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We consider a general family of nonlocal in space and time diffusion equations with space-time dependent diffusivity and prove convergence of finite difference schemes in the context of viscosity solutions under very mild conditions. The…
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Inactive constraints do not contribute to the solution of an optimal control problem, but increase the problem size and burden the numerical computations. We present a novel strategy for handling inactive constraints efficiently by…
In this paper, we propose a novel unstructured mesh control volume method to deal with the space fractional derivative on arbitrarily shaped convex domains, which to the best of our knowledge is a new contribution to the literature.…
A stable numerical solution of the steady Stokes problem requires compatibility between the choice of velocity and pressure approximation that has traditionally proven problematic for meshless methods. In this work, we present a…
The accuracy of finite element solutions is closely tied to the mesh quality. In particular, geometrically nonlinear problems involving large and strongly localized deformations often result in prohibitively large element distortions. In…
We propose and analyse numerical schemes for a system of quasilinear, degenerate evolution equations modelling biofilm growth as well as other processes such as flow through porous media and the spreading of wildfires. The first equation in…
We present a fully discrete finite element method for the interior null controllability problem subject to the wave equation. For the numerical scheme, piece-wise affine continuous elements in space and finite differences in time are…
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Can graded meshes yield more accurate numerical solution than uniform meshes? A time-dependent nonlocal diffusion problem with a weakly singular kernel is considered using collocation method. For its steady-state counterpart, under the…
In this work we explore the fidelity of numerical approximations to the analytic spectra of hyperbolic partial differential equation systems with variable coefficients. We are particularly interested in the ability of discrete methods to…
We present a detailed set of performance comparisons of two state-of-the-art solvers for the application of designing time-delay compensators, an important problem in the field of robust control. Formulating such robust control mechanics as…
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A numerical method for coupled 3D-1D problems with discontinuous solutions at the interfaces is derived and discussed. This extends a previous work on the subject where only continuous solutions were considered. Thanks to properly defined…
We propose, analyze, and test new robust iterative solvers for systems of linear algebraic equations arising from the space-time finite element discretization of reduced optimality systems defining the approximate solution of hyperbolic…
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In this article, we propose a fully-discrete scheme for the numerical solution of a nonlinear time-fractional biharmonic problem. This problem is first converted into an equivalent system by introducing a new variable. Then spatial and…