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We consider the approximation properties of finite element spaces on quadrilateral meshes. The finite element spaces are constructed starting with a given finite dimensional space of functions on a square reference element, which is then…

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We establish a priori error bounds for monotone stabilized finite element discretizations of stationary second-order mean field games (MFG) on Lipschitz polytopal domains. Under suitable hypotheses, we prove that the approximation is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-03 Yohance A. P. Osborne , Iain Smears

The aim of this paper is to extend the approximate quasi-interpolation on a uniform grid by dilated shifts of a smooth and rapidly decaying function on a uniform grid to scattered data quasi-interpolation. It is shown that high order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 F. Lanzara , V. Maz'ya , G. Schmidt

We propose and study a new quasi-interpolation method on spheres featuring the following two-phase construction and analysis. In Phase I, we analyze and characterize a large family of zonal kernels (e.g., the spherical version of Poisson…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Zhengjie Sun , Wenwu Gao , Xingping Sun

In convergence analysis of finite element methods for singularly perturbed reaction--diffusion problems, balanced norms have been successfully introduced to replace standard energy norms so that layers can be captured. In this article, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-22 Jin Zhang , Xiaowei Liu

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

This paper presents a new parameter free partially penalized immersed finite element method and convergence analysis for solving second order elliptic interface problems. A lifting operator is introduced on interface edges to ensure the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Haifeng Ji , Feng Wang , Jinru Chen , Zhilin Li

This paper constructs unique compactly supported functions in Sobolev spaces that have minimal norm, maximal support, and maximal central value, under certain renormalizations. They may serve as optimized basis functions in interpolation or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Robert Schaback

We consider the solution of a second order elliptic PDE with inhomogeneous Dirichlet data by means of adaptive lowest-order FEM. As is usually done in practice, the given Dirichlet data are discretized by nodal interpolation. As model…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Michael Feischl , Marcus Page , Dirk Praetorius

In this paper, we investigate the approximation properties of two types of multiscale finite element methods with oversampling as proposed in [Hou \& Wu, {\textit{J. Comput. Phys.}}, 1997] and [Efendiev, Hou \& Wu, \textit{SIAM J. Numer.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Guanglian Li

We present and analyze a discontinuous variant of the hp-version of the boundary element Galerkin method with quasi-uniform meshes. The model problem is that of the hypersingular integral operator on an (open or closed) polyhedral surface.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-06-28 Norbert Heuer , Salim Meddahi

In this paper we study the finite element approximation of systems of $p(\cdot)$-Stokes type, where $p(\cdot)$ is a (non constant) given function of the space variables. We derive --in some cases optimal-- error estimates for finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Luigi C. Berselli , Dominic Breit , Lars Diening

The purpose of the article is to generalize the concept of approximate Birkhoff-James orthogonality, in the semi-Hilbertian structure. Given a positive operator $ A $ on a Hilbert space $ \mathbb{H}, $ we define $ (\epsilon,A)- $approximate…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-14 Jeet Sen , Debmalya Sain , Kallol Paul

We study local approximation properties in hierarchical spline spaces through a twofold approach. First, we design and analyze a robust adaptive refinement algorithm to construct locally graded meshes. Second, we establish rigorous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Gustavo A. Fernandez Lezcano , Eduardo M. Garau , Bárbara Ivaniszyn

We consider finite element solutions to quadratic optimization problems, where the state depends on the control via a well-posed linear partial differential equation. Exploiting the structure of a suitably reduced optimality system, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-03 Fernando Gaspoz , Christian Kreuzer , Andreas Veeser , Winnifried Wollner

In this article we obtain estimates of Neumann eigenvalues of $p$-Laplace operators in a large class of space domains satisfying quasihyperbolic boundary conditions. The suggested method is based on composition operators generated by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Vladimir Gol'dshtein , Ritva Hurri-Syrjänen , Valerii Pchelintsev , Alexander Ukhlov

In this paper, we study functional approximations where we choose the so-called radial basis function method and more specifically, quasi-interpolation. From the various available approaches to the latter, we form new quasi-Lagrange…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Martin Buhmann , Janin Jäger , Joaquín Jódar , Miguel L. Rodríguez

We introduce a Scott--Zhang type projection operator mapping to Lagrange elements for arbitrary polynomial order. In addition to the usual properties, this operator is compatible with duals of first order Sobolev spaces. More specifically,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-29 Lars Diening , Johannes Storn , Tabea Tscherpel

We introduce interpolation operators with approximation and stability properties suited for parabolic problems in primal and mixed formulations. We derive localized error estimates for tensor product meshes (occurring in classical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-09 Rob Stevenson , Johannes Storn

We present a novel approach that integrates unfitted finite element methods and neural networks to approximate partial differential equations on complex geometries. Easy-to-generate background meshes (e.g., a simple Cartesian mesh) that cut…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Wei Li , Alberto F. Martín , Santiago Badia