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We derive a residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the conforming hp-Adaptive Finite Element Method (hp-AFEM) for the steady state Stokes problem describing the slow motion of an incompressible fluid. This error estimator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-16 Arezou Ghesmati , Wolfgang Bangerth , Bruno Turcksin

In this paper, a residual-type a posteriori error estimator is proposed and analyzed for a modified weak Galerkin finite element method solving linear elasticity problems. The estimator is proven to be both reliable and efficient because it…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Liu Chunmei , Zhong Liuqiang , Xie Yingying Xie , Zhou Liping

A novel residual-type {\it a posteriori} error analysis technique is developed for multipoint flux mixed finite element methods for flow in porous media in two or three space dimensions. The derived {\it a posteriori} error estimator for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-24 Shaohong Du , Shuyu Sun , Xiaoping Xie

We propose and analyze reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimators for an optimal control problem that involves a nondifferentiable cost functional, the Poisson problem as state equation and control constraints. To approximate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-14 Alejandro Allendes , Francisco Fuica , Enrique Otárola

In this work, we propose and analyze a pointwise a posteriori error estimator for simple eigenvalues of elliptic eigenvalue problems with adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs). We prove the reliability and efficiency of the residual-type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Zhenglei Li , Qigang Liang , Xuejun Xu

We consider a linear elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) with a generic uniformly bounded parametric coefficient. The solution to this PDE problem is approximated in the framework of stochastic Galerkin finite element methods. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Alex Bespalov , Feng Xu

We consider the approximation of singularly perturbed linear second-order boundary value problems by $hp$-finite element methods. In particular, we include the case where the associated differential operator may not be coercive. Within this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-30 Jens M. Melenk , Thomas P. Wihler

This paper derives an a posteriori error estimator for the nonlinear first-order optimality conditions associated with the electrically and flexoelectrically coupled Frank-Oseen model of liquid crystals, building on previous results for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-13 J. H. Adler , D. B. Emerson

We consider in this paper, a new a posteriori residual type error estimator of a conforming mixed finite element method for the coupling of fluid flow with porous media flow on isotropic meshes. Flows are governed by the Navier-Stokes and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-07 Koffi Wilfrid Houedanou , Jamal Adetola , Bernardin Ahounou

This paper develops and discusses a residual-based a posteriori error estimator for parabolic surface partial differential equations on closed stationary surfaces. The full discretization uses the surface finite element method in space and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Balázs Kovács , Michael Lantelme

A posteriori estimates give bounds on the error between the unknown solution of a partial differential equation and its numerical approximation. We present here the methodology based on H1-conforming potential and H(div)-conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-30 Martin Vohralík , Soleiman Yousef

We derive a new residual-type a posteriori estimator for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion problem with obstacle constraints. It generalizes robust residual estimators for unconstrained singularly perturbed equations. Upper and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Mirjam Walloth

We derive a posteriori error estimates for a fully discrete finite element approximation of the stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation. The a posteriori bound is obtained by a splitting of the equation into a linear stochastic partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-24 Ľubomír Baňas , Christian Vieth

We consider the a posteriori error analysis of approximations of parabolic problems based on arbitrarily high-order conforming Galerkin spatial discretizations and arbitrarily high-order discontinuous Galerkin temporal discretizations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Alexandre Ern , Iain Smears , Martin Vohralík

In a general setting, we study a posteriori estimates used in finite element analysis to measure the error between a solution and its approximation. The latter is not necessarily generated by a finite element method. We show that the error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Thomas Führer , Sergio Rojas

This paper is devoted to the a posteriori error analysis of multiharmonic finite element approximations to distributed optimal control problems with time-periodic state equations of parabolic type. We derive a posteriori estimates of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-19 Ulrich Langer , Sergey Repin , Monika Wolfmayr

The numerical approximation of convection-dominated problems continues to remain subject of strong interest. Families of stabilization techniques for finite element methods were developed in the past. Adaptive techniques based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Kristina Schwegler , Marius P. Bruchhäuser , Markus Bause

We consider a mixed variational formulation recently proposed for the coupling of the Brinkman--Forchheimer and Darcy equations and develop the first reliable and efficient residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the 2D version of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Sergio Caucao , Paulo Zúñiga

This paper derives a posteriori error estimators for the nonlinear first-order optimality conditions associated with the Frank-Oseen elastic free-energy model of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals, where the required unit-length…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-20 D. B. Emerson

We consider the a posteriori error analysis of fully discrete approximations of parabolic problems based on conforming $hp$-finite element methods in space and an arbitrary order discontinuous Galerkin method in time. Using an equilibrated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Alexandre Ern , Iain Smears , Martin Vohralik