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We consider a coefficient inverse problem for the dielectric permittivity in Maxwell's equations, with data consisting of boundary measurements of one or two backscattered or transmitted waves. The problem is treated using a Lagrangian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-18 John Bondestam Malmberg , Larisa Beilina

We consider finite element approximations to the optimal constant for the Hardy inequality with exponent $p=2$ in bounded domains of dimension $n=1$ or $n \geq 3$. For finite element spaces of piecewise linear and continuous functions on a…

In this paper, we first construct the $H^2$(curl)-conforming finite elements both on a rectangle and a triangle. They possess some fascinating properties which have been proven by a rigorous theoretical analysis. Then we apply the elements…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Qian Zhang , Lixiu Wang , Zhimin Zhang

Maxwell's equations describe the evolution of electromagnetic fields, together with constraints on the divergence of the magnetic and electric flux densities. These constraints correspond to fundamental physical laws: the nonexistence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Yakov Berchenko-Kogan , Ari Stern

An initial-boundary value problem for the time-fractional diffusion equation is discretized in space using continuous piecewise-linear finite elements on a polygonal domain with a re-entrant corner. Known error bounds for the case of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-21 Kim Ngan Le , William McLean , Bishnu Lamichhane

We study variational problems for curves approximated by B-spline curves. We show that, one can obtain discrete Euler-Lagrange equations, for the data describing the approximated curves. Our main application is to the curve completion…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2012-02-20 Jun Zhao , Elizabeth Mansfield

A superconvergence error estimate for the gradient approximation of the second order elliptic problem in three dimensions is analyzed by using weak Galerkin finite element scheme on the uniform and non-uniform cubic partitions. Due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-19 Dan Li , Yufeng Nie , Chunmei Wang

In this paper we consider the finite element approximation of Maxwell's problem and analyse the prescription of essential boundary conditions in a weak sense using Nitsche's method. To avoid indefiniteness of the problem, the original…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-30 D. Boffi , R. Codina , Ö. Türk

We study the effects of numerical quadrature rules on error convergence rates when solving Maxwell-type variational problems via the curl-conforming or edge finite element method. A complete {\em a priori} error analysis for the case of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-06 Rubén Aylwin , Carlos Jerez-Hanckes

We study finite element approximations of the nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian. Our approach is based on weak imposition of the Dirichlet condition and incorporating a nonlocal analogous of the normal derivative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Gabriel Acosta , Juan Pablo Borthagaray , Norbert Heuer

We revise the finite element formulation for Lagrange, Raviart- Thomas, and Taylor-Hood finite element spaces. We solve Laplace equation in first and second order formulation, and compare the solutions obtained with Lagrange and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Felipe Cruz

In Part I of this paper, we introduced a two dimensional eigenvalue problem (2DEVP) of a matrix pair and investigated its fundamental theory such as existence, variational characterization and number of 2D-eigenvalues. In Part II, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-10 Tianyi Lu , Yangfeng Su , Zhaojun Bai

We study finite element approximations of second-order elliptic problems with measure-valued right-hand sides supported on lower-dimensional sets. The exact solution generally lacks $H^1$-regularity due to the source singularity, which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Huadong Gao , Yuhui Huang

In this paper, the discontinuous Petrov--Galerkin approximation of the Laplace eigenvalue problem is discussed. We consider in particular the primal and ultra weak formulations of the problem and prove the convergence together with a priori…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-15 Fleurianne Bertrand , Daniele Boffi , Henrik Schneider

We develop an exact-curved Lagrange finite element framework for the Poisson problem on two-dimensional curved domains. The element map is factorised as $ F_K=\Psi_K\circ\Phi_{T_K}$, where $\Phi_{T_K}$ maps the reference triangle to an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Hiroki Ishizaka

The modified Maxwell's Stekloff eigenvalue problem arises recently from the inverse electromagnetic scattering theory for inhomogeneous media. This paper contains a rigorous analysis of both the eigenvalue problem and the associated source…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Bo Gong , Jiguang Sun , Xinming Wu

This paper introduces a numerical scheme for time harmonic Maxwell's equations by using weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods. The WG finite element method is based on two operators: discrete weak curl and discrete weak gradient, with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-10 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

In this article, we analyze semi-discrete finite element approximation and full discretization of a fourth-order stochastic pseudo-parabolic equation in a bounded convex polygonal domain driven by additive Wiener noise. We use the finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Suprio Bhar , Mrinmay Biswas , Mangala Prasad

In this paper we consider the eigenvalue problem for piezoelectric shallow shells and we show that, as the thickness of the shell goes to zero, the eigensolutions of the three-dimensional piezoelectric shells converge to the eigensolutions…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 N. Sabu

We analyze the conforming approximation of the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations using N\'ed\'elec (edge) finite elements. We prove that the approximation is asymptotically optimal, i.e., the approximation error in the energy norm is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-26 T. Chaumont-Frelet , A. Ern