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The VEM approximation of eigenvalue problems usually involves the appropriate tuning of stabilization parameters, unless self-stabilizing or stabilization-free VEM are used. In this paper we prove that for elliptic self-adjoint eigenvalue…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Daniele Boffi , Francesca Gardini , Lucia Gastaldi

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 this paper we propose and analyze a virtual element method for the two dimensional non-symmetric diffusion-convection eigenvalue problem in order to derive a priori and a posteriori error estimates. Under the classic assumptions of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Danilo Amigo , Felipe Lepe , Gonzalo Rivera

We present the Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method to numerically solve elasticity problems. This hybrid technique combines classical concepts from the Finite Element Method and the Virtual Element Method with recent advances in deep…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Stefano Berrone , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora

In this article, we develop the $C^1$-nonconforming $C^0$-conforming virtual element method (VEM) for the vanishing moment approximation of the second-order fully nonlinear Monge-Amp\`ere equation in two dimensions. In the vanishing moment…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Scott Congreve , Alice Hodson , Anwesh Pradhan

We deal with the virtual element method (VEM) for solving the Poisson equation on a domain $\Omega$ with curved boundaries. Given a polygonal approximation $\Omega_h$ of the domain $\Omega$, the standard order $m$ VEM [6], for $m$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Silvia Bertoluzza , Micol Pennacchio , Daniele Prada

We present and analyze a Virtual Element Method (VEM) of arbitrary polynomial order $k\in\mathbb{N}$ for the Laplace-Beltrami equation on a surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$. The method combines the Surface Finite Element Method (SFEM) [Dziuk,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-20 Massimo Frittelli , Ivonne Sgura

In this work, we analyse a simplified frictional contact problem and its variational formulation that has a form of the elliptic variational inequality of the second kind. For this problem, we consider a numerical approximation based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Krzysztof Bartosz , Pawel Szafraniec

In this paper, we discuss a virtual element approximation for the modified transmission eigenvalue problem in inverse scattering for natural materials. In this case, due to the positive artificial diffusivity parameter in the considered…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Liangkun Xu , Shixi Wang , Hai Bi

The finite element method(FEM) is applied to bound leading eigenvalues of Laplace operator over polygonal domain. Compared with classical numerical methods, most of which can only give concrete eigenvalue bounds over special domain of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-04-23 Xuefeng Liu , Shin'ichi Oishi

We revisit the cell-based smoothed finite element method (SFEM) for quadrilateral elements and extend it to arbitrary polygons and polyhedrons in 2D and 3D, respectively. We highlight the similarity between the SFEM and the virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-08 Sundararajan Natarajan , Stéphane P. A. Bordas , Ean Tat Ooi

The virtual element method (VEM) is a stabilized Galerkin method that is robust and accurate on general polygonal meshes. This feature makes it an appealing candidate for simulations involving meshes with embedded interfaces and evolving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Ramsharan Rangarajan , N. Sukumar

We design a virtual element method for the numerical treatment of the two-dimensional parabolic variational inequality problem on unstructured polygonal meshes. Due to the expected low regularity of the exact solution, the virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Dibyendu Adak , Gianmarco Manzini , Sundararajan Natarajan

We design the conforming virtual element method for the numerical approximation of the two dimensional elastodynamics problem. We prove stability and convergence of the semi-discrete approximation and derive optimal error estimates under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-16 P. F. Antonietti , G. Manzini , I. Mazzieri , H. Mourad , M. Verani

We analyze and validate the virtual element method combined with a boundary correction similar to the one in [1,2], to solve problems on two dimensional domains with curved boundaries approximated by polygonal domains. We focus on the case…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Silvia Bertoluzza , Monica Montardini , Micol Pennacchio , Daniele Prada

In this work, we exploit the capability of virtual element methods in accommodating approximation spaces featuring high-order continuity to numerically approximate differential problems of the form $\Delta^p u =f$, $p\ge1$. More…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 P. F. Antonietti , G. Manzini , M. Verani

Within the framework of the displacement-based Virtual Element Method (VEM) for plane elasticity a significant problem is represented by an accurate evaluation of the stress field. In particular, in the classical VEM formulation, a suitable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Edoardo Artioli , Stefano de Miranda , Carlo Lovadina , Luca Patruno

We present the novel Reduced Basis Virtual Element Method (rbVEM) for solving the Laplace eigenvalue problem. This approach is based on the virtual element method and exploits the reduced basis technique to obtain an explicit representation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Silvia Bertoluzza , Fabio Credali , Francesca Gardini

We propose and analyze an $H^2$-conforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the simplest linear elliptic PDEs in nondivergence form with Cordes coefficients. The VEM hinges on a hierarchical construction valid for any dimension $d \ge 2$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-16 Guillaume Bonnet , Andrea Cangiani , Ricardo H. Nochetto

The lowest-order Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method on polygonal elements is proposed here. This method employs a neural network to locally approximate the Virtual Element basis functions, thereby eliminating issues concerning…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-11 Stefano Berrone , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora