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Scattered data interpolation schemes using kriging and radial basis functions (RBFs) have the advantage of being meshless and dimensional independent, however, for the data sets having insufficient observations, RBFs have the advantage over…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-12 Pankaj K Mishra , Sankar K Nath , Mrinal K Sen , Gregory E Fasshauer

In this paper, we present a method based on Radial Basis Function (RBF)-generated Finite Differences (FD) for numerically solving diffusion and reaction-diffusion equations (PDEs) on closed surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Our method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-04 Varun Shankar , Grady B. Wright , Robert M. Kirby , Aaron L. Fogelson

This paper introduces a novel meshfree methodology based on Radial Basis Function-Finite Difference (RBF-FD) approximations for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) on surfaces of codimension 1 embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Víctor Bayona , Argyrios Petras , Cécile Piret , Steven J. Ruuth

A Radial Basis Function Generated Finite-Differences (RBF-FD) inspired technique for evaluating definite integrals over bounded volumes that have smooth boundaries in three dimensions is described. A key aspect of this approach is that it…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-11 Jonah A. Reeger

A major obstacle to the application of the standard Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Difference (RBF-FD) meshless method is constituted by its inability to accurately and consistently solve boundary value problems involving Neumann…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Riccardo Zamolo , Davide Miotti , Enrico Nobile

The direct method used for calculating smooth radial basis function (RBF) interpolants in the flat limit becomes numerically unstable. The RBF-QR algorithm bypasses this ill-conditioning using a clever change of basis technique. We extend…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Kathryn P. Drake , Grady B. Wright

This paper aims to survey our recent work relating to the radial basis function (RBF) and its applications to numerical PDEs. We introduced the kernel RBF involving general pre-wavelets and scale-orthogonal wavelets RBF. A…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 W Chen

In this article we present a modification of classical Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation techniques aimed at reducing oscillations near discontinuities in one and two dimensions. Our approach introduces an adaptive mechanism by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-25 José Kuruc , David Levin , Pep Mulet , Juan Ruiz-Álvarez , Dionisio F. Yáñez

Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Differences (RBF-FD) is a meshless method that can be used to numerically solve partial differential equations. The solution procedure consists of two steps. First, the differential operator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Andrej Kolar-Požun , Mitja Jančič , Gregor Kosec

The Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition (HHD) is applied to the construction of Lyapunov functions. It is shown that if a stability condition is satisfied, such a decomposition can be chosen so that its potential function is a Lyapunov function.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-01-23 Tomoharu Suda

A new projection method based on radial basis functions (RBFs) is presented for discretizing the incompressible unsteady Stokes equations in irregular geometries. The novelty of the method comes from the application of a new technique for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-09-21 Edward J. Fuselier , Varun Shankar , Grady B. Wright

The usual Helmholtz decomposition gives a decomposition of any vector valued function into a sum of gradient of a scalar function and rotation of a vector valued function under some mild condition. In this paper we show that the vector…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-29 Junyong Eom , Gen Nakamura

Smooth vector fields on $\mathbb{R}^n$ can be decomposed into the sum of a gradient vector field and divergence-free (solenoidal) vector field under suitable hypotheses. This is called the Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition (HHD), which has been…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Tomoharu Suda

We present a comprehensive study of radial basis function (RBF) approximations for elliptic and obstacle-type boundary value problems under a variational formulation. Our focus is on practical accuracy, robustness and efficiency. To address…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Tan Phuong Dong Le , Giang Tran , Hans De Sterck

Radial Basis Function (RBF), or Gaussian, kernels are among the most widely used parametric kernels in machine learning, particularly in methods such as Support Vector Machines (SVM) and kernel-based subspace approaches. The kernel…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Lakhdar Remaki

Conventionally, piecewise polynomials have been used in the boundary elements method (BEM) to approximate unknown boundary values. Since infinitely smooth radial basis functions (RBFs) are more stable and accurate than the polynomials for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Hossein Hosseinzadeh , Zeinab Sedaghatjoo

In this paper, a new localized radial basis function (RBF) method based on partition of unity (PU) is proposed for solving boundary and initial-boundary value problems. The new method is benefited from a direct discretization approach and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Davoud Mirzaei

Radial basis functions (RBFs) are prominent examples for reproducing kernels with associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs). The convergence theory for the kernel-based interpolation in that space is well understood and optimal…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-09-15 Thomas Hangelbroek , Christian Rieger

In the context of intra-cluster medium turbulence, it is essential to be able to split the turbulent velocity field in a compressive and a solenoidal component. We describe and implement a new method for this aim, i.e., performing a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-02 David Vallés-Pérez , Susana Planelles , Vicent Quilis

Approximation of scattered data is often a task in many engineering problems. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation is appropriate for large scattered (unordered) datasets in d-dimensional space. This approach is useful for a higher…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2018-06-21 Zuzana Majdisova , Vaclav Skala