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In this paper, we present explicit expressions for conforming finite element function spaces, basis functions, and degrees of freedom on the pentatope and tetrahedral prism elements. More generally, our objective is to construct finite…

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

The main purpose of this article is to facilitate the implementation of space-time finite element methods in four-dimensional space. In order to develop a finite element method in this setting, it is necessary to create a numerical…

We consider the approximation properties of finite element spaces on quadrilateral meshes. The finite element spaces are constructed starting with a given finite dimensional space of functions on a square reference element, which is then…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Douglas N. Arnold , Daniele Boffi , Richard S. Falk

New low-order $H(\textrm{div})$-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors are constructed in arbitrary dimension. The space of shape functions is defined by enriching the symmetric quadratic polynomial space with the $(d+1)$-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang , Yaqian Zhou , Yangxing Zhu

We present a family of high-order finite element approximation spaces on a pyramid, and associated unisolvent degrees of freedom. These spaces consist of rational basis functions. We establish conforming, exactness and polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nilima Nigam , Joel Phillips

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 generalize the two dimensional mixed finite elements of Arbogast and Correa [T. Arbogast and M. R. Correa, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 54 (2016), pp. 3332--3356] defined on quadrilaterals to three dimensional cuboidal hexahedra. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-06 Todd Arbogast , Zhen Tao

We give a systematic and self-contained account of the construction of geometrically decomposed bases and degrees of freedom in finite element exterior calculus. In particular, we elaborate upon a previously overlooked basis for one of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-24 Martin W. Licht

We develop a method to compute $H^2$-conforming finite element approximations in both two and three space dimensions using readily available finite element spaces. This is accomplished by deriving a novel, equivalent mixed variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-04 Mark Ainsworth , Charles Parker

This study investigates high-order face and edge elements in finite element methods, with a focus on their geometric attributes, indexing management, and practical application. The exposition begins by a geometric decomposition of Lagrange…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Chunyu Chen , Long Chen , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

We introduce a framework for the design of finite element methods for two-dimensional moving boundary problems with prescribed boundary evolution that have arbitrarily high order of accuracy, both in space and in time. At the core of our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Evan S. Gawlik , Adrian J. Lew

This article deals with solving partial differential equations with the finite element method on hybrid non-conforming hexahedral-tetrahedral meshes. By non-conforming, we mean that a quadrangular face of a hexahedron can be connected to…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Maxence Reberol , Bruno Lévy

As inelastic structures are ubiquitous in many engineering fields, a central task in computational mechanics is to develop accurate, robust and efficient tools for their analysis. Motivated by the poor performances exhibited by standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-21 Nicola A. Nodargi

Several div-conforming and divdiv-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors on simplexes in arbitrary dimension are constructed in this work. The shape function space is first split as the trace space and the bubble space. The later…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-31 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

A unified construction of $H(\textrm{div})$-conforming finite element tensors, including vector element, symmetric matrix element, traceless matrix element, and, in general, tensors with linear constraints, is developed in this work. It is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

We construct finite element subspaces of the space of symmetric tensors with square-integrable divergence on a three-dimensional domain. These spaces can be used to approximate the stress field in the classical Hellinger--Reissner mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Ragnar Winther

Within the framework of finite element systems, we show how spaces of differential forms may be constructed, in such a way that they are equipped with commuting interpolators and contain prescribed functions, and are minimal under these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-22 Snorre H. Christiansen , Andrew Gillette

We construct conforming finite elements for the spaces $H(\text{sym}\,\text{Curl})$ and $H(\text{dev}\,\text{sym}\,\text{Curl})$. Those are spaces of matrix-valued functions with symmetric or deviatoric-symmetric $\text{Curl}$ in a Lebesgue…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Oliver Sander

Finite element methods usually construct basis functions and quadrature rules for multidimensional domains via tensor products of one-dimensional counterparts. While straightforward, this approach results in integration spaces larger than…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Tomas Teijeiro , Pouria Behnoudfar , Jamie M. Taylor , David Pardo , Victor M. Calo

We formulate a cut finite element method for linear elasticity based on higher order elements on a fixed background mesh. Key to the method is a stabilization term which provides control of the jumps in the derivatives of the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson
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