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Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) has become a viable alternative to the Finite Element Method (FEM) and is typically combined with a time integration scheme within the method of lines for time-dependent problems. However, due to a stagnation of…
Isogeometric Analysis is a high-order discretization method for boundary value problems that uses a number of degrees of freedom which is as small as for a low-order method. Standard isogeometric discretizations require a global…
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…
We present a comparison of different multigrid approaches for the solution of systems arising from high-order continuous finite element discretizations of elliptic partial differential equations on complex geometries. We consider the…
The design of fast solvers for isogeometric analysis is receiving a lot of attention due to the challenge that offers to find an algorithm with a robust convergence with respect to the spline degree. Here, we analyze the application of…
In this paper, we develop multigrid solvers for the biharmonic problem in the framework of isogeometric analysis (IgA). In this framework, one typically sets up B-splines on the unit square or cube and transforms them to the domain of…
Algebraic multigrid (AMG) is conventionally applied in a black-box fashion, agnostic to the underlying geometry. In this work, we propose that using geometric information -- when available -- to assist with setting up the AMG hierarchy is…
The present work develops hybrid multigrid methods for high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretizations of elliptic problems. Fast matrix-free operator evaluation on tensor product elements is used to devise a computationally efficient PDE…
We present a multigrid algorithm for the solution of the linear systems of equations stemming from the $p-$version of the Virtual Element discretization of a two-dimensional Poisson problem. The sequence of coarse spaces are constructed…
A novel and efficient approach which is based on the framework of isogeometric analysis for elliptic homogenization problems is proposed. These problems possess highly oscillating coefficients leading to extremely high computational…
The use of multigrid and related preconditioners with the finite element method is often limited by the difficulty of applying the algorithm effectively to a problem, especially when the domain has a complex shape or adaptive refinement. We…
I propose a vertex patch smoother where local problems are solved inexactly by a nested, matrix-free p-multigrid, creating a multigrid-within-multigrid framework. A single iteration of the local solver can be evaluated with…
We study multilevel techniques, commonly used in PDE multigrid literature, to solve structured optimization problems. For a given hierarchy of levels, we formulate a coarse model that approximates the problem at each level and provides a…
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…
In this work, we formulate and analyze a geometric multigrid method for the iterative solution of the discrete systems arising from the finite element discretization of symmetric second-order linear elliptic diffusion problems. We show that…
Multilevel techniques are efficient approaches for solving the large linear systems that arise from discretized partial differential equations and other problems. While geometric multigrid requires detailed knowledge about the underlying…
Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) is a framework for setting up spline-based discretizations of partial differential equations, which has been introduced around a decade ago and has gained much attention since then. If large spline degrees are…
In this paper, we propose a $W$-cycle $p$-multigrid method for solving the $p$-version symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (SIPDG) discretization of elliptic problems. This SIPDG discretization employs hierarchical Legendre…
Vertex-patch smoothers are essential for the robust convergence of geometric multigrid methods in high-order finite element applications, yet their adoption is traditionally hindered by the prohibitive cost of solving local patch problems.…
The convergence of multigrid methods degrades significantly if a small number of low quality cells are present in a finite element mesh, and this can be a barrier to the efficient and robust application of multigrid on complicated geometric…