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The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful computational tool for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). Although commercial and open-source FEM software packages are widely available, an independent implementation of FEM…

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Flexural wave scattering plays a crucial role in optimizing and designing structures for various engineering applications. Mathematically, the flexural wave scattering problem on an infinite thin plate is described by a fourth-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-27 Junhong Yue , Peijun Li

We propose a novel framework for the discretisation of multi-label problems on arbitrary, continuous domains. Our work bridges the gap between general FEM discretisations, and labeling problems that arise in a variety of computer vision…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-06 Audrey Richard , Christoph Vogel , Maros Blaha , Thomas Pock , Konrad Schindler

The $\Sigma$-method for structural analysis of a differential-algebraic equation (DAE) system produces offset vectors from which the sparsity pattern of a system Jacobian is derived. This pattern implies a block-triangular form (BTF) of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-18 John D. Pryce , Nedialko S. Nedialkov , Guangning Tan

In this paper, we develop an adaptive high-order surface finite element method (FEM) incorporating the spectral deferred correction method for chain contour discretization to solve polymeric self-consistent field equations on general curved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Kai Jiang , Xin Wang , Jianggang Liu , Huayi Wei

From a mathematical perspective, the extraordinary properties of metamaterials are often reflected in the coefficients of the governing partial differential equations (PDEs). These coefficients may fall outside the assumptions of classical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Eric T. Chung , Patrick Ciarlet , Xingguang Jin , Changqing Ye

The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) has recently been employed as an efficient means to model three-dimensional structures, in particular when the geometry is provided as a voxel-based image. To this end, an octree…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Hauke Gravenkamp , Albert A. Saputra , Sascha Eisenträger

This paper compares the advantages, limitations, and computational considerations of using Finite-Time Lyapunov Exponents (FTLEs) and Lagrangian Descriptors (LDs) as tools for identifying barriers and mechanisms of fluid transport in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-03-30 Timothy Getscher

This study develops a polygonal cell-based smoothed finite element method (CSFEM) for two-dimensional seepage analyses in porous media, covering steady-state, transient, and free-surface problems. Wachspress interpolation on convex…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Yang Yang , Mingjiao Yan , Zongliang Zhang , Yinpeng Yin , Qiang Liu , You liang Li

Given a differential operator $\mathcal{L}$ along with its own eigenvalue problem $\mathcal{L}u = \lambda u$ and an associated algebraic equation $\mathcal{L}^{(n)} \mathbf{u}_n = \lambda\mathbf{u}_n$ obtained by means of a discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-19 Davide Bianchi

We design and analyze several Finite Element Methods (FEMs) applied to the Caffarelli-Silvestre extension that localizes the fractional powers of symmetric, coercive, linear elliptic operators in bounded domains with Dirichlet boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Lehel Banjai , Jens M. Melenk , Ricardo H. Nochetto , Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado , Christoph Schwab

Motivated by problems where the response is needed at select localized regions in a large computational domain, we devise a novel finite element discretization that results in exponential convergence at pre-selected points. The two key…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Murthy N. Guddati , Vladimir Druskin , Ali Vaziri Astaneh

We recently found that the electromagnetic scattering problem can be very fast in an approach expressing the fields in terms of orthonormal basis functions. In this paper we apply computational conformal geometry with the conformal energy…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-19 Pengcheng Wan , Zhong-Heng Tan , S. T. Chui , Tiexiang Li , S. T. Yau

Understanding the continuum limit of a theory of discrete random geometries is a beautiful but difficult challenge. In this optic, we review here the insights that can be obtained for Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT) by employing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-09 Dario Benedetti

This paper develops and analyzes a semi-discrete and a fully discrete finite element method for a one-dimensional quasilinear parabolic stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) which describes the stochastic mean curvature flow for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Xiaobing Feng , Yukun Li , Andreas Prohl

We suggest a finite element method for computing minimal surfaces based on computing a discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator operating on the coordinates of the surface. The surface is a discrete representation of the zero level set of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-17 Mirza Cenanovic , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

The boundary element method (BEM) enables the efficient electromagnetic modelling of lossy conductors with a surface-based discretization. Existing BEM techniques for conductor modelling require either expensive dual basis functions or the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-12-29 Shashwat Sharma , Piero Triverio

We present a cut finite element method (CutFEM) for the Laplace--Beltrami equation on a smooth closed curve $\Gamma\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ coupled to a harmonic bulk problem in $\Omega$ that requires \emph{no explicit stabilization}: no ghost…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Qing Xia

We present a full-vector finite element method (FEM) mode solver for dielectric waveguides based on a mixed Nedelec-Lagrange discretization of Maxwell's curl equations in the frequency domain. The formulation combines edge elements for…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-15 Ergun Simsek

In this paper, we are concerned with the numerical treatment of boundary integral equations by means of the adaptive wavelet boundary element method (BEM). In particular, we consider the second kind Fredholm integral equation for the double…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-10 Stephan Dahlke , Helmut Harbrecht , Manuela Utzinger , Markus Weimar