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We present and analyse a space-time discontinuous Galerkin method for wave propagation problems. The special feature of the scheme is that it is a Trefftz method, namely that trial and test functions are solution of the partial differential…
This work introduces a novel Trefftz Continuous Galerkin (TCG) method for 2D Helmholtz problems based on evanescent plane waves (EPWs). We construct a new globally-conforming discrete space, departing from standard discontinuous Trefftz…
Trefftz methods are high-order Galerkin schemes in which all discrete functions are elementwise solution of the PDE to be approximated. They are viable only when the PDE is linear and its coefficients are piecewise constant. We introduce a…
We consider the discretization of electromagnetic wave propagation problems by a discontinuous Galerkin Method based on Trefftz polynomials. This method fits into an abstract framework for space-time discontinuous Galerkin methods for which…
Trefftz schemes are high-order Galerkin methods whose discrete spaces are made of elementwise exact solutions of the underlying PDE. Trefftz basis functions can be easily computed for many PDEs that are linear, homogeneous, and have…
Classical Trefftz methods approximate Helmholtz solutions using propagative plane waves and are subject to strong numerical instabilities. Evanescent plane wave bases can substantially mitigate this phenomenon. We propose a simple recipe to…
Superpositions of plane waves are known to approximate well the solutions of the Helmholtz equation. Their use in discretizations is typical of Trefftz methods for Helmholtz problems, aiming to achieve high accuracy with a small number of…
In Trefftz discontinuous Galerkin methods a partial differential equation is discretized using discontinuous shape functions that are chosen to be elementwise in the kernel of the corresponding differential operator. We propose a new…
We study numerically the dispersion and dissipation properties of the plane wave virtual element method and the nonconforming Trefftz virtual element method for the Helmholtz problem. Whereas the former method is based on a conforming…
Trefftz methods are numerical methods for the approximation of solutions to boundary and/or initial value problems. They are Galerkin methods with particular test and trial functions, which solve locally the governing partial differential…
We describe and analyse a space-time Trefftz discontinuous Galerkin method for the wave equation. The method is defined for unstructured meshes whose internal faces need not be aligned to the space-time axes. We show that the scheme is…
Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) models for wave propagation in inhomogeneous media are relevant for many applications. We will discuss numerical methods tailored for tackling problems governed by these variable-coefficient PDEs.…
We present a novel Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for wave propagation problems. The method employs space-time Trefftz-type basis functions that satisfy the underlying partial differential equations and the respective…
Approximations by Trefftz functions are rapidly gaining popularity in the numerical solution of boundary value problems of mathematical physics. By definition, these functions satisfy locally, in weak form, the underlying differential…
We present a survey of the nonconforming Trefftz virtual element method for the Laplace and Helmholtz equations. For the latter, we present a new abstract analysis, based on weaker assumptions on the stabilization, and numerical results on…
We introduce a space-time Trefftz discontinuous Galerkin method for the first-order transient acoustic wave equations in arbitrary space dimensions, extending the one dimensional scheme of Kretzschmar et al. (2016, IMA J. Numer. Anal., 36,…
Quasi-Trefftz methods are a family of Discontinuous Galerkin methods relying on equation-dependent function spaces. This work is the first study of the notion of local Taylor-based polynomial quasi-Trefftz space for a system of Partial…
We describe and analyze a quasi-Trefftz DG method for solving boundary value problems for the homogeneous diffusion-advection-reaction equation with piecewise-smooth coefficients. Trefftz schemes are high-order Galerkin methods whose…
In this article we develop an $hp$-adaptive refinement procedure for Trefftz discontinuous Galerkin methods applied to the homogeneous Helmholtz problem. Our approach combines not only mesh subdivision (h-refinement) and local basis…
Summary This work presents variational concepts associated with reduced Trefftz type approaches and discusses the interrelationship between various concepts of the displacement, hybrid and Trefftz methods. The basic concept of the…