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In this article, we discuss the numerical solution of diffusion equations on random surfaces within the isogeometric framework. We describe in detail, how diffusion problems on random surfaces can be modelled and how quantities of interest…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-28 Wei Huang , Michael Multerer

A discretization scheme for variable coefficient elliptic PDEs in the plane is presented. The scheme is based on high-order Gaussian quadratures and is designed for problems with smooth solutions, such as scattering problems involving soft…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Per-Gunnar Martinsson

We analyze and test using Fourier extensions that minimize a Hilbert space norm for the purpose of solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on surfaces. In particular, we prove that the approach is arbitrarily high-order and also show…

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The isometric embedding of surfaces in three-dimensional space is fundamental to various physical systems, from elastic sheets to programmable materials. While continuous surfaces typically admit unique solutions under suitable boundary…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-05-13 Kyungeun Kim , Christian D. Santangelo

We consider the problem of solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in domains with complex microparticle geometry that is impractical, or intractable, to model explicitly. Drawing inspiration from volume rendering, we propose tackling…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Bailey Miller , Rohan Sawhney , Keenan Crane , Ioannis Gkioulekas

The convergence problem of the Laplace-Beltrami operators plays an essential role in the convergence analysis of the numerical simulations of some important geometric partial differential equations which involve the operator. In this note…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-04-21 Jyh-Yang Wu , Mei-Hsiu Chi , Sheng-Gwo Chen

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

Point discretization of curved surfaces is required in many applications ranging from object rendering to the solution of surface partial differential equations (PDEs). These applications often impose that surfaces are sampled with local…

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In this thesis, a new approach for constructing subdivision algorithms for generalized quadratic and cubic B-spline subdivision for subdivision surfaces and volumes is presented. First, a catalog of quality criteria for these subdivision…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Alexander Dietz

When modeling scientific and industrial problems, geometries are typically modeled by explicit boundary representations obtained from computer-aided design software. Unfitted (also known as embedded or immersed) finite element methods offer…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Pere A. Martorell , Santiago Badia

We consider the isogeometric analysis for fractional PDEs involving the fractional Laplacian in two dimensions. An isogeometric collocation method is developed to discretize the fractional Laplacian and applied to the fractional Poisson…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Kailai Xu , Eric Darve

We consider solving the Laplace-Beltrami problem on a smooth two dimensional surface embedded into a three dimensional space meshed with tetrahedra. The mesh does not respect the surface and thus the surface cuts through the elements. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-08-20 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

We present a computational scheme that derives a global polynomial level set parametrisation for smooth closed surfaces from a regular surface-point set and prove its uniqueness. This enables us to approximate a broad class of smooth…

Elliptic problems along smooth surfaces embedded in three dimensions occur in thin-membrane mechanics, electromagnetics (harmonic vector fields), and computational geometry. In this work, we present a parametrix-based integral equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-19 Tristan Goodwill , Michael O'Neil

We present a framework for solving partial different equations on evolving surfaces. Based on the grid-based particle method (GBPM) [18], the method can naturally resample the surface even under large deformation from the motion law. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-25 Ningchen Ying , Shingyu Leung

Segmentation of multiple surfaces in medical images is a challenging problem, further complicated by the frequent presence of weak boundary and mutual influence between adjacent objects. The traditional graph-based optimal surface…

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This article introduces a general purpose framework and software to approximate partial differential equations (PDEs). The sparsity patterns of finite element discretized operators is identified automatically using the tools from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-17 Kiefer Green , Harbir Antil

The paper describes a sparse direct solver for the linear systems that arise from the discretization of an elliptic PDE on a two dimensional domain. The scheme decomposes the domain into thin subdomains, or ``slabs'' and uses a two-level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Anna Yesypenko , Per-Gunnar Martinsson

Many numerical methods for multiscale differential equations require a scale separation between the larger and the smaller scales to achieve accuracy and computational efficiency. In the area of multiscale dynamical systems, so-called,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Ziheng Chen , Björn Engquist

We introduce a general, analytical framework to express and to approximate partial differential equations (PDEs) numerically on graphs and networks of surfaces---generalized by the term hypergraphs. To this end, we consider PDEs on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-04 Andreas Rupp , Markus Gahn , Guido Kanschat