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Using the standard finite element method (FEM) to solve general partial differential equations, the round-off error is found to be proportional to $N^{\beta_{\rm R}}$, with $N$ the number of degrees of freedom (DoFs) and $\beta_{\rm R}$ a…

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In topology optimization, the state of structures is typically obtained by numerically evaluating a discretized PDE-based model. The degrees of freedom of such a model can be partitioned in free and prescribed sets to define the boundary…

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We analyze the finite element discretization of distributed elliptic optimal control problems with variable energy regularization, where the usual $L^2(\Omega)$ norm regularization term with a constant regularization parameter $\varrho$ is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

In this paper we present a new Eulerian finite element method for the discretization of scalar partial differential equations on evolving surfaces. In this method we use the restriction of standard space-time finite element spaces on a…

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Segmentation of microscopy images constitutes an ill-posed inverse problem due to measurement noise, weak object boundaries, and limited labeled data. Although deep neural networks provide flexible nonparametric estimators, unconstrained…

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In this paper, we analyze the convergence of several discretize-then-optimize algorithms, based on either a second-order or a fourth-order finite difference discretization, for solving elliptic PDE-constrained optimization or optimal…

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This work is concerned with quasi-optimal a-priori finite element error estimates for the obstacle problem in the $L^2$-norm. The discrete approximations are introduced as solutions to a finite element discretization of an accordingly…

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Photonic topology optimization is a technique used to find the electric permittivity distribution of a device that optimizes an electromagnetic figure-of-merit. Two common techniques are used: continuous density-based optimizations that…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Conner Ballew , Gregory Roberts , Tianzhe Zheng , Andrei Faraon

We consider standard tracking-type, distributed elliptic optimal control problems with $L^2$ regularization, and their finite element discretization. We are investigating the $L^2$ error between the finite element approximation $u_{\varrho…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-12 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

The presence of corners in the computational domain, in general, reduces the regularity of solutions of parabolic problems and diminishes the convergence properties of the finite element approximation introducing a so-called "pollution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Piotr Swierczynski , Barbara Wohlmuth

Topological loss based on persistent homology has shown promise in various applications. A topological loss enforces the model to achieve certain desired topological property. Despite its empirical success, less is known about the…

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We develop a trust-region method for efficiently minimizing the sum of a smooth function, a nonsmooth convex function, and the composition of a finite-valued support function with a smooth function. Optimization problems with this structure…

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Element-based topology optimization algorithms capable of generating smooth boundaries have drawn serious attention given the significance of accurate boundary information in engineering applications. The basic framework of a new…

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The aim of this paper is to develop and analyze numerical schemes for approximately solving the backward problem of subdiffusion equation involving a fractional derivative in time with order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. After using quasi-boundary…

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Designing high-performance electric machines that maintain their efficiency and reliability under uncertain material and operating conditions is crucial for industrial applications. In this paper, we present a novel framework for robust…

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Thanks to a finite element method, we solve numerically parabolic partial differential equations on complex domains by avoiding the mesh generation, using a regular background mesh, not fitting the domain and its real boundary exactly. Our…

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This paper is concerned with the finite element discretization of the data driven approach according to arXiv:1510.04232 for the solution of PDEs with a material law arising from measurement data. To simplify the setting, we focus on a…

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This paper presents a homogenized topology optimization (TO) method for spatially optimizing cell-size distribution of triply-periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures, with high accuracy in the optimized structural response after…

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We consider an inverse problem involving the reconstruction of the solution to a nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) with unknown boundary conditions. Instead of direct boundary data, we are provided with a large dataset of…

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