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A low-order finite element method is constructed and analysed for an incompressible non-Newtonian flow problem with power-law rheology. The method is based on a continuous piecewise linear approximation of the velocity field and piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Gabriel R. Barrenechea , Endre Suli

The aim of this work is to analyze the finite element approximation of the two-dimensional stationary Navier-Stokes equations with non-smooth Dirichlet boundary data. The discrete approximation is obtained by considering the Navier-Stokes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-09 María Gabriela Armentano , Mauricio Mendiluce

Since its introduction, the Virtual Element Method (VEM) was shown to be able to deal with a large variety of polygons, while achieving good convergence rates. The regularity assumptions proposed in the VEM literature to guarantee the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-15 Tommaso Sorgente , Silvia Biasotti , Gianmarco Manzini , Michela Spagnuolo

Strain smoothing methods such as the smoothed finite element methods (S-FEMs) and the strain-smoothed element~(SSE) method have successfully improved the performance of finite elements, and there have been numerous applications of them in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Chaemin Lee , Jongho Park

Calculations of the photonic band structure, transmission coefficients, and quality factors of various two-dimensional, periodic and aperiodic, dielectric photonic crystals by using the finite element method (FEM) are reported. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Imanol Andonegui , Angel J. Garcia-Adeva

When a population exhibits heterogeneity, we often model it via a finite mixture: decompose it into several different but homogeneous subpopulations. Contemporary practice favors learning the mixtures by maximizing the likelihood for…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-07-06 Qiong Zhang , Jiahua Chen

We provide a finite sample inference method for the structural parameters of a semiparametric binary response model under a conditional median restriction originally studied by Manski (1975, 1985). Our inference method is valid for any…

Econometrics · Economics 2020-05-12 Adam M. Rosen , Takuya Ura

This work presents a polyhedral scaled boundary finite element method (PSBFEM) for three dimensional seepage analysis. We first derive the scaled boundary formulation for 3D seepage problems, and subsequently incorporate Wachspress shape…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Mingjiao Yan , Yang Yang , Zongliang Zhang , Dengmiao Hao , Chao Su , Qingsong Duan

We introduce a framework for generating samples of a distribution given a finite number of its moments, targeted to particle-based solutions of kinetic equations and rarefied gas flow simulations. Our model, referred to as the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Mohsen Sadr , Nicolas G. Hadjiconstantinou , M. Hossein Gorji

We consider Trace finite element methods for the linear membrane problem on second order tetrahedral elements. To accomplish this, zero-level set reconstruction methods for second order tetrahedra are considered. For the higher order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Mirza Cenanovic

This paper proposes a novel low-rank approximation to the multivariate State-Space Model. The Stochastic Partial Differential Equation (SPDE) approach is applied component-wise to the independent-in-time Mat\'ern Gaussian innovation term in…

We show how the infinitesimal exchangeable pairs approach to Stein's method combines naturally with the theory of Markov semigroups. We present a multivariate normal approximation theorem for functions of a random variable invariant with…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-01 David Grzybowski , Mark Meckes

We construct a finite element method (FEM) for the infinity Laplacian. Solutions of this problem may be singular, which has prompted us to conduct an a posteriori analysis of the method deriving residual based estimators to drive an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Omar Lakkis , Tristan Pryer

We consider an inverse problem involving the reconstruction of the solution to a nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) with unknown boundary conditions. Instead of direct boundary data, we are provided with a large dataset of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Erik Burman , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson , Carl Lundholm

In this paper, we define new unfitted finite element methods for numerically approximating the solution of surface partial differential equations using bulk finite elements. The key idea is that the $n$-dimensional hypersurface, $\Gamma…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

Approximated numerical techniques, for the solution of the elastic wave scattering problem over semi-infinite domains are reviewed. The approximations involve the representation of the half-space by a boundary condition described in terms…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2014-10-14 Nicolás Guarín-Zapata , Juan Gómez , Juan Jaramillo

A data driven finite element method (DDFEM) that accounts for more than two material state variables has been presented in this work. DDFEM framework is motivated from (1,2) and can account for multiple state variables, viz. stresses,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-03-31 M. Amir Siddiq

The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is a semi-analytical computational scheme, which is based on the characteristics of the finite element method (FEM) and combines the advantages of the boundary element method (BEM). This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-22 Yang Yang , Zongliang Zhang , Yelin Feng

The finite element methods (FEM) are important techniques in engineering for solving partial differential equations, but they depend heavily on element shape quality for stability and good performance. In this paper, we introduce the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-30 Rebecca Conley , Tristan J. Delaney , Xiangmin Jiao

In computational engineering, ensuring the integrity and safety of structures in fields such as aerospace and civil engineering relies on accurate stress prediction. However, analytical methods are limited to simple test cases, and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Fabian Key , Lukas Freinberger