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This chapter provides an overview of state-of-the-art adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for the numerical solution of second-order elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs), where the primary focus is on the optimal interplay of…

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In this paper we analyze the finite element approximation of the Stokes equations with non-smooth Dirichlet boundary data. To define the discrete solution, we first approximate the boundary datum by a smooth one and then apply a standard…

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In this paper, we present a unified analysis of both convergence and optimality of adaptive mixed finite element methods for a class of problems when the finite element spaces and corresponding a posteriori error estimates under…

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Inverse problems for Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are crucial in numerous applications such as geophysics, biomedical imaging, and material science, where unknown physical properties must be inferred from indirect measurements. In…

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This paper focuses on the analysis of conforming virtual element methods for general second-order linear elliptic problems with rough source terms and applies it to a Poisson inverse source problem with rough measurements. For the forward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-20 Rekha Khot , Neela Nataraj , Nitesh Verma

We present quasi-optimal a priori error estimates for general mixed finite element methods to approximate solutions of the Stokes problem subject to inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. For the Scott-Vogelius element this yields…

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In this article we study adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) with inexact solvers for a class of semilinear elliptic interface problems. We are particularly interested in nonlinear problems with discontinuous diffusion coefficients, such…

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We consider a general nonsymmetric second-order linear elliptic PDE in the framework of the Lax-Milgram lemma. We formulate and analyze an adaptive finite element algorithm with arbitrary polynomial degree that steers the adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Maximilian Brunner , Pascal Heid , Michael Innerberger , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

In this work, we develop an adaptive nonconforming finite element algorithm for the numerical approximation of phase-field parameterized topology optimization governed by the Stokes system. We employ the conforming linear finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Bangti Jin , Jing Li , Yifeng Xu , Shengfeng Zhu

In \cite{cheung2019optimally}, the authors presented two finite element methods for approximating second order boundary value problems on polytopial meshes with optimal accuracy without having to utilize curvilinear mappings. This was done…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-11 James Cheung

The convergence of an adaptive mixed finite element method for general second order linear elliptic problems defined on simply connected bounded polygonal domains is analyzed in this paper. The main difficulties in the analysis are posed by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-14 Asha K. Dond , Neela Nataraj , Amiya K. Pani

We establish the convergence of an adaptive spline-based finite element method of a fourth order elliptic problem with weakly-imposed Dirichlet boundary conditions using polynomial B-splines.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Ibrahim Al Balushi

In this work, we derive a reliable and efficient residual-typed error estimator for the finite element approximation of a 2d cathodic protection problem governed by a steady-state diffusion equation with a nonlinear boundary condition. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-21 Guanglian Li , Yifeng Xu

For numerical approximation the reformulation of a PDE as a residual minimisation problem has the advantages that the resulting linear system is symmetric positive definite, and that the norm of the residual provides an a posteriori error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Harald Monsuur , Rob Stevenson , Johannes Storn

We consider an adaptive algorithm for finite element methods for the isogeometric analysis (IGAFEM) of elliptic (possibly non-symmetric) second-order partial differential equations. We employ analysis-suitable T-splines of arbitrary odd…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-07 Gregor Gantner , Dirk Praetorius

A multilevel adaptive refinement strategy for solving linear elliptic partial differential equations with random data is recalled in this work. The strategy extends the a posteriori error estimation framework introduced by Guignard and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-21 Alex Bespalov , David J. Silvester

We prove that for compactly perturbed elliptic problems, where the corresponding bilinear form satisfies a Garding inequality, adaptive mesh-refinement is capable of overcoming the preasymptotic behavior and eventually leads to convergence…

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The convergence analysis for least-squares finite element methods led to various adaptive mesh-refinement strategies: Collective marking algorithms driven by the built-in a posteriori error estimator or an alternative explicit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-18 Philipp Bringmann

We prove the quasi-optimal convergence of a standard adaptive finite element method (AFEM) for nonlinear elliptic second-order equations of monotone type. The adaptive algorithm is based on residual-type a posteriori error estimators and…

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The adaptive nonconforming Morley finite element method (FEM) approximates a regular solution to the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n equations with optimal convergence rates for sufficiently fine triangulations and small bulk parameter in the D\"orfler…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Carsten Carstensen , Neela Nataraj