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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…

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The fourth-order PDE that models the density variation of smectic A liquid crystals presents unique challenges in its (numerical) analysis beyond more common fourth-order operators, such as the classical biharmonic. While the operator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-24 Patrick E. Farrell , Abdalaziz Hamdan , Scott P. MacLachlan

Anisotropic mesh adaptation with Riemannian metrics has proven effective for generating straight-sided meshes with anisotropy induced by the geometry of interest and/or the resolved physics. Within the continuous mesh framework, anisotropic…

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We design the conforming virtual element method for the numerical approximation of the two dimensional elastodynamics problem. We prove stability and convergence of the semi-discrete approximation and derive optimal error estimates under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-16 P. F. Antonietti , G. Manzini , I. Mazzieri , H. Mourad , M. Verani

This article considers a model problem of elastoplasticity with linearly kinematic hardening and presents hp-finite element discretizations of two equivalent weak formulations each having their respective advantages. A mixed variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Patrick Bammer , Lothar Banz , Miriam Schönauer , Andreas Schröder

Finite element plate and shell formulations are ubiquitous in structural analysis for modeling all kinds of slender structures, both for static and dynamic analyses. The latter are particularly challenging as the high order nature of the…

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We present a novel and comparative analysis of finite element discretizations for a nonlinear Rosenau-Burgers model including a biharmonic term. We analyze both continuous and mixed finite element approaches, providing stability, existence,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Ankur , Ram Jiwari , Akil Narayan

We adopt the integral definition of the fractional Laplace operator and analyze solution techniques for fractional, semilinear, and elliptic optimal control problems posed on Lipschitz polytopes. We consider two strategies of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-02 Enrique Otarola

We present a new framework for expressing finite element methods on multiple intersecting meshes: multimesh finite element methods. The framework enables the use of separate meshes to discretize parts of a computational domain that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-28 August Johansson , Benjamin Kehlet , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

In this paper, we present a new polygonal finite element method, called the Zipped Finite Element Method, for star-shaped polygons. The proposed approach constructs high-order shape functions as linear combinations of standard finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Stefano Berrone , Lorenzo Neva , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora , Fabio Vicini

The Zarantonello fixed-point iteration is an established linearization scheme for quasilinear PDEs with strongly monotone and Lipschitz continuous nonlinearity in Hilbert spaces. This paper presents a weighted least-squares minimization for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Philipp Bringmann , Dirk Praetorius

Accurately modeling bending energy in morphogenetic simulations is crucial, especially when dealing with anisotropic meshes where remeshing is infeasible due to the biologically meaningful entities of vertex positions (e.g., cells). This…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Tomohiro Mimura , Yasuhiro Inoue

Polygonal finite elements generally do not pass the patch test as a result of quadrature error in the evaluation of weak form integrals. In this work, we examine the consequences of lack of polynomial consistency and show that it can lead…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-07-18 Cameron Talischi , Glaucio H. Paulino

A common approach for generating an anisotropic mesh is the M-uniform mesh approach where an adaptive mesh is generated as a uniform one in the metric specified by a given tensor M. A key component is the determination of an appropriate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-11 Lennard Kamenski

This paper introduces general methodologies for constructing closed-form solutions to linear constant-coefficient partial differential equations (PDEs) with polynomial right-hand sides in two and three spatial dimensions. Polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Thomas G. Anderson , Marc Bonnet , Luiz M. Faria , Carlos Pérez-Arancibia

Recently, the $\vec{H}(\operatorname{div})$-conforming finite element families for second order elliptic problems have come more into focus, since due to hybridization and subsequent advances in computational efficiency their use is no…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Thomas Apel , Volker Kempf

In this work we introduce and analyze a new multiscale method for strongly nonlinear monotone equations in the spirit of the Localized Orthogonal Decomposition. A problem-adapted multiscale space is constructed by solving linear local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-16 Barbara Verfürth

We consider the approximation properties of finite element spaces on quadrilateral meshes. The finite element spaces are constructed starting with a given finite dimensional space of functions on a square reference element, which is then…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Douglas N. Arnold , Daniele Boffi , Richard S. Falk

This paper deals with bounding the error on the estimation of quantities of interest obtained by finite element and domain decomposition methods. The proposed bounds are written in order to separate the two errors involved in the resolution…

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