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We develop a finite element method for the Laplace--Beltrami operator on a surface described by a set of patchwise parametrizations. The patches provide a partition of the surface and each patch is the image by a diffeomorphism of a…
We derive error estimates for the piecewise linear finite element approximation of the Laplace--Beltrami operator on a bounded, orientable, $C^3$, surface without boundary on general shape regular meshes. As an application, we consider a…
We establish the convergence of an adaptive spline-based finite element method of a fourth order elliptic problem with weakly-imposed Dirichlet boundary conditions using polynomial B-splines.
A numerical scheme to compute the spectrum of a large class of self-adjoint extensions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on manifolds with boundary in any dimension is presented. The algorithm is based on the characterisation of a large…
We suggest a finite element method for computing minimal surfaces based on computing a discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator operating on the coordinates of the surface. The surface is a discrete representation of the zero level set of a…
Partial differential equations posed on surfaces arise in a number of applications. In this survey we describe three popular finite element methods for approximating solutions to the Laplace-Beltrami problem posed on an $n$-dimensional…
We establish the convergence of an adaptive spline-based finite element method of a fourth order elliptic problem with weakly imposed Dirichlet boundary conditions using polynomial Bsplines.
In this work is considered a spectral problem, involving a second order term on the domain boundary: the Laplace-Beltrami operator. A variational formulation is presented, leading to a finite element discretization. For the Laplace-Beltrami…
Trace finite element methods have become a popular option for solving surface partial differential equations, especially in problems where surface and bulk effects are coupled. In such methods a surface mesh is formed by approximately…
We develop a theoretical framework for the analysis of stabilized cut finite element methods for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a manifold embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$ of arbitrary codimension. The method is based on using continuous…
We consider a linear-quadratic optimization problem with pointwise bounds on the state for which the constraint is given by the Laplace-Beltrami equation (to have uniqueness we add an lower order term) on a two-dimensional surface . By…
We develop a finite element method for the vector Laplacian based on the covariant derivative of tangential vector fields on surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Closely related operators arise in models of flow on surfaces as well as…
We study the discretization of an elliptic partial differential equation, posed on a two- or three-dimensional domain with smooth boundary, endowed with a generalized Robin boundary condition which involves the Laplace-Beltrami operator on…
We establish the convergence of an adaptive spline-based finite element method of a fourth order elliptic problem.
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…
We propose and analyze a new stabilized cut finite element method for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a closed surface. The new stabilization term provides control of the full $\mathbb{R}^3$ gradient on the active mesh consisting of the…
We define a discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator for simplicial surfaces. It depends only on the intrinsic geometry of the surface and its edge weights are positive. Our Laplace operator is similar to the well known finite-elements Laplacian…
We develop a discontinuous cut finite element method (CutFEM) for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a hypersurface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$. The method is constructed by using a discontinuous piecewise linear finite element space defined…
We present and analyze a Virtual Element Method (VEM) of arbitrary polynomial order $k\in\mathbb{N}$ for the Laplace-Beltrami equation on a surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$. The method combines the Surface Finite Element Method (SFEM) [Dziuk,…
In this paper, we propose a new trace finite element method for the {Laplace-Beltrami} eigenvalue problem. The method is proposed directly on a smooth manifold which is implicitly given by a level-set function and require high order…