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In general $n$-dimensional simplicial meshes, we propose a family of interior penalty nonconforming finite element methods for $2m$-th order partial differential equations, where $m \geq 0$ and $n \geq 1$. For this family of nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Shuonan Wu , Jinchao Xu

We construct smooth finite element de Rham complexes in two space dimensions. This leads to three families of curl-curl conforming finite elements, two of which contain two existing families. The simplest triangular and rectangular finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Kaibo Hu , Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

We construct finite element subspaces of the space of symmetric tensors with square-integrable divergence on a three-dimensional domain. These spaces can be used to approximate the stress field in the classical Hellinger--Reissner mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Ragnar Winther

The tensor product of two differential forms of degree $p$ and $q$ is a multilinear form that is alternating in its first $p$ arguments and alternating in its last $q$ arguments. These forms, which are known as double forms or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-26 Yakov Berchenko-Kogan , Evan S. Gawlik

We construct 2D and 3D finite element de Rham sequences of arbitrary polynomial degrees with extra smoothness. Some of these elements have nodal degrees of freedom (DoFs) and can be considered as generalisations of scalar Hermite and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-19 Snorre H. Christiansen , Jun Hu , Kaibo Hu

This work focuses on steady and unsteady Navier-Stokes equations in a reduced order modeling framework. The methodology proposed is based on a Proper Orthogonal Decomposition within a levelset geometry description and the problems of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Efthymios N. Karatzas , Monica Nonino , Francesco Ballarin , Gianluigi Rozza

We propose two general operations on finite element differential complexes on cubical meshes that can be used to construct and analyze sequences of "nonstandard" convergent methods. The first operation, called DoF-transfer, moves edge…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Andrew Gillette , Kaibo Hu , Shuo Zhang

In this paper, the first family of conforming finite element divdiv complexes on cuboid grids in three dimensions is constructed. Besides, a new family of conforming finite element divdiv complexes with enhanced smoothness on tetrahedral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Jun Hu , Yizhou Liang , Rui Ma , Min Zhang

We study the approximation properties of a wide class of finite element differential forms on curvilinear cubic meshes in n dimensions. Specifically, we consider meshes in which each element is the image of a cubical reference element under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Douglas N. Arnold , Daniele Boffi , Francesca Bonizzoni

We consider an elliptic partial differential equation in non-divergence form with a random diffusion matrix and random forcing term. To address this, we propose a mixed-type continuous finite element discretization in the physical domain,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Amireh Mousavi

We construct conforming finite element elasticity complexes on Worsey-Farin splits in three dimensions. Spaces for displacement, strain, stress, and the load are connected in the elasticity complex through the differential operators…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Sining Gong , Jay Gopalakrishnan , Johnny Guzmán , Michael Neilan

Finite element spaces by Whitney $k$-forms on cubical meshes in $\mathbb{R}^n$ are presented. Based on the spaces, compatible discretizations to $H\Lambda^k$ problems are provided, and discrete de Rham complexes and commutative diagrams are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Shuo Zhang

We extend the basic idea of Serendipity Virtual Elements from the previous case (by the same authors) of nodal ($H^1$-conforming) elements, to a more general framework. Then we apply the general strategy to the case of $H(div)$ and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-06 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

While solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) with finite element methods (FEM), serendipity elements allow us to obtain the same order of accuracy as rectangular tensor-product elements with many fewer degrees of freedom (DOFs). To…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-22 Jorge Marchena-Menendez , Robert C. Kirby

A finite element discretization is developed for the Cai-Hu model, describing the formation of biological networks. The model consists of a non linear elliptic equation for the pressure $p$ and a non linear reaction-diffusion equation for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Clarissa Astuto , Daniele Boffi , Fabio Credali

We develop a method for generating degree-of-freedom maps for arbitrary order finite element spaces for any cell shape. The approach is based on the composition of permutations and transformations by cell sub-entity. Current approaches to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Matthew W. Scroggs , Jørgen S. Dokken , Chris N. Richardson , Garth N. Wells

Constructing $C^r$ conforming finite element spaces in any dimension is a long-standing problem. For general triangulations, this problem was recently addressed by Hu-Lin-Wu (2024), under certain conditions on supersmoothness and polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Ting Lin , Hendrik Speleers , Qingyu Wu

In order to generalize finite element methods to differential forms, Arnold, Falk, and Winther constructed two families of spaces of polynomial differential forms on a simplex $T$, the $\mathcal P_r\Lambda^k(T)$ spaces and the $\mathcal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Yakov Berchenko-Kogan

We demonstrate existence of a tile assembly system that self-assembles the statistically self-similar Sierpinski Triangle in the Winfree-Rothemund Tile Assembly Model. This appears to be the first paper that considers self-assembly of a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-07-21 Aaron Sterling

A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides , Federico Fuentes , Leszek Demkowicz