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We propose and analyze a two-level method for mimetic finite difference approximations of second order elliptic boundary value problems. We prove that the two-level algorithm is uniformly convergent, i.e., the number of iterations needed to…
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We consider interface fluctuations on a two-dimensional layered lattice where the couplings follow a hierarchical sequence. This problem is equivalent to the diffusion process of a quantum particle in the presence of a one-dimensional…
In this paper we consider one-dimensional diffusions with constant coefficients in a finite interval with jump boundary and a certain deterministic jump distribution. We use coupling methods in order to identify the spectral gap in the case…
This work presents a generalized boundary integral method for elliptic equations on surfaces, encompassing both boundary value and interface problems. The method is kernel-free, implying that the explicit analytical expression of the kernel…
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This paper presents a wavelet Galerkin method for solving elliptic interface problems of the form $-\nabla\cdot(a\nabla u)=f$ in $\Omega\backslash \Gamma$, where $\Gamma$ is a smooth interface within $\Omega$. Since the scalar variable…
We develop a new least squares method for solving the second-order elliptic equations in non-divergence form. Two least-squares-type functionals are proposed for solving the equations in two steps. We first obtain a numerical approximation…
In this paper we consider a very singular elliptic equation that involves an anisotropic diffusion operator, including one-Laplacian, and is perturbed by a $p$-Laplacian-type diffusion operator with $1<p<\infty$. This equation seems…
The problem of mass diffusion in layered systems has relevance to applications in different scientific disciplines, e.g., chemistry, material science, soil science, and biomedical engineering. The mathematical challenge in these type of…
Elliptic equations play a crucial role in turbulence models for magnetic confinement fusion. Regardless of the chosen modeling approach - whether gyrokinetic, gyrofluid, or drift-fluid - the Poisson equation and Amp\`{e}re's law lead to…
We consider numerical solution of elliptic problems with heterogeneous diffusion coefficients containing thin highly conductive structures. Such problems arise e.g. in fractured porous media, reinforced materials, and electric circuits. The…
In this paper, we focus on designing a well-conditioned Glarkin spectral methods for solving a two-sided fractional diffusion equations with drift, in which the fractional operators are defined neither in Riemann-Liouville nor Caputo sense,…
Numerical simulation results of basic exactly solvable fluid flows using the previously proposed Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) formulated on a general curvilinear coordinate system are presented. As was noted in the theoretical work of H.…
A convergence result for a discontinuous Galerkin multiscale method for a second order elliptic problem is presented. We consider a heterogeneous and highly varying diffusion coefficient in $L^\infty(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}_{sym})$…
Second order accurate Cartesian grid methods have been well developed for interface problems in the literature. However, it is challenging to develop third or higher order accurate methods for problems with curved interfaces and internal…