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We analyze adaptive mesh-refining algorithms for conforming finite element discretizations of certain non-linear second-order partial differential equations. We allow continuous polynomials of arbitrary, but fixed polynomial order. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Michael Feischl , Thomas Führer , Dirk Praetorius

We analyze a reliable and efficient max-norm a posteriori error estimator for a control-constrained, linear-quadratic optimal control problem. The estimator yields optimal experimental rates of convergence within an adaptive loop.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-21 Alejandro Allendes , Enrique Otarola , Richard Rankin , Abner J. Salgado

For elliptic interface problems, this paper studies residual-based a posteriori error estimations for various finite element approximations. For the conforming and the Raviart-Thomas mixed elements in two-dimension and for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-04 Zhiqiang Cai , Cuiyu He , Shun Zhang

We propose and analyze an adaptive finite element method for a phase-field model of dynamic brittle fracture. The model couples a second-order hyperbolic equation for elastodynamics with the Ambrosio-Tortorelli regularization of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjuaniah

This article is concerned with the nonconforming finite element method for distributed elliptic optimal control problems with pointwise constraints on the control and gradient of the state variable. We reduce the minimization problem into a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-13 Kamana Porwal , Pratibha Shakya

We study an elliptic interface problem with discontinuous diffusion coefficients on unfitted meshes using the CutFEM method. Our main contribution is the reconstruction of conservative fluxes from the CutFEM solution and their use in a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-11 Daniela Capatina , Aimene Gouasmi , Cuiyu He

For the model problem of the heat equation discretized by an implicit Euler method in time and a conforming finite element method in space, we prove the efficiency of a posteriori error estimators with respect to the energy norm of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Iain Smears

This paper derives an a posteriori error estimator for the nonlinear first-order optimality conditions associated with the electrically and flexoelectrically coupled Frank-Oseen model of liquid crystals, building on previous results for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-13 J. H. Adler , D. B. Emerson

The main aim of this article is to analyze mixed finite element method for the second order Dirichlet boundary control problem. Therein, we develop both a priori and a posteriori error analysis using the energy space based approach. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-22 Divay Garg , Kamana Porwal

The focus is on a model reduction framework for parameterized elliptic eigenvalue problems by a reduced basis method. In contrast to the standard single output case, one is interested in approximating several outputs simultaneously, namely…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-03 Thomas Horger , Barbara Wohlmuth , Thomas Dickopf

In this paper, we derive a novel recovery type a posteriori error estimation of the Crank-Nicolson finite element method for the Cahn--Hilliard equation. To achieve this, we employ both the elliptic reconstruction technique and a time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-03 Yaoyao Chen , Yunqing Huang , Nianyu Yi , Peimeng Yin

This paper introduces a new computational methodology for determining a-posteriori multi-objective error estimates for finite-element approximations, and for constructing corresponding (quasi-)optimal adaptive refinements of finite-element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-23 E. H. van Brummelen , S. Zhuk , G. J. van Zwieten

In this paper, we consider the integrating factor midpoint method for wave-type equations and derive optimal order a posteriori error estimates. We first introduce an integrating factor midpoint approximation defined by the piecewise linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Xianfa Hu , Fazhan Geng , Wansheng Wang

This article introduces a novel residual-based a posteriori error estimators for the Modified Weak Galerkin (MWG) finite element method applied to the obstacle problem. To the best of the author's knowledge, this work represents the first…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Tanvi Wadhawan

We study finite element approximations of second-order elliptic problems with measure-valued right-hand sides supported on lower-dimensional sets. The exact solution generally lacks $H^1$-regularity due to the source singularity, which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Huadong Gao , Yuhui Huang

An element based adaptation method is developed for an anisotropic a posteriori error estimator. The adaptation does not make use of a metric, but instead equidistributes the error over elements using local mesh modifications. Numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Edward Boey , Yves Bourgault , Thierry Giordano

The realization of a standard Adaptive Finite Element Method (AFEM) preserves the mesh conformity by performing a completion step in the refinement loop: in addition to elements marked for refinement due to their contribution to the global…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Claudio Canuto , Davide Fassino

The problem of developing an adaptive isogeometric method (AIGM) for solving elliptic second-order partial differential equations with truncated hierarchical B-splines of arbitrary degree and different order of continuity is addressed. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-21 Annalisa Buffa , Carlotta Giannelli

This paper aims to develop an efficient adaptive finite element method for the second-order elliptic problem. Although the theory for adaptive finite element methods based on residual-type a posteriori error estimator and bisection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Jingjing Xiao , Ying Liu , Nianyu Yi

We present reliable a-posteriori error estimates for $hp$-adaptive finite element approximations of eigenvalue/eigenvector problems. Starting from our earlier work on $h$ adaptive finite element approximations we show a way to obtain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-14 Stefano Giani , Luka Grubišić , Jeffrey Ovall