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We develop finite element spaces of symmetric tensor products of two-forms with polynomial coefficients. In three dimensions, these give higher order finite element spaces of matrix fields with normal-normal continuity, which have…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Yakov Berchenko-Kogan , Lily DiPaulo

Given a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, the de Rham complex of differential forms arises naturally in the study of problems in electromagnetism and fluid mechanics defined on $\Omega$, and its discretization helps build stable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Kendrick Shepherd , Deepesh Toshniwal

The aim of this article is to derive discontinuous finite elements vector spaces which can be put in a discrete de-Rham complex for which an harmonic gap property may be proven. First, discontinuous finite element spaces inspired by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Vincent Perrier

We construct finite element subspaces of the space of symmetric tensors with square-integrable divergence on a three-dimensional domain. These spaces can be used to approximate the stress field in the classical Hellinger--Reissner mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Ragnar Winther

We discuss the construction of finite element spaces of differential forms which satisfy the crucial assumptions of the finite element exterior calculus, namely that they can be assembled into subcomplexes of the de Rham complex which admit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold

For a big class of smooth dagger spaces --- dagger spaces are 'rigid spaces with overconvergent structure sheaf' --- we prove finite dimensionality of de Rham cohomology. This is enough to obtain finiteness of Berthelot's rigid cohomology…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-15 Elmar Grosse-Klönne

Spline functions have long been used in numerically solving differential equations. Recently it revives as isogeometric analysis, which uses NURBS for both parametrization and element functions. In this paper, we introduce some multivariate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-27 Guohui Zhao

We consider bivariate piecewise polynomial finite element spaces for curved domains bounded by piecewise conics satisfying homogeneous boundary conditions, construct stable local bases for them using Bernstein-B\'ezier techniques, prove…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-18 Oleg Davydov , Georgii Kostin , Abid Saeed

We combine theoretical results from polytope domain meshing, generalized barycentric coordinates, and finite element exterior calculus to construct scalar- and vector-valued basis functions for conforming finite element methods on generic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-27 Andrew Gillette , Alexander Rand , Chandrajit Bajaj

The relaxed micromorphic model is a generalized continuum model that is well-posed in the space $X = [H^1]^3 \times [H(\textrm{curl})]^3$. Consequently, finite element formulations of the model rely on $H^1$-conforming subspaces and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-05 Adam Sky , Ingo Muench , Gianluca Rizzi , Patrizio Neff

The present paper is a continuation of our work on curved finitary spacetime sheaves of incidence algebras and treats the latter along Cech cohomological lines. In particular, we entertain the possibility of constructing a non-trivial de…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mallios , I. Raptis

Several div-conforming and divdiv-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors on simplexes in arbitrary dimension are constructed in this work. The shape function space is first split as the trace space and the bubble space. The later…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-31 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

In this work, merging ideas from compatible discretisations and polyhedral methods, we construct novel fully discrete polynomial de Rham sequences of arbitrary degree on polygons and polyhedra. The spaces and operators that appear in these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou , Francesca Rapetti

We present new finite elements for solving the Riesz maps of the de Rham complex on triangular and tetrahedral meshes at high order. The finite elements discretize the same spaces as usual, but with different basis functions, so that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Pablo D. Brubeck , Patrick E. Farrell , Robert C. Kirby , Charles Parker

We propose two general operations on finite element differential complexes on cubical meshes that can be used to construct and analyze sequences of "nonstandard" convergent methods. The first operation, called DoF-transfer, moves edge…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Andrew Gillette , Kaibo Hu , Shuo Zhang

In 2006, Arnold, Falk, and Winther developed finite element exterior calculus, using the language of differential forms to generalize the Lagrange, Raviart--Thomas, Brezzi--Douglas--Marini, and N\'ed\'elec finite element spaces for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Yakov Berchenko-Kogan

The proposed two-dimensional geometrically exact beam element extends our previous work by including the effects of shear distortion, and also of distributed forces and moments acting along the beam. The general flexibility-based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Milan Jirasek , Martin Horak , Emma La Malfa Ribolla , Chiara Bonvissuto

This work develops a convergence theory for H(div)-conforming finite element methods applied to the steady Oseen problem, focusing on cases where the exact finite element complex holds while the commuting diagram property may fail. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Jin Zhang , Xiaowei Liu

The paper extends the formulation of a 2D geometrically exact beam element proposed in our previous paper [1] to curved elastic beams. This formulation is based on equilibrium equations in their integrated form, combined with the kinematic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Martin Horák , Emma La Malfa Ribolla , Milan Jirásek

We introduce a finite element construction for use on the class of convex, planar polygons and show it obtains a quadratic error convergence estimate. On a convex n-gon satisfying simple geometric criteria, our construction produces 2n…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-07-23 Alexander Rand , Andrew Gillette , Chandrajit Bajaj