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Finite element de Rham complexes and finite element Stokes complexes with various smoothness in three dimensions are systematically constructed. First smooth scalar finite elements in three dimensions are derived through a non-overlapping…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

In this study, two-dimensional finite element complexes with various levels of smoothness, including the de Rham complex, the curldiv complex, the elasticity complex, and the divdiv complex, are systematically constructed. Smooth scalar…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-23 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

We provide both a general framework for discretizing de Rham sequences of differential forms of high regularity, and some examples of finite element spaces that fit in the framework. The general framework is an extension of the previously…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-24 Snorre Harald Christiansen , Kaibo Hu

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

We develop a family of finite element spaces of differential forms defined on cubical meshes in any number of dimensions. The family contains elements of all polynomial degrees and all form degrees. In two dimensions, these include the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou

Several smooth finite element de Rham complexes are constructed in three-dimensional space, which yield three families of grad-div conforming finite elements. The simplest element has only 8 degrees of freedom (DOFs) for a tetrahedron and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-22 Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

In nodal based finite element method (FEM), degrees of freedom are associated with the nodes of the element whereas, for edge FEM, degrees of freedom are assigned to the edges of the element. Edge element is constructed based on Whitney…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-29 Durgarao Kamireddy , Saurabh Madhukar Chavan , Arup Nandy

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 H(curl) and H(div) conforming finite elements on convex polygons and polyhedra with minimal possible degrees of freedom, i.e., the number of degrees of freedom is equal to the number of edges or faces of the polygon/polyhedron.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-06 Wenbin Chen , Yanqiu Wang

In this work, we construct high-order finite element spaces for the $L^2$ de Rham complex on triangular meshes amenable to low-order-refined preconditioning. The spaces are constructed using the Duffy transformation, by pulling back…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Will Pazner

We construct finite element de~Rham complexes of higher and possibly non-uniform polynomial order in finite element exterior calculus (FEEC). Starting from the finite element differential complex of lowest-order, known as the complex of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Martin Werner Licht

We investigate discretization of $H(\mathrm{curl})$ and $H(\mathrm{div})$ in two and three space dimensions by partially discontinuous nodal finite elements, i.e., vector-valued Lagrange finite elements with discontinuity in certain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-07 Jun Hu , Kaibo Hu , Qian Zhang

In the field of solving partial differential equations (PDEs), Hilbert complexes have become highly significant. Recent advances focus on creating new complexes using the Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand (BGG) framework, as shown by Arnold and Hu…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-03 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

We provide a finite element discretization of $\ell$-form-valued $k$-forms on triangulation in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ for general $k$, $\ell$ and $n$ and any polynomial degree. The construction generalizes finite element Whitney forms for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Kaibo Hu , Ting Lin

We combine theoretical results from polytope domain meshing, generalized barycentric coordinates, and finite element exterior calculus to construct scalar- and vector-valued basis functions for conforming finite element methods on generic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-27 Andrew Gillette , Alexander Rand , Chandrajit Bajaj

We introduce a new variant of Nodal Virtual Element spaces that mimics the "Serendipity Finite Element Methods" (whose most popular example is the 8-node quadrilateral) and allows to reduce (often in a significant way) the number of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-30 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

In this paper, we construct discrete versions of some Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand (BGG) complexes, i.e., the Hessian and the divdiv complexes, on triangulations in 2D and 3D. The sequences consist of finite elements with local polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Kaibo Hu , Ting Lin , Qian Zhang

This work proposes two nodal type nonconforming finite elements over convex quadrilaterals, which are parts of a finite element exact sequence. Both elements are of 12 degrees of freedom (DoFs) with polynomial shape function spaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Xinchen Zhou , Zhaoliang Meng , Xin Fan , Zhongxuan Luo

We construct new families of direct serendipity and direct mixed finite elements on general planer convex polygons that are $H^1$ and $H(div)$ conforming, respectively, and possess optimal order of accuracy for any order. They have a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-24 Todd Arbogast , Chuning Wang

In this work, merging ideas from compatible discretisations and polyhedral methods, we construct novel fully discrete polynomial de Rham sequences of arbitrary degree on polygons and polyhedra. The spaces and operators that appear in these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou , Francesca Rapetti
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