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We develop a fast solver for the spectral element method (SEM) applied to the two-sided fractional diffusion equation on uniform, geometric and graded meshes. By approximating the singular kernel with a degenerate kernel, we construct a…

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The modeling of electric machines and power transformers typically involves systems of nonlinear magnetostatics or -quasistatics, and their efficient and accurate simulation is required for the reliable design, control, and optimization of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Herbert Egger , Felix Engertsberger , Bogdan Radu

The finite element method is used to approximately solve boundary value problems for differential equations. The method discretises the parameter space and finds an approximate solution by solving a large system of linear equations. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Ashley Montanaro , Sam Pallister

In this chapter we focus first on the theoretical methods and relevant computational approaches to calculate the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and clusters containing heavy elements for which relativistic effects become…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 Simone Taioli , Stefano Simonucci

We present the first full-potential method that solves the fully relativistic 4-component Dirac-Kohn-Sham equation for materials in the solid state within the framework of atom-centered Gaussian-type orbitals (GTOs). Our GTO-based method…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Marius Kadek , Michal Repisky , Kenneth Ruud

FIAT (the FInite element Automatic Tabulator) provides a powerful Python library for the generation and evaluation of finite element basis functions on a reference element. This release paper describes recent improvements to FIAT aimed at…

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We present a computationally efficient approach to perform systematically convergent real-space all-electron Kohn-Sham DFT calculations for solids using an enriched finite element (FE) basis. The enriched FE basis is constructed by…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Nelson D. Rufus , Bikash Kanungo , Vikram Gavini

We propose a class of temporally high-order parametric finite element methods for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in two dimensions using a sharp-interface model. The process is governed by surface diffusion and contact point…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Xiaowen Gan , Yuqian Teng , Sisheng Wang

In the last few decades, numerical simulation for nonlinear oscillators has received a great deal of attention, and many researchers have been concerned with the design and analysis of numerical methods for solving oscillatory problems. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-25 Yu-Wen Li , Xinyuan Wu

A finite element method using B-splines is presented and compared with a conventional finite element method of Lagrangian type. The efficiency of both methods has been investigated at the example of a coupled non-linear system of Dirac…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Poeschl

In this article, we design and analyze a hybrid high-order (HHO) finite element approximation for the solution of a nonlocal nonlinear problem of Kirchhoff type. The HHO method involves arbitrary-order polynomial approximations on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Gouranga Mallik

In this work, we develop and analyze a higher-order finite element method for the multidimensional fragmentation equation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to establish a rigorous, conforming finite element framework…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Arushi , Naresh Kumar

We consider the numerical approximation of a continuum model of antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials. The state of the material is described in terms of two unit-length vector fields, which can be interpreted as the magnetizations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-11 Hywel Normington , Michele Ruggeri

We introduce an efficient finite-element approach for large-scale real-space pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) calculations incorporating noncollinear magnetism and spin-orbit coupling. The approach, implemented within the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-11 Nikhil Kodali , Phani Motamarri

In this paper, we present a new polygonal finite element method, called the Zipped Finite Element Method, for star-shaped polygons. The proposed approach constructs high-order shape functions as linear combinations of standard finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Stefano Berrone , Lorenzo Neva , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora , Fabio Vicini

We construct 2D and 3D finite element de Rham sequences of arbitrary polynomial degrees with extra smoothness. Some of these elements have nodal degrees of freedom (DoFs) and can be considered as generalisations of scalar Hermite and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-19 Snorre H. Christiansen , Jun Hu , Kaibo Hu

We study a fully discrete finite element method for variable-order time-fractional diffusion equations with a time-dependent variable order. Optimal convergence estimates are proved with the first-order accuracy in time (and second order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-15 Xiangcheng Zheng , Fanhai Zeng , Hong Wang

We introduce a novel hybrid methodology combining classical finite element methods (FEM) with neural networks to create a well-performing and generalizable surrogate model for forward and inverse problems. The residual from finite element…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-05-18 Rishith Ellath Meethal , Birgit Obst , Mohamed Khalil , Aditya Ghantasala , Anoop Kodakkal , Kai-Uwe Bletzinger , Roland Wüchner

The stability, robustness, accuracy, and efficiency of space-time finite element methods crucially depend on the choice of approximation spaces for test and trial functions. This is especially true for high-order, mixed finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Nilima Nigam , David M. Williams

A simple and reliable finite difference approach is presented for solution of the Dirac equation eigenproblem for states confined in rotationally symmetric systems. The method sets the boundary condition for the spinor wave function…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 B. Szafran , A. Mrenca-Kolasinska , D. Zebrowski