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A major obstacle to the application of the standard Radial Basis Function-generated Finite Difference (RBF-FD) meshless method is constituted by its inability to accurately and consistently solve boundary value problems involving Neumann…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Riccardo Zamolo , Davide Miotti , Enrico Nobile

The aim of this paper is to show how rapidly decaying RBF Lagrange functions on the spheres can be used to create effective, stable finite difference methods based on radial basis functions (RBF-FD). For certain classes of PDEs this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Wolfgang Erb , Thomas Hangelbroek , Francis J. Narcowich , Christian Rieger , Joseph D. Ward

We propose a novel framework for solving nonlinear PDEs using sparse radial basis function (RBF) networks. Sparsity-promoting regularization is employed to prevent over-parameterization and reduce redundant features. This work is motivated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Zihan Shao , Konstantin Pieper , Xiaochuan Tian

The Wave Based Method (WBM) is a Trefftz method for the simulation of wave problems in vibroacoustics. Like other Trefftz methods, it employs a non-standard discretisation basis consisting of solutions of the partial differential equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-06 Daan Huybrechs , Anda-Elena Olteanu

In this paper, we investigate the application of radial basis functions (RBFs) for the approximation with collocation of the Stokes problem. The approximate solution is constructed in a multi-level fashion, each level using compactly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Andrew Chernih , Quoc Thong Le Gia

Numerical solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) on manifolds continues to generate a lot of interest among scientists in the natural and applied sciences. On the other hand, recent developments of 3D scanning and computer…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-08 E. O. Asante-Asamani , Lei Wang , Zeyun Yu

Solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on manifolds defined by randomly sampled point clouds is a challenging problem in scientific computing and has broad applications in various fields. In this paper, we develop a two-step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Rongji Li , Haichuan Di , Shixiao Willing Jiang

Chebyshev pseudospectral (PS) methods are reported to provide highly accurate solution using polynomial approximation. Use of polynomial basis functions in PS algorithms limits the formulation to univariate systems constraining it to tensor…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-12-01 Pankaj K Mishra , Sankar K Nath

Radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) methods for PDEs require a set of interpolation points which conform to the computational domain $\Omega$. One of the requirements leading to approximation robustness is to place…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Igor Tominec , Eva Breznik

Approximation of scattered data is often a task in many engineering problems. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation is appropriate for big scattered datasets in $n-$dimensional space. It is a non-separable approximation, as it is…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-06-22 Zuzana Majdisova , Vaclav Skala

Localized collocation methods based on radial basis functions (RBFs) for elliptic problems appear to be non-robust in the presence of Neumann boundary conditions. In this paper we overcome this issue by formulating the RBF-generated finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Igor Tominec , Elisabeth Larsson , Alfa Heryudono

We present a comprehensive study of radial basis function (RBF) approximations for elliptic and obstacle-type boundary value problems under a variational formulation. Our focus is on practical accuracy, robustness and efficiency. To address…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Tan Phuong Dong Le , Giang Tran , Hans De Sterck

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) models for wave propagation in inhomogeneous media are relevant for many applications. We will discuss numerical methods tailored for tackling problems governed by these variable-coefficient PDEs.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Ilaria Fontana , Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard

Solving inverse and optimization problems over solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) on complex spatial domains is a long-standing challenge. Here we introduce a method that parameterizes the solution using spectral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-30 James V. Roggeveen , Michael P. Brenner

Approximation of scattered geometric data is often a task in many engineering problems. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation is appropriate for large scattered (unordered) datasets in d-dimensional space. This method is useful for…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-04-19 Zuzana Majdisova , Vaclav Skala

Accurate interpolation of functions and derivatives is crucial in solving partial differential equations (PDEs). The Radial Basis Function (RBF) method has become an extremely popular and robust approach for interpolation on scattered data.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Amirhossein Fashamiha , David Salac

The Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS) is a popular tool to solve Laplace and Helmholtz boundary value problems. Its main drawback is that it often leads to ill-conditioned systems of equations. In this paper we investigate for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-11-13 A. H. Barnett , T. Betcke

This work focuses on the study of partial differential equation (PDE) based basis function for Discontinuous Galerkin methods to solve numerically wave-related boundary value problems with variable coefficients. To tackle problems with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-22 Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard , Guillaume Sylvand

We present a rigorous convergence analysis for cylindrical approximations of nonlinear functionals, functional derivatives, and functional differential equations (FDEs). The purpose of this analysis is twofold: first, we prove that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-17 Daniele Venturi , Alec Dektor

This note constructs a local generalized finite element basis for elliptic problems with heterogeneous and highly varying coefficients. The basis functions are solutions of local problems on vertex patches. The error of the corresponding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-15 Axel Malqvist , Daniel Peterseim