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In many iterative optimization methods, fixed-point theory enables the analysis of the convergence rate via the contraction factor associated with the linear approximation of the fixed-point operator. While this factor characterizes the…
We analyze a goal-oriented adaptive algorithm that aims to efficiently compute the quantity of interest $G(u^\star)$ with a linear goal functional $G$ and the solution $u^\star$ to a general second-order nonsymmetric linear elliptic partial…
In this paper, we consider effective discretization strategies and iterative solvers for nonlinear PDE-constrained optimization models for pattern evolution within biological processes. Upon a Sequential Quadratic Programming linearization…
An exact discretization method is being developed for solving linear systems of ordinary fractional-derivative differential equations with constant matrix coefficients (LSOFDDECMC). It is shown that the obtained linear discrete system in…
The paper focuses on unconditionally optimal error analysis of the fully discrete Galerkin finite element methods for a general nonlinear parabolic system in $\R^d$ with $d=2,3$. In terms of a corresponding time-discrete system of PDEs as…
We study discontinuous Galerkin approximations of the $p$--biharmonic equation from a variational perspective. We propose a discrete variational formulation of the problem based on a appropriate definition of a finite element Hessian and…
A widely used electrostatics model in the biomolecular modeling community, the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation, along with its finite element approximation, are analyzed in this paper. A regularized Poisson-Boltzmann equation is…
This paper presents a rigorous finite element framework for solving an optimal control problem governed by the steady Navier-Stokes-Brinkman equations, focusing on identifying a scalar permeability parameter $\gamma$ from local velocity…
We consider a boundary value problem involving a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in (3/2,2)$ on the unit interval $(0,1)$. The standard Galerkin finite element approximation converges slowly due to the presence of…
We formulate and analyze a goal-oriented adaptive finite element method for a symmetric linear elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) that can simultaneously deal with multiple linear goal functionals. In each step of the algorithm,…
In this paper, an error analysis of a three steps two level Galekin finite element method for the two dimensional transient Navier-Stokes equations is discussed. First of all, the problem is discretized in spatial direction by employing…
In this paper, based on the two-step discretization scheme proposed by Dahlquist, Liniger and Nevanlinna (DLN), we develop a semi-implicit Galerkin finite element method for solving the coupled generalized Ginzburg-Landau equations. By…
A full multigrid finite element method is proposed for semilinear elliptic equations. The main idea is to transform the solution of the semilinear problem into a series of solutions of the corresponding linear boundary value problems on the…
This paper derives some discrete maximum principles for $P1$-conforming finite element approximations for quasi-linear second order elliptic equations. The results are extensions of the classical maximum principles in the theory of partial…
We present two simple finite element methods for the discretization of Reissner--Mindlin plate equations with {\em clamped} boundary condition. These finite element methods are based on discrete Lagrange multiplier spaces from mortar finite…
We propose an analysis for the stabilized finite element methods proposed in, E. Burman, Stabilized finite element methods for nonsymmetric, noncoercive, and ill-posed problems. Part I: Elliptic equations. SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 35(6) 2013,…
We present a continuous and a discontinuous linear Finite Element method based on a predictor-corrector scheme for the numerical approximation of the Ericksen-Leslie equations, a model for nematic liquid crystal flow including a non-convex…
This work is devoted to the development and analysis of a linearization algorithm for microscopic elliptic equations, with scaled degenerate production, posed in a perforated medium and constrained by the homogeneous Neumann-Dirichlet…
We develop all of the components needed to construct an adaptive finite element code that can be used to approximate fractional partial differential equations, on non-trivial domains in $d\geq 1$ dimensions. Our main approach consists of…