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In this paper we study finite element discretizations of a surface vector-Laplace eigenproblem. We consider two known classes of finite element methods, namely one based on a vector analogon of the Dziuk-Elliott surface finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-06 Arnold Reusken

In this paper, we propose a new trace finite element method for the {Laplace-Beltrami} eigenvalue problem. The method is proposed directly on a smooth manifold which is implicitly given by a level-set function and require high order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-17 Song Lu , Xianmin Xu

In this paper we analyze a space-time unfitted finite element method for the discretization of scalar surface partial differential equations on evolving surfaces. For higher order approximations of the evolving surface we use the technique…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Arnold Reusken , Hauke Sass

We consider a linear-quadratic optimization problem with pointwise bounds on the state for which the constraint is given by the Laplace-Beltrami equation (to have uniqueness we add an lower order term) on a two-dimensional surface . By…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-10 Ahmad Ahmad Ali , Michael Hinze , Heiko Kröner

This paper addresses the analysis and numerical assessment of a computational method for solving the Cahn--Hilliard equation defined on a surface. The proposed approach combines the stabilized trace finite element method for spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Deepika Garg , Maxim Olshanskii

We introduce a new local meshfree method for the approximation of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a smooth surface of co-dimension one embedded in $\R^3$. A key element of this method is that it does not need an explicit expression of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-05 Diego Alvarez , Pedro Gonzalez-Rodriguez , Manuel Kindelan

In this paper we consider a class of unfitted finite element methods for discretization of partial differential equations on surfaces. In this class of methods known as the Trace Finite Element Method (TraceFEM), restrictions or traces of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-06 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken

The paper studies a method for solving elliptic partial differential equations posed on hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N=2,3$. The method allows a surface to be given implicitly as a zero level of a level set function. A surface equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-16 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Danil Safin

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

We study superconvergent discretization of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on time-space product manifolds with Neumann temporal boundary values, which arise in the context of dynamic optimal transport on general surfaces. We propose a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Chengrun Jiang , Guozhi Dong , Hailong Guo , Zuoqiang Shi

The biharmonic equation with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions discretized using the mixed finite element method and piecewise linear (with the possible exception of boundary triangles) finite elements on triangular elements has…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Oded Stein , Eitan Grinspun , Alec Jacobson , Max Wardetzky

We consider a setting in which an evolving surface is implicitly characterized as the zero level of a level set function. Such an implicit surface does not encode any information about the path of a single point on the evolving surface. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Tilman Aleman , Arnold Reusken

We study the discretization of an elliptic partial differential equation, posed on a two- or three-dimensional domain with smooth boundary, endowed with a generalized Robin boundary condition which involves the Laplace-Beltrami operator on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-24 Dominik Edelmann

Numerical solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) on manifolds continues to generate a lot of interest among scientists in the natural and applied sciences. On the other hand, recent developments of 3D scanning and computer…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-08 E. O. Asante-Asamani , Lei Wang , Zeyun Yu

We propose and analyze a new stabilized cut finite element method for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a closed surface. The new stabilization term provides control of the full $\mathbb{R}^3$ gradient on the active mesh consisting of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , André Massing , Sara Zahedi

The Closest Point Method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) posed on surfaces was recently introduced by Ruuth and Merriman [J. Comput. Phys. 2008] and successfully applied to a variety of surface PDEs. In this paper we study…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Thomas März , Colin B. Macdonald

We propose a new unfitted finite element method for simulation of two-phase flows in presence of insoluble surfactant. The key features of the method are 1) discrete conservation of surfactant mass; 2) the possibility of having meshes that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Thomas Frachon , Sara Zahedi

The Intrinsic Surface Finite Element Method (ISFEM) was recently proposed to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on surfaces. ISFEM proceeds by writing the PDE with respect to a local coordinate system anchored to the surface and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Elena Bachini , Mario Putti

In this paper, we define new unfitted finite element methods for numerically approximating the solution of surface partial differential equations using bulk finite elements. The key idea is that the $n$-dimensional hypersurface, $\Gamma…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

In this paper we present a new Eulerian finite element method for the discretization of scalar partial differential equations on evolving surfaces. In this method we use the restriction of standard space-time finite element spaces on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-26 Hauke Sass , Arnold Reusken