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We develop a method to compute $H^2$-conforming finite element approximations in both two and three space dimensions using readily available finite element spaces. This is accomplished by deriving a novel, equivalent mixed variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-04 Mark Ainsworth , Charles Parker

In this paper we study parametric TraceFEM and parametric SurfaceFEM (SFEM) discretizations of a surface Stokes problem. These methods are applied both to the Stokes problem in velocity-pressure formulation and in stream function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Philip Brandner , Thomas Jankuhn , Simon Praetorius , Arnold Reusken , Axel Voigt

The implementation of the finite element method for linear elliptic equations requires to assemble the stiffness matrix and the load vector. In general, the entries of this matrix-vector system are not known explicitly but need to be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-26 Raphael Kruse , Nick Polydorides , Yue Wu

We study mixed finite element methods for the linearized rotating shallow water equations with linear drag and forcing terms. By means of a strong energy estimate for an equivalent second-order formulation for the linearized momentum, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-02 Colin J. Cotter , Robert C. Kirby

We propose and analyze an energy-stable fully discrete parametric approximation for Willmore flow of hypersurfaces in two and three space dimensions. We allow for the presence of spontaneous curvature effects and for open surfaces with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao

This paper is devoted to the complete convergence study of the finite-element approximation of Maxwell's equations in the case where the magnetic permeability is constant. Standard linear finite elements for the space discretization are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-06 Larisa Beilina , Vitoriano Ruas

In this contribution, a finite element scheme to impose mixed boundary conditions without introducing Lagrange multipliers is presented for hyperbolic systems described as port-Hamiltonian systems. The strategy relies on finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-23 S. D. M. de Jong , A. Brugnoli , R. Rashad , Y. Zhang , S. Stramigioli

This paper suggests two novel ideas to develop new proximal variable-metric methods for solving a class of composite convex optimization problems. The first idea is a new parameterization of the optimality condition which allows us to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-14 Quoc Tran-Dinh , Liang Ling , Kim-Chuan Toh

We consider an inverse problem for the linear one-dimensional wave equation with variable coefficients consisting in determining an unknown source term from a boundary observation. A method to obtain approximations of this inverse problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Carlos Castro , Sorin Micu

We introduce a novel technique for proving global strong discrete maximum principles for finite element discretizations of linear and semilinear elliptic equations for cases when the common, matrix-based sufficient conditions are not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Andrei Draganescu , L. Ridgway Scott

We construct finite element de~Rham complexes of higher and possibly non-uniform polynomial order in finite element exterior calculus (FEEC). Starting from the finite element differential complex of lowest-order, known as the complex of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Martin Werner Licht

We study the finite element formulation of general boundary conditions for incompressible flow problems. Distinguishing between the contributions from the inviscid and viscid parts of the equations, we use Nitsche's method to develop a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Roland Becker , Daniela Capatina , Robert Luce , David Trujillo

Arnold, Falk, and Winther [Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 281--354] showed that mixed variational problems, and their numerical approximation by mixed methods, could be most completely understood using the ideas and tools of Hilbert…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Andrew Gillette , Michael Holst , Yunrong Zhu

We develop a cut finite element method for the Darcy problem on surfaces. The cut finite element method is based on embedding the surface in a three dimensional finite element mesh and using finite element spaces defined on the three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Andre Massing

A high order cut finite element method is formulated for solving the elastic wave equation. Both a single domain problem and an interface problem are treated. The boundary or interface are allowed to cut through the background mesh. To…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-03 Simon Sticko , Gustav Ludvigsson , Gunilla Kreiss

In the present work, we investigate the computational efficiency afforded by higher-order finite-element discretization of the saddle-point formulation of orbital-free density functional theory. We first investigate the robustness of viable…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Phani Motamarri , Mrinal Iyer , Jaroslaw Knap , Vikram Gavini

In this paper we study semi-discrete and fully discrete evolving surface finite element schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a logarithmic potential. Specifically we consider linear finite elements discretising space and backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales

This paper is concerned with fully discrete finite element methods for approximating variational solutions of nonlinear stochastic elastic wave equations with multiplicative noise. A detailed analysis of the properties of the weak solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-04 Xiaobing Feng , Yukun Li , Yujian Lin

The paper presents a two-dimensional geometrically nonlinear formulation of a beam element that can accommodate arbitrarily large rotations of cross sections. The formulation is based on the integrated form of equilibrium equations, which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Milan Jirásek , Emma La Malfa Ribolla , Martin Horák

This paper introduces a Variational Multiscale Stabilization (VMS) formulation of the incompressible Navier--Stokes equations that utilizes the Finite Element Exterior Calculus (FEEC) framework. The FEEC framework preserves the geometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Kevin Dijkstra , Deepesh Toshniwal