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In this article we develop convergence theory for a general class of adaptive approximation algorithms for abstract nonlinear operator equations on Banach spaces, and use the theory to obtain convergence results for practical adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-12 Michael Holst , Gantumur Tsogtgerel , Yunrong Zhu

We propose, analyze, and numerically validate a correction adaptive two-grid finite element method (CAT-GFEM) for nonselfadjoint or indefinite elliptic problems. In contrast to the adaptive two-grid finite element method (ATGFEM) of Li and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Fei Li , Qingguo Hong , Ming Tang , Liuqiang Zhong

We show that optimal $L^2$-convergence in the finite element method on quasi-uniform meshes can be achieved if, for some $s_0 > 1/2$, the boundary value problem has the mapping property $H^{-1+s} \rightarrow H^{1+s}$ for $s \in [0,s_0]$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-29 T. Horger , J. M. Melenk , B. Wohlmuth

The Zarantonello fixed-point iteration is an established linearization scheme for quasilinear PDEs with strongly monotone and Lipschitz continuous nonlinearity in Hilbert spaces. This paper presents a weighted least-squares minimization for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Philipp Bringmann , Dirk Praetorius

We consider an adaptive algorithm for finite element methods for the isogeometric analysis (IGAFEM) of elliptic (possibly non-symmetric) second-order partial differential equations in arbitrary space dimension $d\ge2$. We employ…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-20 Gregor Gantner , Daniel Haberlik , Dirk Praetorius

We propose a new practical adaptive refinement strategy for $hp$-finite element approximations of elliptic problems. Following recent theoretical developments in polynomial-degree-robust a posteriori error analysis, we solve two types of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Patrik Daniel , Alexandre Ern , Iain Smears , Martin Vohralík

In this work, we investigate the performance CutFEM as a high fidelity solver as well as we construct a competent and economical reduced order solver for PDE-constrained optimization problems in parametrized domains that live in a fixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-11 Georgios Katsouleas , Efthymios N. Karatzas , Fotios Travlopanos

We consider scalar semilinear elliptic PDEs where the nonlinearity is strongly monotone, but only locally Lipschitz continuous. We formulate an adaptive iterative linearized finite element method (AILFEM) which steers the local mesh…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-24 Roland Becker , Maximilian Brunner , Michael Innerberger , Jens Markus Melenk , Dirk Praetorius

We introduce, analyze and test a new interpolation operator for use with continuous data assimilation (DA) of evolution equations that are discretized spatially with the finite element method. The interpolant is constructed as an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Leo G. Rebholz , Camille Zerfas

We design a quasi-interpolation operator from the Sobolev space $H^1_0(\Omega)$ to its finite-dimensional finite element subspace formed by piecewise polynomials on a simplicial mesh with a computable approximation constant. The operator 1)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-17 T. Chaumont-Frelet , M. Vohralik

We show error estimates for a cut finite element approximation of a second order elliptic problem with mixed boundary conditions. The error estimates are of low regularity type where we consider the case when the exact solution $u \in H^s$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-07 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

As an alternative to PINNs, a Deep Ritz framework is proposed to solve fully nonlinear PDEs. A least-squares algorithm is advocated to decouple the nonlinearities from the variational features of several fully nonlinear PDEs. A splitting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Alexandre Caboussat , Martin T. Leclercq , Anna Peruso

We analyze a goal-oriented adaptive algorithm that aims to efficiently compute the quantity of interest $G(u^\star)$ with a linear goal functional $G$ and the solution $u^\star$ to a general second-order nonsymmetric linear elliptic partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Philipp Bringmann , Maximilian Brunner , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

We use uniform $W^{2,p}$ estimates to obtain corrector results for periodic homogenization problems of the form $A(x/\varepsilon):D^2 u_{\varepsilon} = f$ subject to a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. We propose and rigorously…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Yves Capdeboscq , Timo Sprekeler , Endre Süli

We construct least squares formulations of PDEs with inhomogeneous essential boundary conditions, where boundary residuals are not measured in unpractical fractional Sobolev norms, but which formulations nevertheless are shown to yield a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-12 Harald Monsuur , Robin Smeets , Rob Stevenson

For adaptive mixed finite element methods (AMFEM), we first introduce the data oscillation to analyze, without the restriction that the inverse of the coefficient matrix of the partial differential equations (PDEs) is a piecewise polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-01-07 Shaohong Du , Xiaoping Xie

Second-order partial differential equations in non-divergence form are considered. Equations of this kind typically arise as subproblems for the solution of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations in the context of stochastic optimal control, or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-13 Jan Blechschmidt , Roland Herzog , Max Winkler

This paper is concerned with the adaptive numerical treatment of stochastic partial differential equations. Our method of choice is Rothe's method. We use the implicit Euler scheme for the time discretization. Consequently, in each step, an…

Stability and optimal convergence analysis of a non-uniform implicit-explicit L1 finite element method (IMEX-L1-FEM) is studied for a class of time-fractional linear partial differential/integro-differential equations with non-self-adjoint…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Aditi Tomar , Lok Pati Tripathi , Amiya K. Pani

This paper is devoted to the convergence and optimality analysis of the adaptive Morley element method for the fourth order elliptic problem. A new technique is developed to establish a quasi-orthogonality which is crucial for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-09-17 Jun Hu , Zhongci Shi , Jinchao Xu