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We consider the finite element discretization and the iterative solution of singularly perturbed elliptic reaction-diffusion equations in three-dimensional computational domains. These equations arise from the optimality conditions for…

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In this paper we analyze a class of trace finite element methods (TraceFEM) for the discretization of vector-Laplace equations. A key issue in the finite element discretization of such problems is the treatment of the constraint that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-30 Thomas Jankuhn , Arnold Reusken

We study an optimal boundary control problem for the two-dimensional stationary micropolar fluids system with variable density. We control the system by considering boundary controls, for the velocity vector and angular velocity of rotation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Exequiel Mallea-Zepeda , Elva Ortega-Torres , Élder J. Villamizar-Roa

We introduce a new class of Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for solving nonlinear conservation laws on unstructured Voronoi meshes that use a nonconforming Virtual Element basis defined within each polygonal control volume. The basis…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Walter Boscheri , Giulia Bertaglia

Several approaches are discussed how to understand the solution of the Dirichlet problem for the Poisson equation when the Dirichlet data are non-smooth such as if they are in $L^2$ only. For the method of transposition (sometimes called…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-07 Thomas Apel , Serge Nicaise , Johannes Pfefferer

We present a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for a nonlocal reaction-diffusion system of the cardiac electric field. To this system, we analyze an $H^1(\Omega)$-conforming discretization by means of VEM which can make use of general polygonal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Verónica Anaya , Mostafa Bendahmane , David Mora , Mauricio Sepúlveda

In this paper we consider the finite element approximation of Maxwell's problem and analyse the prescription of essential boundary conditions in a weak sense using Nitsche's method. To avoid indefiniteness of the problem, the original…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-30 D. Boffi , R. Codina , Ö. Türk

In this paper, we propose and analyze both conforming and nonconforming virtual element methods (VEMs) for the fully nonlinear second-order elliptic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations with Cordes coefficients. By incorporating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Ying Cai , Hailong Guo , Zhimin Zhang

We present a method to solve the Helmholtz equation for a non-homogeneous membrane with Dirichlet boundary conditions at the border of arbitrary two-dimensional domains. The method uses a collocation approach based on a set of localized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Paolo Amore

In this paper we establish a best approximation property of fully discrete Galerkin finite element solutions of second order parabolic problems on convex polygonal and polyhedral domains in the $L^\infty$ norm. The discretization method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Dmitriy Leykekhman , Boris Vexler

The Stokes problem with non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition is solved numerically using conforming discretizations and an approximation of the boundary datum in the corresponding trace space. Optimal discretization error estimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Thomas Apel , Katharina Lorenz , Johannes Pfefferer

We present a numerical approximation method for linear diffusion-reaction problems with possibly discontinuous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The solution of such problems can be represented as a linear combination of explicitly known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Ramona Baumann , Thomas P. Wihler

The weak imposition of essential boundary conditions is an integral aspect of unfitted finite element methods, where the physical boundary does not in general coincide with the computational domain. In this regard, the symmetric Nitsche's…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-06 M. Saberi , L. Zhao , A. Vogel

We develop a unified framework for the design and analysis of high-order nonconforming virtual element methods for nonlinear fourth-order reaction--diffusion problems in two dimensions, with emphasis on clamped, Navier, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Dibyendu Adak , David Mora , Alberth Silgado

Since the 1960's the finite element method emerged as a powerful tool for the numerical simulation of countless physical phenomena or processes in applied sciences. One of the reasons for this undeniable success is the great versatility of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Vitoriano Ruas

We introduce a new constructive method for establishing lower bounds on convergence rates of periodic homogenization problems associated with divergence type elliptic operators. The construction is applied in two settings. First, we show…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-28 Hayk Aleksanyan

A numerical study of tetrahedral Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element methods is presented in the solution of model second order boundary value problems posed in a curved spatial domain. An emphasis is given to the case where normal fluxes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Vittoriano Ruas

This paper provides a rigorous analysis of boundary element methods for the magnetic field integral equation on Lipschitz polyhedra. The magnetic field integral equation is widely used in practical applications to model electromagnetic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Van Chien Le , Kristof Cools

The shifted boundary method (SBM) is an approximate domain method for boundary value problems, in the broader class of unfitted/embedded/immersed methods. It has proven to be quite efficient in handling problems with complex geometries,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-02 Nabil M. Atallah , Claudio Canuto , Guglielmo Scovazzi

We study a technique for verification of stress and pressure computations on boundaries in flow simulations. We utilize existing experiments to provide validation of the simulations. We show that this approach can reveal critical flaws in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-22 Ingeborg G. Gjerde , L. Ridgway Scott