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Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is a framework for constructing discrete versions of exterior differential calculus objects, and is widely used in computer graphics, computational topology, and discretizations of the Hodge-Laplace operator…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Erick Schulz , Gantumur Tsogtgerel

Analyzing electromagnetic fields in complex, multi-material environments presents substantial computational challenges. To address these, we propose a hybrid numerical method that couples discrete exterior calculus (DEC) with surface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Amgad Abdrabou , Luis J. Gomez

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) offers a coordinate-free discretization of exterior calculus especially suited for computations on curved spaces. In this work, we present an extended version of DEC on surface meshes formed by general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Lenka Ptackova , Luiz Velho

In this paper, we perform a numerical analysis in frequency domain for various electromagnetic problems based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC) with an arbitrary 2-D triangular or 3-D tetrahedral mesh. We formulate the governing equations…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 Shu Chen , Weng Cho Chew

We present a local formulation for 2D Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) similar to that of the Finite Element Method (FEM), which allows a natural treatment of material heterogeneity (element by element). It also allows us to deduce, in a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-31 Humberto Esqueda , Rafael Herrera , Salvador Botello , Carlos Valero

The present work develops, verifies, and benchmarks a hybrid discrete exterior calculus and finite difference (DEC-FD) method for density-stratified thermal convection in spherical shells. Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is notable for its…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-14 Hamid Hassan Khan , Pankaj Jagad , Matteo Parsani

We derive a numerical method for Darcy flow, hence also for Poisson's equation in mixed (first order) form, based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC). Exterior calculus is a generalization of vector calculus to smooth manifolds and DEC is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-09-01 Anil N. Hirani , Kalyana B. Nakshatrala , Jehanzeb H. Chaudhry

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is a structure-preserving numerical framework for partial differential equations solution, particularly suitable for simplicial meshes. A longstanding and widespread assumption has been that DEC requires…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Mamdouh S. Mohamed , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

We revisit the theory of Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) in 2D for general triangulations, relying only on Vector Calculus and Matrix Algebra. We present DEC numerical solutions of the Poisson equation and compare them against those found…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-07 Humberto Esqueda , Rafael Herrera , Salvador Botello , Miguel Angel Moreles

A conservative discretization of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is developed based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC). A distinguishing feature of our method is the use of an algebraic discretization of the interior product…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-04-12 Mamdouh S. Mohamed , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

TRiSK-type numerical schemes are widely used in both atmospheric and oceanic dynamical cores, due to their discrete analogues of important properties such as energy conservation and steady geostrophic modes. In this work, we show that these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-17 Christopher Eldred , Werner Bauer

The classical numerical methods play important roles in solving wave equation, e.g. finite difference time domain method. However, their computational domain are limited to flat space and the time. This paper deals with the description of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-22 Zheng Xie , Yujie Ma

Fractional partial differential equations (FDEs) are used to describe phenomena that involve a "non-local" or "long-range" interaction of some kind. Accurate and practical numerical approximation of their solutions is challenging due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-18 Justin Crum , Joshua A. Levine , Andrew Gillette

A short proof of convergence for the discretization of the Hodge-Dirac operator in the framework of discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is provided using the techniques established in [Johnny Guzm\'an and Pratyush Potu, A Framework for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Radovan Dabetić , Ralf Hiptmair

A formulation of elliptic boundary value problems is used to develop the first discrete exterior calculus (DEC) library for massively parallel computations with 3D domains. This can be used for steady-state analysis of any physical process…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Pieter D. Boom , Ashley Seepujak , Odysseas Kosmas , Lee Margetts , Andrey Jivkov

We present a new hybrid discrete exterior calculus (DEC) and finite difference (FD) method to simulate fully three-dimensional Boussinesq convection in spherical shells subject to internal heating and basal heating, relevant in the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-04 Bhargav Mantravadi , Pankaj Jagad , Ravi Samtaney

The discrete exterior calculus (DEC) defines a family of discretized differential operators which preserve certain desirable properties from the exterior calculus. We formulate and solve the porous convection equations in the DEC via the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Luke Morris , George Rauta , Kevin Carlson , James Fairbanks

This paper presents a numerical method for variable coefficient elliptic PDEs with mostly smooth solutions on two dimensional domains. The PDE is discretized via a multi-domain spectral collocation method of high local order (order 30 and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-09 Tracy Babb , Adrianna Gillman , Sijia Hao , Per-Gunnar Martinsson

We present a discrete exterior calculus (DEC) based discretization scheme for incompressible two-phase flows. Our physically-compatible exterior calculus discretization of single phase flow is extended to simulate immiscible two-phase flows…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-14 Minmiao Wang , Pankaj Jagad , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

This article introduces a novel approach for broken-FEEC (Finite Element Exterior Calculus), extending its application to locally refined spline spaces with non-matching interfaces. Traditional broken-FEEC allows for discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Martin Campos Pinto , Frederik Schnack
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