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New low-order $H(\textrm{div})$-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors are constructed in arbitrary dimension. The space of shape functions is defined by enriching the symmetric quadratic polynomial space with the $(d+1)$-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang , Yaqian Zhou , Yangxing Zhu

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,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Roland Becker , Maximilian Brunner , Paula Hilbert , Michael Innerberger , Dirk Praetorius

We address multiscale elliptic problems with random coefficients that are a perturbation of multiscale deterministic problems. Our approach consists in taking benefit of the perturbative context to suitably modify the classical Finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-08 C. Le Bris , F. Legoll , F. Thomines

We establish optimal convergence rates for the continuous piecewise affine finite element approximation of the Sobolev constant in arbitrary dimensions N\geq 2 and for Lebesgue exponents 1<p<N. Our analysis relies on a refined study of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Liviu I. Ignat , Enrique Zuazua

We consider the numerical approximation of Maxwell's equations in time domain by a second order $H(curl)$ conforming finite element approximation. In order to enable the efficient application of explicit time stepping schemes, we utilize a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-14 Herbert Egger , Bogdan Radu

The maximum entropy approach operating with quite general entropy measure and constraint is considered. It is demonstrated that for a conditional or parametrized probability distribution $f(x|\mu)$ there is a "universal" relation among the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-19 E. V. Vakarin , J. P. Badiali

In this paper, we construct new finite element methods for the approximation of the equations of linear elasticity in three space dimensions that produce direct approximations to both stresses and displacements. The methods are based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Richard S. Falk , Ragnar Winther

A number of non-standard finite element methods have been proposed in recent years, each of which derives from a specific class of PDE-constrained norm minimization problems. The most notable examples are $\mathcal{L}\mathcal{L}^*$ methods.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-31 Brendan Keith

We consider mixed finite element approximations of viscous, plastic Bingham flow in a cylindrical pipe. A novel a priori and a posteriori error analysis is introduced which is based on a discrete mesh dependent norm for the normalized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-24 Tom Gustafsson , Philip L. Lederer

This research note documents new developments regarding finite-element discretizations of the relativistic Beliaev-Budker Coulomb collision operator and the nonrelativistic Landau operator. Where energy conservation in a finite-element…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-03-19 Eero Hirvijoki

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

We survey recent contributions to finite element exterior calculus on manifolds and surfaces within a comprehensive formalism for the error analysis of vector-valued partial differential equations on manifolds. Our primary focus is on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-02 Martin W. Licht

We propose a novel mixed finite-element formulation for geometrically exact (Simo--Reissner) beams that introduces the moment vector as additional independent field. The specific mixed form allows for an element-local, discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Alexander Humer , Ivo Steinbrecher , Astrid Pechstein

In this paper, the author derives an $O(h^4)$-superconvergence for the piecewise linear Ritz-Galerkin finite element approximations for the second order elliptic equation $-\nabla \cdot(A\nabla u)= f$ equipped with Dirichlet boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Chunmei Wang

In this paper, we rigorously study an order 2 scheme that was previously proposed by some of the authors. A slight modification is proposed that enables us to prove the convergence of the scheme while simplifying in the same time the inner…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-05 François Alouges , Evaggelos Kritsikis , Jutta Steiner , Jean-Christophe Toussaint

This work investigates finite element approximations for a general class of elliptic hemivariational inequalities arising in semipermeable media. The proposed model incorporates non-isotropic and heterogeneous diffusion coefficients,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Ban Li , Bangmin Wu

This paper continues our earlier investigations into the inversion of random functions in a general (abstract) setting. In Section 2 we investigate a concept of invertibility and the invertibility of the composition of random functions. In…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mike A. Steel , Laszlo A. Szekely

This work proposes a view of probability as a relative measure rather than an absolute one. To demonstrate this concept, we focus on finite outcome spaces and develop three fundamental axioms that establish requirements for relative…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-05-30 Max Sklar

The recently proposed statistical finite element (statFEM) approach synthesises measurement data with finite element models and allows for making predictions about the unknown true system response. We provide a probabilistic error analysis…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Toni Karvonen , Fehmi Cirak , Mark Girolami

For a generalized Hodge Laplace equation, we prove the quasi-optimal convergence rate of an adaptive mixed finite element method. This adaptive method can control the error in the natural mixed variational norm when the space of harmonic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Yuwen Li