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We introduce a nonconforming hybrid finite element method for the two-dimensional vector Laplacian, based on a primal variational principle for which conforming methods are known to be inconsistent. Consistency is ensured using penalty…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Mary Barker , Shuhao Cao , Ari Stern

In this paper we propose a nonconforming finite element method for the solution of the ill-posed elliptic Cauchy problem. We prove error estimates using continuous dependence estimates in the $L^2$-norm. The effect of perturbations in data…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-18 Erik Burman

A new class of nonparametric nonconforming quadrilateral finite elements is introduced which has the midpoint continuity and the mean value continuity at the interfaces of elements simultaneously as the rectangular DSSY element [J.Douglas,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-07 Youngmok Jeon , Hyun Nam , Dongwoo Sheen , Kwangshin Shim

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

This paper is devoted to the construction of finite elements on grids that consist of general quadrilaterals not limited in parallelograms. Two finite elements defined as Ciarlet's triple are established for the $H^1$ and $H(\rm rot)$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Qimeng Quan , Xia Ji , Shuo Zhang

This work introduces two 11-node triangular prism elements for 3D elliptic problems. The degrees of freedom (DoFs) of both elements are at the vertices and face centroids of a prism cell. The first element is $H^1$-nonconforming and works…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Xinchen Zhou , Zhaoliang Meng , Xin Fan , Zhongxuan Luo

Finite element methods provide accurate and efficient methods for the numerical solution of partial differential equations by means of restricting variational problems to finite-dimensional approximating spaces. However, they do not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Robert C. Kirby , John D. Stephens

In multi-phase fluid flow, fluid-structure interaction, and other applications, partial differential equations (PDEs) often arise with discontinuous coefficients and singular sources (e.g., Dirac delta functions). These complexities arise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Chung-Nan Tzou , Samuel Stechmann

In this paper, a novel parallel hybrid iterative method is proposed for finding a common element of the set of solutions of a system of equilibrium problems, the set of solutions of variational inequalities for inverse strongly monotone…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Dang Van Hieu

Finite element de Rham complexes and finite element Stokes complexes with various smoothness in three dimensions are systematically constructed. First smooth scalar finite elements in three dimensions are derived through a non-overlapping…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

It is well-known that it is comparatively difficult to design nonconforming finite elements on quadrilateral meshes by using Gauss-Legendre points on each edge of triangulations. One reason lies in that these degrees of freedom associated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-15 Jun Hu , Shangyou Zhang

We construct a structure preserving non-conforming finite element approximation scheme for the bi-harmonic wave maps into spheres equation. It satisfies a discrete energy law and preserves the non-convex sphere constraint of the continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Ľubomír Baňas , Sebastian Herr

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

In this paper we propose a new method to stabilise non-symmetric indefinite problems. The idea is to solve a forward and an adjoint problem simultaneously using a suitable stabilised finite element method. Both stabilisation of the element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-05 Erik Burman

In the present paper, superconvergence of second order, after an appropriate postprocessing, is achieved for both the two and three dimensional first order rectangular Morley elements of biharmonic equations. The analysis is dependent on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Jun Hu , Zhongci Shi , Xueqin Yang

A construction of prismatic Hardy space infinite elements to discretize wave equations on unbounded domains $\Omega$ in $H^1_{loc}(\Omega)$, $H_{loc}(curl;\Omega)$ and $H_{loc}(div;\Omega)$ is presented. As our motivation is to solve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-01 Lothar Nannen , Thorsten Hohage , Achim Schädle , Joachim Schöberl

We introduce a nonconforming virtual element method for the Poisson equation on domains with curved boundary and internal interfaces. We prove arbitrary order optimal convergence in the energy and $L^2$ norms, and validate the theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-28 Lourenco Beirão Da Veiga , Yi Liu , Lorenzo Mascotto , Alessandro Russo

In [24], we proposed H(curl^2)-conforming elements on both a triangle and a rectangle. This family of elements provides a brand new method to solve the quad-curl problem in 2 dimensions. In this paper, we turn our focus to 3 dimensions and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-05 Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

This paper is concerned with fully discrete finite element methods for approximating variational solutions of nonlinear stochastic elastic wave equations with multiplicative noise. A detailed analysis of the properties of the weak solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-04 Xiaobing Feng , Yukun Li , Yujian Lin

This paper introduces a class of approximate transparent boundary conditions for the solution of Helmholtz-type resonance and scattering problems on unbounded domains. The computational domain is assumed to be a polygon. A detailed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-04-08 Lothar Nannen , Achim Schädle