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In recent publications, the author and his coworkers have shown robust approximation error estimates for B-splines of maximum smoothness and have proposed multigrid methods based on them. These methods allow to solve the linear system…
In this paper we introduce methods for electromagnetic wave propagation, based on splines and on T-splines. We define spline spaces which form a De Rham complex and, following the isogeometric paradigm, we map them on domains which are…
We present a robust and efficient multigrid method for single-patch isogeometric discretizations using tensor product B-splines of maximum smoothness. Our method is based on a stable splitting of the spline space into a large subspace of…
We consider geometric multigrid methods for the solution of linear systems arising from isogeometric discretizations of elliptic partial differential equations. For classical finite elements, such methods are well known to be fast solvers…
In this work, merging ideas from compatible discretisations and polyhedral methods, we construct novel fully discrete polynomial de Rham sequences of arbitrary degree on polygons and polyhedra. The spaces and operators that appear in these…
We prove $p$-robust approximation error estimates for $H^2$-conforming isogeometric discretizations over planar multi-patch domains. Possible applications are fourth order boundary value problems, like the biharmonic equation or…
This paper develops a unified theoretical framework for constructing B-spline basis function spaces with structural equivalence to finite element spaces. The theory rigorously establishes that these bases emerge as explicit linear…
This paper presents an immersed, isogeometric finite element framework to predict the response of multi-material, multi-physics problems with complex geometries using locally refined discretizations. To circumvent the need to generate…
The matrix formation associated to high-order discretizations is known to be numerically demanding. Based on the existing procedure of interpolation and lookup, we design a multiscale assembly procedure to reduce the exorbitant assembly…
We explore extended B-splines as a stable basis for isogeometric analysis with trimmed parameter spaces. The stabilization is accomplished by an appropriate substitution of B-splines that may lead to ill-conditioned system matrices. The…
In this work we define a spline complex preserving the cohomological structure of the continuous de Rham complex when the underlying physical domain is a toroidal solid. In the spirit of the isogeometric analysis, the spaces involved will…
This paper investigates a variational model for splines in the image metamorphosis model for the smooth interpolation of key frames in the space of images. The Riemannian manifold of images based on the metamorphosis model defines shortest…
The Riesz maps of the $L^2$ de Rham complex frequently arise as subproblems in the construction of fast preconditioners for more complicated problems. In this work we present multigrid solvers for high-order finite element discretizations…
We outline the construction of compatible B-splines on 3D surfaces that satisfy the continuity requirements for electromagnetic scattering analysis with the boundary element method (method of moments). Our approach makes use of Non-Uniform…
The de Rham complex arises naturally when studying problems in electromagnetism and fluid mechanics. Stable numerical methods to solve these problems can be obtained by using a discrete de Rham complex that preserves the structure of the…
We study the discretisation of a uniaxial (rank-one) reduction of the Oldroyd-B model for dilute polymer solutions, in which the conformation tensor is represented as $\sig = \vec b \otimes \vec b$. Building on structural analogies with…
We present commuting projection operators on de Rham sequences of two-dimensional multipatch spaces with local tensor-product parametrization and non-matching interfaces. Our construction yields projection operators which are local and…
An Isogeometric Boundary Element Method (IgA-BEM) is considered for the numerical solution of Helmholtz problems on 3D bounded or unbounded domains, admitting a smooth conformal multi-patch representation of their finite boundary surface.…
A low-order nonconforming finite element discretization of a smooth de Rham complex starting from the $H^2$ space in three dimensions is proposed, involving an $H^2$-nonconforming finite element space, a new tangentially continuous…
Reachable Minimally supported (RM) B-splines have been recently introduced as a novel B-spline--like basis. They feature local linear independence and admit a fast de Boor--like evaluation algorithm. These properties make them particularly…