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This paper presents the first method for constructing bases for polynomial spline spaces over an arbitrary T-meshes (PT-splines for short). We construct spline basis functions for an arbitrary T-mesh by first converting the T-mesh into a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Shicong Zhong , Falai Chen , Bingru Huang

We introduce a smooth B-spline discretization in polar coordinates on the unit disc that corrects the loss of regularity present at the origin caused by the coordinate singularity in standard tensor-product B-spline formulations. The method…

Interpolation methods for nonlinear finite element discretizations are commonly used to eliminate the computational costs associated with the repeated assembly of the nonlinear systems. While the group finite element formulation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-24 Kevin Tolle , Nicole Marheineke

This paper develops a new way to create smooth piecewise polynomial free-form spline surfaces from quad- meshes that include T-junctions, where surface strips start or terminate. All mesh nodes can be interpreted as control points of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-03 Kestutis Karciauskas , Daniele Panozzo , Jörg Peters

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Robert N. Simpson , Zhaowei Liu , Ráfael Vazquez , John A. Evans

We present a novel approach for the construction of basis functions to be employed in selective or adaptive h-refined finite element applications with arbitrary-level hanging node configurations. Our analysis is not restricted to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-03 Eugenio Aulisa , Giacomo Capodaglio , Guoyi Ke

A new kind of spline geometric method approach is presented. Its main ingredient is the use of well established spline spaces forming a discrete de Rham complex to construct a primal sequence $\{X^k_h\}^n_{k=0}$, starting from splines of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-10 Bernard Kapidani , Rafael Vázquez

Several classes of classical cardinal B-splines can be obtained as solutions of operator equations of the form $Ly = 0$ where $L$ is a linear differential operator of integral order. (Cf., for instance,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-01 Peter Massopust

We analyze the space of bivariate functions that are piecewise polynomial of bi-degree \textless{}= (m, m') and of smoothness r along the interior edges of a planar T-mesh. We give new combinatorial lower and upper bounds for the dimension…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Bernard Mourrain

A geometrically exact membrane formulation is presented that is based on curvilinear coordinates and isogeometric finite elements, and is suitable for both solid and liquid membranes. The curvilinear coordinate system is used to describe…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2012-10-18 Roger A. Sauer , Thang X. Duong , Callum J. Corbett

We consider a class of non-polynomial spline spaces over T-meshes, that is, of spaces locally spanned both by polynomial and by suitably-chosen non-polynomial functions, which we will refer to as generalized splines over T-meshes. For such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Cesare Bracco , Fabio Roman

One of the main purposes of this article is to give functional equations and differential equations between Bernstein basis functions and generating functions of B-spline curves. Using these equations, very useful formulas containing the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Yilmaz Simsek

We investigate numerical solutions of high order curl problems with various formulations and finite elements. We show that several classical conforming finite elements lead to spurious solutions, while mixed formulations with finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Kaibo Hu , Qian Zhang , Jiayu Han , Lixiu Wang , Zhimin Zhang

Finite trigonometric Fourier series on a set of discrete equidistant points are considered. A finite system of orthogonal functions that have interpolation and certain differential properties on the period is introduced. Finite Fourier…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Volodymyr Denysiuk , Lydmila Rybachuk

Periodic splines are a special kind of splines that are defined over a set of knots over a circle and are adequate for solving interpolation problems related to closed curves. This paper presents a method of implementing the objects…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Hiba Nassar , Krzysztof Podgórski

Using neural networks to solve variational problems, and other scientific machine learning tasks, has been limited by a lack of consistency and an inability to exactly integrate expressions involving neural network architectures. We address…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Jonas A. Actor , Andy Huang , Nathaniel Trask

When modeling scientific and industrial problems, geometries are typically modeled by explicit boundary representations obtained from computer-aided design software. Unfitted (also known as embedded or immersed) finite element methods offer…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Pere A. Martorell , Santiago Badia

We consider overlap splines that are defined by connecting the patches of piecewise functions via common values at given finite sets of nodes, without using any partitions of the computational domain. It is shown that some classical finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Oleg Davydov

Geometrically continuous splines are piecewise polynomial functions defined on a collection of patches which are stitched together through transition maps. They are called $G^{r}$-splines if, after composition with the transition maps, they…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Angelos Mantzaflaris , Bernard Mourrain , Nelly Villamizar , Beihui Yuan

We develop an efficient $hp$-finite element method for piecewise-smooth differential equations with periodic boundary conditions, using orthogonal polynomials defined on circular arcs. The operators derived from this basis are banded and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Daniel VandenHeuvel , Sheehan Olver