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Recovery type a posteriori error estimators are popular, particularly in the engineering community, for their computationally inexpensive, easy to implement, and generally asymptotically exactness. Unlike the residual type error estimators,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-26 Ying Liu , Jingjing Xiao , Nianyu Yi , Huihui Cao

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

Arnold, Falk, and Winther recently showed [Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 281-354] that linear, mixed variational problems, and their numerical approximation by mixed finite element methods, can be studied using the powerful, abstract…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-01 Michael Holst , Ari Stern

We derive globally reliable a posteriori error estimators for a PDE-constrained optimization problem involving linear models in fluid dynamics as state equation; control constraints are also considered. The corresponding local error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-03 Alejandro Allendes , Enrique Otarola , Richard Rankin

We present an a posteriori estimator of the error in the L^2-norm for the numerical approximation of the Maxwell's eigenvalue problem by means of N\'ed\'elec finite elements. Our analysis is based on a Helmholtz decomposition of the error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-02 Daniele Boffi , Lucia Gastaldi , Rodolfo Rodríguez , Ivana Šebestová

This work is concerned with the proof of \emph{a posteriori} error estimates for fully-discrete Galerkin approximations of the Allen-Cahn equation in two and three spatial dimensions. The numerical method comprises of the backward Euler…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Konstantinos Chrysafinos , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Dimitra Plaka

We consider mixed finite element approximation of a singularly perturbed fourth-order elliptic problem with two different boundary conditions, and present a new measure of the error, whose components are balanced with respect to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-16 Shaohong Du , Runchang Lin , Zhimin Zhang

We introduce quantitative and robust tools to control the numerical accuracy in simulations performed using the Multiscale Finite Element Method (MsFEM). First, we propose a guaranteed and fully computable a posteriori error estimate for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Ludovic Chamoin , Frederic Legoll

We prove inverse-type estimates for the four classical boundary integral operators associated with the Laplace operator. These estimates are used to show convergence of an h-adaptive algorithm for the coupling of a finite element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-24 Markus Aurada , Michael Feischl , Thomas Führer , Michael Karkulik , Jens Markus Melenk , Dirk Praetorius

We investigate the application of a posteriori error estimates to a fractional optimal control problem with pointwise control constraints. Specifically, we address a problem in which the state equation is formulated as an integral form of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Fangyuan Wang , Qiming Wang , Zhaojie Zhou

In this paper, we consider the extension of the finite element exterior calculus from elliptic problems, in which the Hodge Laplacian is an appropriate model problem, to parabolic problems, for which we take the Hodge heat equation as our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Douglas N. Arnold , Hongtao Chen

We provide a framework for interpreting Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) numerical schemes in terms of Finite Element Exterior Calculus (FEEC). We demonstrate the equivalence of cochains on primal and dual meshes with Whitney and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Johnny Guzmán , Pratyush Potu

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…

An posteriori error analysis for the virtual element method (VEM) applied to general elliptic problems is presented. The resulting error estimator is of residual-type and applies on very general polygonal/polyhedral meshes. The estimator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Andrea Cangiani , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Tristan Pryer , Oliver J. Sutton

In this paper we analyze a posteriori error estimates for a mixed formulation of the linear elasticity eigenvalue problem. A posteriori estimators for the nearly and perfectly compressible elasticity spectral problems are proposed. With a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-12 Felipe Lepe , Gonzalo Rivera , Jesús Vellojín

In the flow and transport numerical simulation, mesh adaptivity strategy is important in reducing the usage of CPU time and memory. The refinement based on the pressure error estimator is commonly-used approach without considering the flux…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-18 Yerlan Amanbek , Gurpreet Singh , Gergina Pencheva , Mary F. Wheeler

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

We construct a finite element method (FEM) for the infinity Laplacian. Solutions of this problem may be singular, which has prompted us to conduct an a posteriori analysis of the method deriving residual based estimators to drive an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Omar Lakkis , Tristan Pryer

We consider the unilateral contact problem between an elastic body and a rigid foundation in a description that includes both Tresca and Coulomb friction conditions. For this problem, we present an a posteriori error analysis based on an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-08 Ilaria Fontana , Daniele A. Di Pietro

For the Stokes equation over 2D and 3D domains, explicit a posteriori and a priori error estimation are novelly developed for the finite element solution. The difficulty in handling the divergence-free condition of the Stokes equation is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Xuefeng Liu , Mitsuhiro Nakao , Chun'guang You , Shin'ichi Oishi