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Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Takahito Kashiwabara

This paper establishes the optimal $H^1$-norm error estimate for a nonstandard finite element method for approximating $H^2$ strong solutions of second order linear elliptic PDEs in non-divergence form with continuous coefficients. To…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-01 Xiaobing Feng , Stefan Schnake

In this paper, we propose and analyze a finite element discretization for the computation of fractional minimal graphs of order~$s \in (0,1/2)$ on a bounded domain $\Omega$. Such a Plateau problem of order $s$ can be reinterpreted as a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-26 Juan Pablo Borthagaray , Wenbo Li , Ricardo H. Nochetto

In this article a special class of nonlinear optimal control problems involving a bilinear term in the boundary condition is studied. These kind of problems arise for instance in the identification of an unknown space-dependent Robin…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Max Winkler

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

A proof of optimal-order error estimates is given for the full discretization of the bulk--surface Cahn--Hilliard system with dynamic boundary conditions in a smooth domain. The numerical method combines a linear bulk--surface finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Nils Bullerjahn

The classical arguments employed when obtaining error estimates of Finite Element (FE) discretisations of elliptic problems lead to more restrictive assumptions on the regularity of the exact solution when applied to non-conforming methods.…

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We derive optimal order a posteriori error estimates in the $L^\infty(L^2)$ and $L^1(L^2)$-norms for the fully discrete approximations of time fractional parabolic differential equations. For the discretization in time, we use the $L1$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-14 Jiliang Cao , Wansheng Wang , Aiguo Xiao

We establish local existence and a quasi-optimal error estimate for piecewise cubic minimizers to the bending energy under a discretized inextensibility constraint. In previous research a discretization is used where the inextensibility…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Sören Bartels , Balázs Kovács , Dominik Schneider

The regularity of the solution of elliptic partial differential equa- tions in a polygonal domain with re-entrant corners is, in general, reduced compared to the one on a smooth convex domain. This results in a best approximation property…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-20 Thomas Horger , Petra Pustejovska , Barbara Wohlmuth

In this work we consider the two dimensional instationary Navier-Stokes equations with homogeneous Dirichlet/no-slip boundary conditions. We show error estimates for the fully discrete problem, where a discontinuous Galerkin method in time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Boris Vexler , Jakob Wagner

In this paper, we study a generalized finite element method for solving second-order elliptic partial differential equations with rough coefficients. The method uses local approximation spaces computed by solving eigenvalue problems on…

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In this paper we consider the semi-discretization in space of a first order scalar transport equation. For the space discretization we use standard continuous finite elements. To obtain stability we add a penalty on the jump of the gradient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Erik Burman

We derive a-priori error estimates for the finite-element approximation of a distributed optimal control problem governed by the steady one-dimensional Burgers equation with pointwise box constraints on the control. Here the approximation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-18 Pedro Martín Merino Rosero

This paper is concerned with the finite element discretization of the data driven approach according to arXiv:1510.04232 for the solution of PDEs with a material law arising from measurement data. To simplify the setting, we focus on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Christian Meyer , Annika Müller

We review the finite element approximation of the classical obstacle problem in energy and max-norms and derive error estimates for both the solution and the free boundary. On the basis of recent regularity results we present an optimal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-17 Ricardo H. Nochetto , Enrique Otárola , Abner J. Salgado

In this paper we propose a nonconforming finite element method for the solution of the ill-posed elliptic Cauchy problem. We prove error estimates using continuous dependence estimates in the $L^2$-norm. The effect of perturbations in data…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-18 Erik Burman

We consider finite element solutions to quadratic optimization problems, where the state depends on the control via a well-posed linear partial differential equation. Exploiting the structure of a suitably reduced optimality system, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-03 Fernando Gaspoz , Christian Kreuzer , Andreas Veeser , Winnifried Wollner

When solving elliptic partial differential equations in a region containing immersed interfaces (possibly evolving in time), it is often desirable to approximate the problem using an independent background discretisation, not aligned with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Luca Heltai , Nella Rotundo

In this work, we investigate the numerical approximation of the second order non-autonomous semilnear parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) using the finite element method. To the best of our knowledge, only the linear case is…

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