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In this work we propose a new, arbitrary order space-time finite element discretisation for Hamiltonian PDEs in multisymplectic formulation. We show that the new method which is obtained by using both continuous and discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Elena Celledoni , James Jackaman

Maxwell's equations are a system of partial differential equations that govern the laws of electromagnetic induction. We study a mimetic finite-difference (MFD) discretization of the equations which preserves important underlying physical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-28 James H. Adler , Casey Cavanaugh , Xiaozhe Hu , Ludmil T. Zikatanov

We propose a finite element discretisation approach for the incompressible Euler equations which mimics their geometric structure and their variational derivation. In particular, we derive a finite element method that arises from a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Andrea Natale , Colin J. Cotter

The reformulation of the Met Office's dynamical core for weather and climate prediction previously described by the authors is extended to spherical domains using a cubed-sphere mesh. This paper updates the semi-implicit mixed…

We study a higher-order surface finite element (SFEM) penalty-based discretization of the tangential surface Stokes problem. Several discrete formulations are investigated which are equivalent in the continuous setting. The impact of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Hanne Hardering , Simon Praetorius

We employ surface differential calculus to derive models for Kirchhoff plates including in-plane membrane deformations. We also extend our formulation to structures of plates. For solving the resulting set of partial differential equations,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-15 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

A construction of prismatic Hardy space infinite elements to discretize wave equations on unbounded domains $\Omega$ in $H^1_{loc}(\Omega)$, $H_{loc}(curl;\Omega)$ and $H_{loc}(div;\Omega)$ is presented. As our motivation is to solve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-01 Lothar Nannen , Thorsten Hohage , Achim Schädle , Joachim Schöberl

A proof of convergence is given for semi- and full discretizations of mean curvature flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces. The numerical method proposed and studied here combines evolving finite elements, whose nodes determine the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-27 Balázs Kovács , Buyang Li , Christian Lubich

Flow in fractured porous media represents a challenge for discretization methods due to the disparate scales and complex geometry. Herein we propose a new discretization, based on the mixed finite element method and mortar methods. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Wietse M. Boon , Jan M. Nordbotten , Ivan Yotov

We study mixed finite element methods for the rotating shallow water equations with linearized momentum terms but nonlinear drag. By means of an equivalent second-order formulation, we prove long-time stability of the system without energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-06 Colin J. Cotter , P. Jameson Graber , Robert C. Kirby

We design a primal-dual stabilized finite element method for the numerical approximation of a data assimilation problem subject to the acoustic wave equation. For the forward problem, piecewise affine, continuous, finite element functions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Erik Burman , Ali Feizmohammadi , Lauri Oksanen

We introduce and analyse a fully discrete approximation for a mathematical model for the solidification and liquidation of materials of negligible specific heat. The model is a two-sided Mullins--Sekerka problem. The discretization uses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Robert Nürnberg

We propose new formulations of geometric curvature flows -- referred to as \emph{dual formulations} -- that are equivalent to the original formulations but provide a novel framework for constructing linearly implicit and energy-stable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Guangwei Gao , Buyang Li , Rong Tang

We propose a finite element discretization for the steady, generalized Navier-Stokes equations for fluids with shear-dependent viscosity, completed with inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions and an inhomogeneous divergence constraint.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-09 Julius Jeßberger , Alex Kaltenbach

Wave propagation problems have many applications in physics and engineering, and the stochastic effects are important in accurately modeling them due to the uncertainty of the media. This paper considers and analyzes a fully discrete finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Yukun Li , Shuonan Wu , Yulong Xing

Based on a geometric discretization scheme for Maxwell equations, we unveil a mathematical\textit{\}transformation between the electric field intensity $E$ and the magnetic field intensity $H$, denoted as Galerkin duality. Using Galerkin…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Bo He , F. L. Teixeira

We develop a unified theory for continuous in time finite element discretisations of partial differential equations posed in evolving domains including the consideration of equations posed on evolving surfaces and bulk domains as well…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

Simplicial, piecewise-flat discretizations of manifolds provide a clear path towards curvature analysis on discrete geometries and for solutions of PDE's on manifolds of complex topologies. In this manuscript we review and expand on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-12-06 Jonathan R. McDonald , Warner A. Miller , Paul M. Alsing , Xianfeng D. Gu , Xuping Wang , Shing-Tung Yau

A recent paper of Arnold, Falk, and Winther [Bull AMS, 47 (2010)] showed that a large class of mixed finite element methods can be formulated naturally on Hilbert complexes, where using a Galerkin-like approach, one solves a variational…

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

We consider the Shallow Water equations in the supercritical and subcritical cases in one space variable,posed in a finite spatial interval with characteristic boundary conditions at the endpoints, which, as is well known, are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-01 D. C. Antonopoulos , V. A. Dougalis