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A domain decomposition method for the solution of general variable-coefficient elliptic partial differential equations on regular domains is introduced. The method is based on tessellating the domain into overlapping thin slabs or shells,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Simon Dirckx , Anna Yesypenko , Per-Gunnar Martinsson

In this article, a two-level overlapping domain decomposition preconditioner is developed for solving linear algebraic systems obtained from simulating Darcy flow in high-contrast media. Our preconditioner starts at a mixed finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-29 Changqing Ye , Shubin Fu , Eric T. Chung , Jizu Huang

In this work, we develop algebraic solvers for linear systems arising from the discretization of second-order elliptic partial differential equations by saddle-point mixed finite element methods of arbitrary polynomial degree $p \ge 0$ on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Ani Miraçi , Jan Papež , Martin Vohralík , Ivan Yotov

Domain decomposition methods (DDMs) provide a unifying framework for the scalable numerical solution of partial differential equations. Originating from Schwarz's alternating method, they have evolved into a rich family of algorithms that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Victorita Dolean , Pierre Jolivet , Frédéric Nataf , Pierre-Henri Tournier

We present a two-level preconditioner for solving linear systems arising from the discretization of the elliptic, linear-elastic deformation equation, in displacement unknowns, over domains that have arbitrary geometric and topological…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Sabit Mahmood Khan , Yashar Mehmani

An abstract framework for constructing stable decompositions of the spaces corresponding to general symmetric positive definite problems into "local" subspaces and a global "coarse" space is developed. Particular applications of this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-05-06 Y. Efendiev , J. Galvis , R. Lazarov , J. Willems

We propose a multiscale method for elliptic problems on complex domains, e.g. domains with cracks or complicated boundary. For local singularities this paper also offers a discrete alternative to enrichment techniques such as XFEM. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-01 Daniel Elfverson , Mats G. Larson , Axel Målqvist

In this work, we present scalable balancing domain decomposition by constraints methods for linear systems arising from arbitrary order edge finite element discretizations of multi-material and heterogeneous 3D problems. In order to enforce…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Santiago Badia , Alberto F. Martín , Marc Olm

In this work, we present a general framework for the design and analysis of two-level AMG methods. The approach is to find a basis for locally optimal or quasi-optimal coarse space, such as the space of constant vectors for standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Jinchao Xu , Hongxuan Zhang , Ludmil Zikatanov

We are studying the efficient solution of the system of linear equation stemming from the mass conserving mixed stress (MCS) method discretization of the Stokes equations. To that end we perform static condensation to arrive at a system for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-19 Lukas Kogler , Philip L. Lederer , Joachim Schöberl

In this work, we propose two-level space-time domain decomposition preconditioners for parabolic problems discretized using finite elements. They are motivated as an extension to space-time of balancing domain decomposition by constraints…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-01-16 Santiago Badia , Marc Olm

In this paper, we design robust and efficient linear solvers for the numerical approximation of solutions to Maxwell's equations with dissipative boundary conditions. We consider a structure-preserving finite-element approximation with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-03 James H. Adler , Xiaozhe Hu , Ludmil T. Zikatanov

We present a preconditioning method for the linear systems arising from the boundary element discretization of the Laplace hypersingular equation on a $2$-dimensional triangulated surface $\Gamma$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We allow $\Gamma$ to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-16 Martin Averseng , Xavier Claeys , Ralf Hiptmair

The goal of this work is to present a fast and viable approach for the numerical solution of the high-contrast state problems arising in topology optimization. The optimization process is iterative, and the gradients are obtained by an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Miguel Zambrano , Sintya Serrano , Boyan S. Lazarov , Juan Galvis

The discretization of certain integral equations, e.g., the first-kind Fredholm equation of Laplace's equation, leads to symmetric positive-definite linear systems, where the coefficient matrix is dense and often ill-conditioned. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-22 Chao Chen , George Biros

The discretization of elliptic PDEs leads to large coupled systems of equations. Domain decomposition methods (DDMs) are one approach to the solution of these systems, and can split the problem in a way that allows for parallel computing.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-01 Ian May , Ronald D. Haynes , Steven J. Ruuth

In this paper, we propose a domain decomposition method for multiscale second order elliptic partial differential equations with highly varying coefficients. The method is based on a discontinuous Galerkin formulation. We present both a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-03-20 Yunfei Ma , Petter Bjorstad , Talal Rahman , Xuejun Xu

We modify the well-known interior penalty finite element discretization method so that it allows for element-by-element assembly. This is possible due to the introduction of additional unknowns associated with the interfaces between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-15 Delyan Z. Kalchev , Panayot S. Vassilevski

We develop a domain-decomposition model reduction method for linear steady-state convection-diffusion equations with random coefficients. Of particular interest to this effort are the diffusion equations with random diffusivities, and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Lin Mu , Guannan Zhang

In this paper we present an algebraic dimension-oblivious two-level domain decomposition solver for discretizations of elliptic partial differential equations. The proposed parallel solver is based on a space-filling curve partitioning…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Michael Griebel , Marc Alexander Schweitzer , Lukas Troska