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Variational time discretization schemes are getting of increasing importance for the accurate numerical approximation of transient phenomena. The applicability and value of mixed finite element methods (MFEM) in space for simulating…
In this paper we focus on high order finite element approximations of the electric field combined with suitable preconditioners, to solve the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations in waveguide configurations.The implementation of high order…
The multimesh finite element method enables the solution of partial differential equations on a computational mesh composed by multiple arbitrarily overlapping meshes. The discretization is based on a continuous--discontinuous function…
This is a study of certain finite element methods designed for convection-dominated, time-dependent partial differential equations. Specifically, we analyze high order space-time tensor product finite element discretizations, used in a…
In this work we propose a new, arbitrary order space-time finite element discretisation for Hamiltonian PDEs in multisymplectic formulation. We show that the new method which is obtained by using both continuous and discontinuous…
Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are applied to multi-level Finite Element (FE) discretizations of elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) with a random coefficient, to estimate expected values of linear functionals of the solution.…
In this paper, based on the idea of direct discrete modeling (DDM) with equilibrium distribution functions (EDFs), we develop a general framework of the mesoscopic numerical method (MesoNM) for macroscopic partial differential equations…
Although FFT-based methods are renowned for their numerical efficiency and stability, traditional discretizations fail to capture material interfaces that are not aligned with the grid, resulting in suboptimal accuracy. To address this…
Here, we report a numerical implementation of the nonlocal homogenization approach recently proposed in [M. Silveirinha, Phys. Rev. B 75, 115104 (2007)], using the finite difference frequency-domain method to discretize the…
This paper concerns the construction and analysis of a numerical scheme for a mixed discrete-continuous fragmentation equation. A finite volume scheme is developed, based on a conservative formulation of a truncated version of the…
We propose and analyze a monotone finite element method for an elliptic distributed optimal control problem constrained by a convection-diffusion-reaction equation in the convection-dominated regime. The method is based on the edge-averaged…
We analyze optimal complexity of adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for general second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in the Lax-Milgram setting. To this end, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which steers…
In this paper we consider the lowest edge-based mimetic finite difference (MFD) discretization in space for Maxwell's equations in cold plasma on rectangular meshes. The method uses a generalized form of mass lumping that, on one hand,…
This paper investigates the following question: given a Galerkin matrix corresponding to a finite-element discretisation of either the Helmholtz or time-harmonic Maxwell equations with variable coefficients, suppose that the coefficients of…
The conditioning of the linear finite volume element discretization for general diffusion equations is studied on arbitrary simplicial meshes. The condition number is defined as the ratio of the maximal singular value of the stiffness…
In this paper, we study a numerical method for the solution of partial differential equations on evolving surfaces. The numerical method is built on the stabilized trace finite element method (TraceFEM) for the spatial discretization and…
We propose a multi-index algorithm for the Monte Carlo (MC) discretization of a linear, elliptic PDE with affine-parametric input. We prove an error vs. work analysis which allows a multi-level finite-element approximation in the physical…
We present a stable and convergent mixed finite element method (MFEM) for the linear regularized 13-moment (R13) equations in rarefied gas dynamics. Unlike existing methods that require stabilization via penalty terms, our scheme achieves…
This paper concerns the preconditioning technique for discrete systems arising from time-harmonic Maxwell equations with absorptions, where the discrete systems are generated by N\'ed\'elec finite element methods of fixed order on meshes…
Pendry and MacKinnon meaningful discretization of Maxwell's equations was put forward specifically as part of a finite-element numerical algorithm. By contrast with a numerical approach, in the same spirit evoked by the relationships…