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We present and analyze a weak Galerkin finite element method for solving the transport-reaction equation in $d$ space dimensions. This method is highly flexible by allowing the use of discontinuous finite element on general meshes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Tie Zhang , Shangyou Zhang

On meshes with the maximum angle condition violated, the standard conforming, nonconforming, and discontinuous Galerkin finite elements do not converge to the true solution when the mesh size goes to zero. It is shown that one type of weak…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Ran Zhang , Shangyou Zhang

In this paper, the generalized finite element method (GFEM) for solving second order elliptic equations with rough coefficients is studied. New optimal local approximation spaces for GFEMs based on local eigenvalue problems involving a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Chupeng Ma , Robert Scheichl , Tim Dodwell

This paper introduces an efficient stabilizer-free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the three-dimensional quad-curl problem. Leveraging bubble functions as a key analytical tool, the method extends the applicability of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

The paper proposes and analyzes an efficient second-order in time numerical approximation for the Allen-Cahn equation, which is a second order nonlinear equation arising from the phase separation model. We firstly present a fully discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-11 Huanrong Li , Junzhao Hu

We present a continuous/discontinuous Galerkin method for approximating solutions to a fourth order elliptic PDE on a surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. A priori error estimates, taking both the approximation of the surface and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-23 Karl Larsson , Mats G. Larson

We present a domain decomposition formulation based on hybridization which is inspired by hybridized discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) methods, that enhance mixed domain decomposition methods by incorporating stabilization terms. Unlike…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Kersten Schmidt , Timon Seibel , Sebastian Schöps

In this paper, we propose a sparse spectral-Galerkin approximation scheme for solving the second-order partial differential equations on an arbitrary tetrahedron. Generalized Koornwinder polynomials are introduced on the reference…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Lueling Jia , Huiyuan Li , Zhimin Zhang

These lecture notes for a graduate course present an introduction to the mathematical theory of finite element methods for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Covered are conforming and nonconforming (in particular,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-20 Christian Clason

This paper presents a simple weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for the Reissner-Mindlin plate model that partially eliminates the need for traditionally employed stabilizers. The proposed approach accommodates general, including…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

This article devises a new numerical method for first-order transport problems by using the primal-dual weak Galerkin (PD-WG) finite element method recently developed in scientific computing. The PD-WG method is based on a variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang

In this paper, based on the two-step discretization scheme proposed by Dahlquist, Liniger and Nevanlinna (DLN), we develop a semi-implicit Galerkin finite element method for solving the coupled generalized Ginzburg-Landau equations. By…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Zhen Guan , Xianxian Cao , Junjun Wang

In this paper, a new mixed finite element scheme using element-wise stabilization is introduced for the biharmonic equation with variable coefficient on Lipschitz polyhedral domains. The proposed scheme doesn't involve any integration along…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Huangxin Chen , Amiya K. Pani , Weifeng Qiu

We study the weak Galerkin finite element method for Stokes problem. A new weak Galerkin finite element velocity-pressure space pair is presented which satisfies the discrete inf-sup condition. Based on this space pair, we establish a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Tie Zhang , Tao Lin

This paper presents a new weak Galerkin (WG) method for elliptic interface problems on general curved polygonal partitions. The method's key innovation lies in its ability to transform the complex interface jump condition into a more…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

We introduce a new mixed discontinuous/continuous Galerkin finite element for solving the 2- and 3-dimensional wave equations and equations of incompressible flow. The element, which we refer to as P1dg-P2, uses discontinuous piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-08-01 C. J. Cotter , D. A. Ham , C. C. Pain , S. Reich

In the frame of the traditional wavelet-Galerkin method based on the compactly supported wavelets, it is important to calculate the so-called connection coefficients that are some integrals whose integrands involve products of wavelets,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-25 Zhaochen Yang , Shijun Liao

A new discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the Stokes equations is developed in the primary velocity-pressure formulation. This method employs discontinuous polynomials for both velocity and pressure on general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-05 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

This article presents a new primal-dual weak Galerkin method for second order elliptic equations in non-divergence form. The new method is devised as a constrained $L^p$-optimization problem with constraints that mimic the second order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Waixiang Cao , Junping Wang , Yuesheng Xu

The Galerkin difference (GD) basis is a set of continuous, piecewise polynomials defined using a finite difference like grid of degrees of freedom. The one dimensional GD basis functions are naturally extended to multiple dimensions using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Jeremy E. Kozdon , Lucas C. Wilcox , Thomas Hagstrom , Jeffrey W. Banks