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This paper is devoted to analyze of nonconforming finite volume methods (FVMs), whose trial spaces are chosen as the nonconforming finite element (FE) spaces, for solving the second order elliptic boundary value problems. We formulate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Yuanyuan Zhang , Zhongying Chen

We devise variants of classical nonconforming methods for symmetric elliptic problems. These variants differ from the original ones only by transforming discrete test functions into conforming functions before applying the load functional.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Andreas Veeser , Pietro Zanotti

In arXiv:2307.03503 [math.NA] we commenced to study a variant of the Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element method for triangles, to solve second order elliptic equations in a curved domain with Neumann or mixed boundary conditions. It is well…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Fleurianne Bertrand , Vitoriano Ruas

In this paper, we discuss a novel higher-order stabilization-free virtual element method for general second-order elliptic eigenvalue problems. Optimal a priori error estimates are derived for both the approximate eigenspace and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Liangkun Xu , Shixi Wang , Yidu Yang , Hai Bi

A virtual element method (VEM) with the first order optimal convergence order is developed for solving two-dimensional Maxwell interface problems on a special class of polygonal meshes that are cut by the interface from a background…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Ruchi Guo

We present the design of a mesh quality indicator that can predict the behavior of the Virtual Element Method (VEM) on a given mesh family or finite sequence of polyhedral meshes (dataset). The mesh quality indicator is designed to measure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Tommaso Sorgente , Silvia Biasotti , Gianmarco Manzini , Michela Spagnuolo

In the present work, we analyze the $hp$ version of Virtual Element methods for the 2D Poisson problem. We prove exponential convergence of the energy error employing sequences of polygonal meshes geometrically refined, thus extending the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-01 Lorenzo Mascotto , Lourenço Beirão da Veiga , Alexey Chernov , Alessandro Russo

This paper is concerned with finite element methods for Poisson's equation with rough boundary data. Conventional methods require that the boundary data $g$ of the problem belongs to $H^{1/2} (\partial \Omega)$. However, in many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Huadong Gao , Yuhui Huang , Wen Xie

We study the $h$- and $p$-versions of non-conforming harmonic virtual element methods (VEM) for the approximation of the Dirichlet-Laplace problem on a 2D polygonal domain, providing quasi-optimal error bounds. Harmonic VEM do not make use…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-30 Lorenzo Mascotto , Ilaria Perugia , Alexander Pichler

This paper studies adaptive first-order least-squares finite element methods for second-order elliptic partial differential equations in non-divergence form. Unlike the classical finite element method which uses weak formulations of PDEs…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-28 Weifeng Qiu , Shun Zhang

We present a class of nonconforming virtual element methods for general fourth order partial differential equations in two dimensions. We develop a generic approach for constructing the necessary projection operators and virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-28 Andreas Dedner , Alice Hodson

We develop a geometrically intrinsic formulation of the arbitrary-order Virtual Element Method (VEM) on polygonal cells for the numerical solution of elliptic surface partial differential equations (PDEs). The PDE is first written in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-07 Elena Bachini , Gianmarco Manzini , Mario Putti

We develop an efficient and reliable adaptive finite element method (AFEM) for the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE). We first examine the regularization technique of Chen, Holst, and Xu; this technique made possible the first a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-01 Michael Holst , James Andrew McCammon , Zeyun Yu , Yongcheng Zhou , Yunrong Zhu

In this work we analyze a virtual element method on polyhedral meshes for solving the sixth-order elliptic problem with simply supported boundary conditions. We apply the Ciarlet-Raviart arguments to introduce an auxiliary unknown…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-16 Franco Dassi , David Mora , Carlos Reales , Ivàn Velàsquez

The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a well-established framework for solving partial differential equations on polygonal and polyhedral meshes. In this paper, we introduce a novel hybrid VEM that integrates both conforming and nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , A. Russo , M. Trezzi

This document contains working annotations on the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximate solution of diffusion problems with variable coefficients. To read this document you are assumed to have familiarity with concepts from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Gianmarco Manzini

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

We present a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for possibly nonlinear elastic and inelastic problems, mainly focusing on a small deformation regime. The numerical scheme is based on a low-order approximation of the displacement field, as well as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 L. Beirão da Veiga , C. Lovadina , D. Mora

This short note reports a new derivation of the optimal order of the a priori error estimates for conforming virtual element methods (VEM) on 3D polyhedral meshes based on an error equation. The geometric assumptions, which are necessary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Frank Lin

We introduce the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for elliptic eigenvalue problems. The main result of the paper states that VEM provides an optimal order approximation of the eigenmodes. A wide set of numerical tests confirm the theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Francesca Gardini , Giuseppe Vacca