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Efficient and robust iterative solvers for strong anisotropic elliptic equations are very challenging. In this paper a block preconditioning method is introduced to solve the linear algebraic systems of a class of micro-macro…
We propose an explicit construction of Poincar\'e operators for the lowest order finite element spaces, by employing spanning trees in the grid. In turn, a stable decomposition of the discrete spaces is derived that leads to an efficient…
We present preconditioning techniques to solve linear systems of equations with a block two-by-two and three-by-three structure arising from finite element discretizations of the fictitious domain method with Lagrange multipliers. In…
Topology optimization for large scale problems continues to be a computational challenge. Several works exist in the literature to address this topic, and all make use of iterative solvers to handle the linear system arising from the Finite…
Multi-level numerical methods that obtain the exact solution of a linear system are presented. The methods are devised by combining ideas from the full multi-grid algorithm and perfect reconstruction filters. The problem is stated as…
This paper presents a scalable and robust solver for a cell-by-cell poroelasticity model, describing the mechanical interactions between brain cells embedded in extracellular space. Explicitly representing the complex cellular shapes, the…
In this paper, we address the efficient numerical solution of linear and quadratic programming problems, often of large scale. With this aim, we devise an infeasible interior point method, blended with the proximal method of multipliers,…
Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods offer an enormous flexibility regarding local grid refinement and variation of polynomial degrees for a variety of different problem classes. With a focus on diffusion problems, we consider DG…
We introduce a new general purpose multiresolution preconditioner for symmetric linear systems. Most existing multiresolution preconditioners use some standard wavelet basis that relies on knowledge of the geometry of the underlying domain.…
We present a general framework for accurately evaluating finite difference operators in the presence of known discontinuities across an interface. Using these techniques, we develop simple-to-implement, second-order accurate methods for…
We present a novel augmented Lagrangian (AL) preconditioner for the solution of linear systems arising from finite element discretizations of elliptic interface problems with jump coefficients. The method is based on the Fictitious Domain…
Unfitted finite element methods, e.g., extended finite element techniques or the so-called finite cell method, have a great potential for large scale simulations, since they avoid the generation of body-fitted meshes and the use of graph…
Due to the indefiniteness and poor spectral properties, the discretized linear algebraic system of the vector Laplacian by mixed finite element methods is hard to solve. A block diagonal preconditioner has been developed and shown to be an…
In this paper, we study temporal splitting algorithms for multiscale problems. The exact fine-grid spatial problems typically require some reduction in degrees of freedom. Multiscale algorithms are designed to represent the fine-scale…
This article is concerned with the question of constructing effcient multigrid preconditioners for the linear systems arising when applying semismooth Newton methods to large-scale linear-quadratic optimization problems constrained by…
This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of compressible fluid flow in a fractured porous medium. The fracture represents a fast pathway (i.e., with high permeability) and is modeled as a hypersurface embedded in the porous…
We consider the problem of iteratively solving large and sparse double saddle-point systems arising from the stationary Stokes-Darcy equations in two dimensions, discretized by the Marker-and-Cell (MAC) finite difference method. We analyze…
In this article we construct and analyze multigrid preconditioners for discretizations of operators of the form D+K* K, where D is the multiplication with a relatively smooth positive function and K is a compact linear operator. These…
It is shown how to define difference equations on particular lattices $\{x_n\}$, $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, made of values of an elliptic function at a sequence of arguments in arithmetic progression (elliptic lattice). Solutions to special…
In this paper, we present a multigrid $V$-cycle preconditioner for the linear system arising from piecewise linear nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart discretization of second order elliptic problems with jump coefficients. The preconditioner…