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We review the construction and analysis of numerical methods for strongly nonlinear PDEs, with an emphasis on convex and nonconvex fully nonlinear equations and the convergence to viscosity solutions. We begin by describing a fundamental…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Michael Neilan , Abner J. Salgado , Wujun Zhang

The diffraction of a plane wave by a transversely inhomogeneous isotropic nonmagnetic linearly polarized dielectric layer filled with a Kerr-type nonlinear medium is considered. The analytical and numerical solution techniques are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-13 Yury Shestopalov , Vasil Yatsyk

The Helmholtz scattering problem with high wave number is truncated by the perfectly matched layer (PML) technique and then discretized by the linear continuous interior penalty finite element method (CIP-FEM). It is proved that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Yonglin Li , Haijun Wu

A coupling approach is presented to combine a wave-based method to the standard finite element method. This coupling methodology is presented here for the Helmholtz equation but it can be applied to a wide range of wave propagation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-01-16 Mathieu Gaborit , Olivier Dazel , Peter Göransson , Gwénaël Gabard

This paper deals with the solution of Maxwell's equations to model the electromagnetic fields in the case of a layered earth. The integrals involved in the solution are approximated by means of a novel approach based on the splitting of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-04 Eleonora Denich , Paolo Novati , Stefano Picotti

In this paper, we mainly discuss the convergence behavior of diffuse domain method (DDM) for solving semilinear parabolic equations with Neumann boundary condition defined in general irregular domains. We use a phasefield function to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Yuejin Xu

The time harmonic Maxwell equations are of current interest in computational science and applied mathematics with many applications in modern physics. In this work, we present parallel finite element solver for the time harmonic Maxwell…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-26 Sven Beuchler , Sebastian Kinnewig , Thomas Wick

We present and analyze a multiscale method for wave propagation problems, posed on spatial networks. By introducing a coarse scale, using a finite element space interpolated onto the network, we construct a discrete multiscale space using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Morgan Görtz , Per Ljung , Axel Målqvist

A particular mix of integral equations and discretization techniques is suggested for the solution of a planar Helmholtz transmission problem with relevance to the study of surface plasmon waves. The transmission problem describes the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Johan Helsing , Anders Karlsson

In this paper, a generalized finite element method (GFEM) with optimal local approximation spaces for solving high-frequency heterogeneous Helmholtz problems is systematically studied. The local spaces are built from selected eigenvectors…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-15 Chupeng Ma , Christian Alber , Robert Scheichl

Time-harmonic wave propagation problems, especially those governed by Maxwell's equations, pose significant computational challenges due to the non-self-adjoint nature of the operators and the large, non-Hermitian linear systems resulting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Victorita Dolean , Antoine Tonnoir , Pierre-Henri Tournier

A time domain system of equations is proposed to model elastic wave propagation in an unbounded two-dimensional anisotropic solid using perfectly matched layer (PML). Starting from a system of first-order frequency domain stress-velocity…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 Hisham Assi , Richard S. C. Cobbold

When using a finite difference method to solve an initial--boundary--value problem, the truncation error is often of lower order at a few grid points near boundaries than in the interior. Normal mode analysis is a powerful tool to analyze…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-23 Siyang Wang , Anna Nissen , Gunilla Kreiss

Meshing of geometric domains having curved boundaries by affine simplices produces a polytopial approximation of those domains. The resulting error in the representation of the domain limits the accuracy of finite element methods based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 James Cheung , Mauro Perego , Pavel Bochev , Max Gunzburger

For a singularly perturbed elliptic model problem with two small parameters, we analyze finite element methods of any order on a Bakhvalov-type mesh. For convergence analysis, we construct a new interpolation by using the characteristics of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-26 Jin Zhang , Yanhui Lv

Mitigating the impact of waves leaving a numerical domain has been a persistent challenge in numerical modeling. Reducing wave reflection at the domain boundary is crucial for accurate simulations. Absorbing layers, while common, often…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Yassine Tissaoui , James F. Kelly , Simone Marras

In this article, we propose p and hp least-squares spectral element methods for one-dimensional elliptic boundary layer problems. Stability estimates are derived and we design numerical schemes based on minimizing the residuals in the sense…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Akhlaq Husain , Aliya Kazmi , Subhashree Mohapatra , Ziya Uddin

In this paper a new primal-dual mixed finite element method is introduced, aimed to model multiscale problems with several geometric subregions in the domain of interest. In each of these regions porous media fluid flow takes place, but…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Fernando A Morales

We begin by addressing the time-domain full-waveform inversion using the adjoint method. Next, we derive the scaled boundary semi-weak form of the scalar wave equation in heterogeneous media through the Galerkin method. Unlike conventional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Alireza Daneshyar , Stefan Kollmannsberger

We discuss analytically and numerically the propagation and energy transmission of electromagnetic waves caused by the coupling of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) between two spatially separated layers of 2D materials, such as graphene,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Jung Heon Song , Matthias Maier , Mitchell Luskin