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This paper discusses lowest-order nonstandard finite element methods for space discretization and explicit and implicit schemes for time discretization of the biharmonic wave equation with clamped boundary conditions. A modified Ritz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Neela Nataraj , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier , Aamir Yousuf

We present new rectangular mixed finite elements for linear elasticity. The approach is based on a modification of the Hellinger-Reissner functional in which the symmetry of the stress field is enforced weakly through the introduction of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-04 Gerard Awanou

In this paper we establish a best approximation property of fully discrete Galerkin finite element solutions of second order parabolic problems on convex polygonal and polyhedral domains in the $L^\infty$ norm. The discretization method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Dmitriy Leykekhman , Boris Vexler

We present a new high order finite element method for the discretization of partial differential equations on stationary smooth surfaces which are implicitly described as the zero level of a level set function. The discretization is based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-17 Jörg Grande , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Arnold Reusken

Finite element approximations of minimal surface are not always precise. They can even sometimes completely collapse. In this paper, we provide a simple and inexpensive method, in terms of computational cost, to improve finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-18 Aymeric Grodet , Takuya Tsuchiya

The numerical solution of a nonlinear and space-fractional anti-diffusive equation used to model dune morphodynamics is considered. Spatial discretization is effected using a finite element method whereas the Crank-Nicolson scheme is used…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-01 Afaf Bouharguane

This paper discusses the practical development of space-time boundary element methods for the wave equation in three spatial dimensions. The employed trial spaces stem from simplex meshes of the lateral boundary of the space-time cylinder.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-25 Dominik Pölz , Martin Schanz

An efficient and accurate finite-element algorithm is described for the numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes (INS) equations. The new algorithm that solves the INS equations in a velocity-pressure reformulation is based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Longfei Li

For an elliptic problem with two space dimensions, we propose to formulate the finite volume method with the help of Petrov-Galerkin mixed finite elementsthat are based on the building of a dual Raviart-Thomas basis.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-12-09 François Dubois

We propose and analyze a two-level method for mimetic finite difference approximations of second order elliptic boundary value problems. We prove that the two-level algorithm is uniformly convergent, i.e., the number of iterations needed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-14 Paola F. Antonietti , Marco Verani , Ludmil Zikatanov

We consider a system of second order non-linear elliptic partial differential equations that models the equilibrium configurations of a two dimensional planar bistable nematic liquid crystal device. Discontinuous Galerkin finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Ruma Rani Maity , Apala Majumdar , Neela Nataraj

We review the main features of an unfitted finite element method for interface and fluid-structure interaction problems based on a distributed Lagrange multiplier in the spirit of the fictitious domain approach. We recall our theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Najwa Alshehri , Daniele Boffi , Fabio Credali , Lucia Gastaldi

We investigate a fully discrete finite element approximation for the stochastic Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, combining the standard finite element methods in spatial discretization with the implicit Euler-Maruyama scheme in time. Rigorous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Hung D. Nguyen , Liet Vo

In this paper we develop numerical analysis for finite element discretization of semilinear elliptic equations with potentially non-Lipschitz nonlinearites. The nonlinearity is essecially assumed to be continuous and monotonically…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Boris Vexler

This article deals with the computation of guaranteed lower bounds of the error in the framework of finite element (FE) and domain decomposition (DD) methods. In addition to a fully parallel computation, the proposed lower bounds separate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Valentine Rey , Pierre Gosselet , Christian Rey

In this note we study the convergence of monotone P1 finite element methods on unstructured meshes for fully non-linear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations arising from stochastic optimal control problems with possibly degenerate, isotropic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-25 Max Jensen , Iain Smears

This paper proposes a $C^{0}$ (non-Lagrange) primal finite element approximation of the linear elliptic equations in non-divergence form with oblique boundary conditions in planar, curved domains. As an extension of [Calcolo, 58 (2022), No.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Guangwei Gao , Shuonan Wu

It is shown how mixed finite element methods for symmetric positive definite eigenvalue problems related to partial differential operators can provide guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds. The method is based on a classical compatibility…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-10 Dietmar Gallistl

The state-of-the art proof of a global inf-sup condition on mixed finite element schemes does not allow for an analysis of truly indefinite, second-order linear elliptic PDEs. This paper, therefore, first analyses a nonconforming finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Carsten Carstensen , Asha K. Dond , Neela Nataraj , Amiya K. Pani

This work introduces finite element methods for a class of elliptic fully nonlinear partial differential equations. They are based on a minimal residual principle that builds upon the Alexandrov--Bakelman--Pucci estimate. Under rather…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Dietmar Gallistl , Ngoc Tien Tran