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New finite element methods are proposed for elliptic interface problems in one and two dimensions. The main motivation is not only to get an accurate solution but also an accurate first order derivative at the interface (from each side).…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-02 Fangfang Qin , Zhaohui Wang , Zhijie Ma , Zhilin Li

In this paper, based on the combination of finite element mesh and neural network, a novel type of neural network element space and corresponding machine learning method are designed for solving partial differential equations. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Yifan Wang , Zhongshuo Lin , Hehu Xie

This is a set of lecture notes introducing graduate students to the topic of Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) methods.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-08-29 Jay Gopalakrishnan

One of strengths in the finite element (FE) and Galerkin methods is their capability to apply weak formulations via integration by parts, which leads to elements matching at lower degree of continuity and relaxes requirements of choosing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 W. Chen

The conforming finite element Galerkin method is applied to discretise in the spatial direction for a class of strongly nonlinear parabolic problems. Using elliptic projection of the associated linearised stationary problem with Gronwall…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Ambit Kumar Pany , Morrakot Khebchareon , Amiya K. Pani

In this paper we propose a finite element method for solving elliptic equations with the observational Dirichlet boundary data which may subject to random noises. The method is based on the weak formulation of Lagrangian multiplier. We show…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-20 Zhiming Chen , Rui Tuo , Wenlong Zhang

In this paper, we present convergence analysis of high-order finite element based methods, in particular, we focus on a discontinuous Galerkin scheme using summation-by-parts operators. To this end, it is crucial that structure preserving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-07 Mária Lukácová-Medvidová , Philipp Öffner

This paper is concerned with developing accurate and efficient numerical methods for fully nonlinear second order elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) in multiple spatial dimensions. It presents a general framework…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-19 Xiaobing Feng , Thomas Lewis

Considering fractional fast diffusion equations on bounded open polyhedral domains in $\mathbb{R}^N$, we give a fully Galerkin approximation of the solutions by $C^0$-piecewise linear finite elements in space and backward Euler…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-18 Dongxue Li , Youquan Zheng

We derive computable error estimates for finite element approximations of linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDE) with rough stochastic coefficients. In this setting, the exact solutions contain high frequency content that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Eric Joseph Hall , Håkon Hoel , Mattias Sandberg , Anders Szepessy , Raúl Tempone

In this paper we develop an $hp$-adaptive procedure for the numerical solution of general, semilinear elliptic boundary value problems in 1d, with possible singular perturbations. Our approach combines both a prediction-type adaptive Newton…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-07 Mario Amrein , Jens M. Melenk , Thomas P. Wihler

We present and analyze a discontinuous Galerkin method for the numerical solution of a class of second-order linear mixed-type partial differential equations, i.e. equations that change their nature from elliptic to hyperbolic through the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Chiara Perinati , Lise-Marie Imbert-Gérard , Andrea Moiola , Paul Stocker

In this article we develop a convergence theory for goal-oriented adaptive finite element algorithms designed for a class of second-order semilinear elliptic equations. We briefly discuss the target problem class, and introduce several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-24 Michael Holst , Sara Pollock , Yunrong Zhu

A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-07-12 Gunther H. Peichl , Rachid Touzani

The paper introduces a new finite element numerical method for the solution of partial differential equations on evolving domains. The approach uses a completely Eulerian description of the domain motion. The physical domain is embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-03 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Maxim A. Olshanskii

In "I. Smears, E. S\"{u}li, \emph{Discontinuous Galerkin finite element approximation of nondivergence form elliptic equations with Cord\'{e}s coefficients. SIAM J. Numer Anal., 51(4):2088-2106, 2013}" the authors designed and analysed a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-19 Ellya Kawecki

A finite element scheme for an entirely fractional Allen-Cahn equation with non-smooth initial data is introduced and analyzed. In the proposed nonlocal model, the Caputo fractional in-time derivative and the fractional Laplacian replace…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-06 Gabriel Acosta , Francisco Bersetche

In this paper we consider second order elliptic partial differential equations with highly varying (heterogeneous) coefficients on a two-dimensional region. The problems are discretized by a composite finite element (FE) and discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-15 Rui Du , Yunfei Ma , Talal Rahman , Xuejun Xu

Finite element methods provide accurate and efficient methods for the numerical solution of partial differential equations by means of restricting variational problems to finite-dimensional approximating spaces. However, they do not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Robert C. Kirby , John D. Stephens

A mathematical analysis is established for the weak Galerkin finite element methods for the Poisson equation with Dirichlet boundary value when the curved elements are involved on the interior edges of the finite element partition or/and on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang