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We consider an adaptive algorithm for finite element methods for the isogeometric analysis (IGAFEM) of elliptic (possibly non-symmetric) second-order partial differential equations in arbitrary space dimension $d\ge2$. We employ…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-20 Gregor Gantner , Daniel Haberlik , Dirk Praetorius

Preconditioning has long been a staple technique in optimization, often applied to reduce the condition number of a matrix and speed up the convergence of algorithms. Although there are many popular preconditioning techniques in practice,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Zhaonan Qu , Wenzhi Gao , Oliver Hinder , Yinyu Ye , Zhengyuan Zhou

We analyze optimal complexity of adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for general second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in the Lax-Milgram setting. To this end, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which steers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Thomas Führer , Paula Hilbert , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius

In this article we suggest two discretization methods based on isogeometric analysis (IGA) for planar linear elasticity. On the one hand, we apply the well-known ansatz of weakly imposed symmetry for the stress tensor and obtain a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Jeremias Arf , Bernd Simeon

In the past decade, a combination of unfitted finite elements (or XFEM) with the Nitsche method has become a popular discretization method for elliptic interface problems. This development started with the introduction and analysis of this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-08-14 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Arnold Reusken

We introduce a novel two-level overlapping additive Schwarz preconditioner for accelerating the training of scientific machine learning applications. The design of the proposed preconditioner is motivated by the nonlinear two-level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Youngkyu Lee , Alena Kopaničáková , George Em Karniadakis

Topology optimization for large scale problems continues to be a computational challenge. Several works exist in the literature to address this topic, and all make use of iterative solvers to handle the linear system arising from the Finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-21 Darin Peetz , Ahmed Elbanna

Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods offer an enormous flexibility regarding local grid refinement and variation of polynomial degrees for a variety of different problem classes. With a focus on diffusion problems, we consider DG…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-01-01 Kolja Brix , Claudio Canuto , Wolfgang Dahmen

We consider the Galerkin boundary element method (BEM) for weakly-singular integral equations of the first-kind in 2D. We analyze some residual-type a posteriori error estimator which provides a lower as well as an upper bound for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-24 Michael Feischl , Gregor Gantner , Dirk Praetorius

In this work, a local Fourier analysis is presented to study the convergence of multigrid methods based on additive Schwarz smoothers. This analysis is presented as a general framework which allows us to study these smoothers for any type…

Incompressible fluid flow problems appear frequently in different applications. The discretization of such problems may result in large and ill-conditioned systems of linear equations. We consider the case of the Stokes equations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Filipe Cumaru , Alexander Heinlein , Joachim Schöberl

The construction of robust solvers for linear systems obtained from the discretization of partial differential equations using Isogeometric Analysis is challenging since the condition number of the system matrix not only grows with the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Monica Montardini , Stefan Takacs , Mattia Tani

A new preconditioner is developed for high order finite element approximation of linear elastic problems on triangular meshes in two dimensions. The new preconditioner results in a condition number that is bounded independently of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-10 Mark Ainsworth , Charles Parker

This article investigates adaptive mesh refinement procedures for the time-domain wave equation with Neumann boundary conditions, formulated as an equivalent hypersingular boundary integral equation. Space-adaptive and time-adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein , Chiara Guardasoni

Isogeometric Analysis is a variant of the finite element method, where spline functions are used for the representation of both the geometry and the solution. Splines, particularly those with higher degree, achieve their full approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Stefan Takacs , Stefan Tyoler

The isogeometric formulation of Boundary Element Method (BEM) is investigated within the adaptivity framework. Suitable weighted quadrature rules to evaluate integrals appearing in the Galerkin BEM formulation of 2D Laplace model problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Antonella Falini , Carlotta Giannelli , Tadej Kanduc , Maria Lucia Sampoli , Alessandra Sestini

Solving the normal equations corresponding to large sparse linear least-squares problems is an important and challenging problem. For very large problems, an iterative solver is needed and, in general, a preconditioner is required to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Hussam Al Daas , Pierre Jolivet , Jennifer Scott

This paper rigorously analyses preconditioners for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations with absorption, where the PDE is discretised using curl-conforming finite-element methods of fixed, arbitrary order and the preconditioner is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-23 Marcella Bonazzoli , Victorita Dolean , Ivan G. Graham , Euan A. Spence , Pierre-Henri Tournier

The computation time for reservoir simulation is dominated by the linear solver. The sets of linear equations which arise in reservoir simulation have two distinctive features: the problems are usually highly anisotropic, with a dominant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-10 Haran Jackson , Michele Taroni , David Ponting

We propose a nonlinear additive Schwarz method for solving nonlinear optimization problems with bound constraints. Our method is used as a "right-preconditioner" for solving the first-order optimality system arising within the sequential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-07 Hardik Kothari , Alena Kopaničáková , Rolf Krause