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We prove convergence of the spectral element method for piecewise polynomial collocation applied to periodic boundary value problems for functional differential equations. In particular, we prove that the numerical collocation solution…
We prove that the superconvergence of $C^0$-$Q^k$ finite element method at the Gauss Lobatto quadrature points still holds if variable coefficients in an elliptic problem are replaced by their piecewise $Q^k$ Lagrange interpolant at the…
A spectral method is developed for the direct solution of linear ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients. The method leads to matrices which are almost banded, and a numerical solver is presented that takes O(m^2n)…
When numerically solving partial differential equations (PDEs), the first step is often to discretize the geometry using a mesh and to solve a corresponding discretization of the PDE. Standard finite and spectral element methods require…
In this paper, we develop a provably energy stable and conservative discontinuous spectral element method for the shifted wave equation in second order form. The proposed method combines the advantages and central ideas of very successful…
The classical continuous finite element method with Lagrangian $Q^k$ basis reduces to a finite difference scheme when all the integrals are replaced by the $(k+1)\times (k+1)$ Gauss-Lobatto quadrature. We prove that this finite difference…
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The spectral/hp element method combines the geometric flexibility of the classical h-type finite element technique with the desirable numerical properties of spectral methods, employing high-degree piecewise polynomial basis functions on…
We consider an initial/boundary value problem for one-dimensional fractional-order parabolic equations with a space fractional derivative of Riemann-Liouville type and order $\alpha\in (1,2)$. We study a spatial semidiscrete scheme with the…
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We apply the spectral element method to the determination of scattering and bound states of the multichannel Schr\"odinger equation. In our approach the reaction coordinate is discretized on a grid of points whereas the internal coordinates…
The solution of the elliptic partial differential equation has interface singularity at the points which are either the intersections of interfaces or the intersections of interfaces with the boundary of the domain. The singularities that…
We consider a stabilized finite element method based on a spacetime formulation, where the equations are solved on a global (unstructured) spacetime mesh. A unique continuation problem for the wave equation is considered, where data is…
This paper proposes a strong second-order two-step explicit/implicit technique with spectral orthogonal basis Galerkin finite element method for solving a two-dimensional Gray-Scott model subject to appropriate initial and boundary…
We propose highly accurate finite-difference schemes for simulating wave propagation problems described by linear second-order hyperbolic equations. The schemes are based on the summation by parts (SBP) approach modified for applications…
A spectral element method (SEM) is developed to solve polarized radiative transfer in multidimensional participating medium. The angular discretization is based on the discrete-ordinates approach, and the spatial discretization is conducted…
This paper is concerned with fully discrete finite element methods for approximating variational solutions of nonlinear stochastic elastic wave equations with multiplicative noise. A detailed analysis of the properties of the weak solution…
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