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The efficient solution of sparse, linear systems resulting from the discretization of partial differential equations is crucial to the performance of many physics-based simulations. The algorithmic optimality of multilevel approaches for…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2018-03-08 Andrew Reisner , Luke N. Olson , J. David Moulton

The geometric multigrid method (GMG) is one of the most efficient solving techniques for discrete algebraic systems arising from elliptic partial differential equations. GMG utilizes a hierarchy of grids or discretizations and reduces the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-01-14 Chunsheng Feng , Shi Shu , Jinchao Xu , Chen-Song Zhang

We present a family of spacetree-based multigrid realizations using the tree's multiscale nature to derive coarse grids. They align with matrix-free geometric multigrid solvers as they never assemble the system matrices which is cumbersome…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2018-03-13 Marion Weinzierl , Tobias Weinzierl

We introduce a homogeneous multigrid method in the sense that it uses the same HDG discretization scheme for Poisson's equation on all levels. In particular, we construct a stable injection operator and prove optimal convergence of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-11 Peipei Lu , Andreas Rupp , Guido Kanschat

The convergence of multigrid methods degrades significantly if a small number of low quality cells are present in a finite element mesh, and this can be a barrier to the efficient and robust application of multigrid on complicated geometric…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Yuxuan Chen , Garth N. Wells

The problem of finding the solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) plays a central role in modeling real world problems. Over the past years, Multigrid solvers have showed their robustness over other techniques, due to its high…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-23 Safaa Kasbah , Issam Damaj , Ramzi Haraty

We develop a computational framework that leverages the features of sophisticated software tools and numerics to tackle some of the pressing issues in the realm of earth sciences. The algorithms to handle the physics of multiphase flow,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Saumik Dana , Xiaoxi Zhao , Birendra Jha

Hexahedral meshes are an ubiquitous domain for the numerical resolution of partial differential equations. Computing a pure hexahedral mesh from an adaptively refined grid is a prominent approach to automatic hexmeshing, and requires the…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Marco Livesu , Luca Pitzalis , Gianmarco Cherchi

An efficient $hp$-multigrid scheme is presented for local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) discretizations of elliptic problems, formulated around the idea of separately coarsening the underlying discrete gradient and divergence operators. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-14 Daniel Fortunato , Chris H. Rycroft , Robert Saye

This work develops a nonlinear multigrid method for diffusion problems discretized by cell-centered finite volume methods on general unstructured grids. The multigrid hierarchy is constructed algebraically using aggregation of degrees of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Chak Shing Lee , François Hamon , Nicola Castelletto , Panayot S. Vassilevski , Joshua White

In this paper, we develop a multigrid method on unstructured shape-regular grids. For a general shape-regular unstructured grid of ${\cal O}(N)$ elements, we present a construction of an auxiliary coarse grid hierarchy on which a geometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-09 Lars Grasedyck , Lu Wang , Jinchao Xu

The numerical simulation of structural mechanics applications via finite elements usually requires the solution of large-size and ill-conditioned linear systems, especially when accurate results are sought for derived variables interpolated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Andrea Franceschini , Victor A. Paludetto Magri , Gianluca Mazzucco , Nicolò Spiezia , Carlo Janna

In this article, a new generic higher-order finite-element framework for massively parallel simulations is presented. The modular software architecture is carefully designed to exploit the resources of modern and future supercomputers.…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2018-05-28 Nils Kohl , Dominik Thönnes , Daniel Drzisga , Dominik Bartuschat , Ulrich Rüde

We introduce a geometric multigrid method for solving linear systems arising from variational problems on surfaces in geometry processing, Gravo MG. Our scheme uses point clouds as a reduced representation of the levels of the multigrid…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Ruben Wiersma , Ahmad Nasikun , Elmar Eisemann , Klaus Hildebrandt

Unstructured grid data are essential for modelling complex geometries and dynamics in computational physics. Yet, their inherent irregularity presents significant challenges for conventional machine learning (ML) techniques. This paper…

In this work, we propose an adaptive geometric multigrid method for the solution of large-scale finite cell flow problems. The finite cell method seeks to circumvent the need for a boundary-conforming mesh through the embedding of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 M. Saberi , A. Vogel

In this paper, we propose a deep learning-enhanced multigrid solver for high-frequency and heterogeneous Helmholtz equations. By applying spectral analysis, we categorize the iteration error into characteristic and non-characteristic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Chen Cui , Kai Jiang , Shi Shu

The accurate assembly of the system matrix is an important step in any code that solves partial differential equations on a mesh. We either explicitly set up a matrix, or we work in a matrix-free environment where we have to be able to…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-06-19 Charles D. Murray , Tobias Weinzierl

Multigrid methods have proven to be an invaluable tool to efficiently solve large sparse linear systems arising in the discretization of partial differential equations (PDEs). Algebraic multigrid methods and in particular adaptive algebraic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-27 Hanno Gottschalk , Karsten Kahl

Matrix-free geometric multigrid solvers for elliptic PDEs that have been discretised with Higher-order Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are ideally suited to exploit state-of-the-art computer architectures. Higher polynomial degrees…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Sean Baccas , Alexander A. Belozerov , Eike H. Müller , Tobias Weinzierl