of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjuaniah

In this work, we apply multi-goal oriented error estimation to the finite element method. In particular, we use the dual weighted residual method and apply it to a model problem. This model problem consist of locally different coercive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-30 Bernhard Endtmayer

With the regular decomposition technique, we decompose the space $\mathbf{H}_0^s(\mathbf{curl}; \Omega)$ into the sum of a vector potential space and the gradient of a scalar space, both possessing higher regularity. Based on this new high…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Feiyi Liao , Haochen Liu , Hehu Xie

We analyse the nonconforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problems. The nonconforming VEM allow to treat in the same formulation the two- and three-dimensional case.We present two possible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Francesca Gardini , Gianmarco Manzini , Giuseppe Vacca

We consider time-harmonic scalar transmission problems between dielectric and dispersive materials with generalized Lorentz frequency laws. For certain frequency ranges such equations involve a sign-change in their principle part. Due to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Martin Halla , Thorsten Hohage , Florian Oberender

For the eigenvalue problem of the Steklov differential operator, by following Liu's approach, an algorithm utilizing the conforming finite element method (FEM) is proposed to provide guaranteed lower bounds for the eigenvalues. The proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Taiga Nakano , Qin Li , Meiling Yue , Xuefeng Liu

It is shown that the h-adaptive mixed finite element method for the discretization of eigenvalue clusters of the Laplace operator produces optimal convergence rates in terms of nonlinear approximation classes. The results are valid for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-27 Daniele Boffi , Dietmar Gallistl , Francesca Gardini , Lucia Gastaldi

A cost functional involving the eigenvalues of an elastic structure, that is described by a multi-phase-field equation, is optimized. This allows us to handle topology changes and multiple materials. We prove continuity and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Patrik Knopf

In this paper, we propose an unfitted finite element method to solve PDE-constrained shape optimization problems via shape gradient flow. The shape gradient flow system consists of the state equation, the adjoint equation, the velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Wei Gong , Chuwen Ma , Ziyi Zhang

We develop the max-plus finite element method to solve finite horizon deterministic optimal control problems. This method, that we introduced in a previous work, relies on a max-plus variational formulation, and exploits the properties of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Marianne Akian , Stephane Gaubert , Asma Lakhoua

We study the generalized finite element methods (GFEMs) for the second-order elliptic eigenvalue problem with an interface in 1D. The linear stable generalized finite element methods (SGFEM) were recently developed for the elliptic source…

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