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We propose a variational form of the BDF2 method as an alternative to the commonly used minimizing movement scheme for the time-discrete approximation of gradient flows in abstract metric spaces. Assuming uniform semi-convexity --- but no…

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We present a novel class of high-order space-time finite element schemes for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations. We prove that our schemes are mass conservative, positivity preserving, and unconditionally energy stable for any order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-25 Guosheng Fu , Zhiliang Xu

This paper proposes and analyzes an implicit-explicit BDF-Galerkin scheme of second order for the time-dependent nonlinear thermistor problem. For this, we combine the second-order backward differentiation formula with special extrapolation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-29 R. Altmann , A. Moradi

A new class of high-order accuracy numerical methods for the BGK model of the Boltzmann equation is presented. The schemes are based on a semi-lagrangian formulation of the BGK equation; time integration is dealt with DIRK (Diagonally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-01 M. Groppi , G. Russo , G. Stracquadanio

The Feynman-Kac equation governs the distribution of the statistical observable -- functional, having wide applications in almost all disciplines. After overcoming challenges from the time-space coupled nonlocal operator and the possible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-11 Jing Sun , Daxin Nie , Weihua Deng

Recently, a new class of BDF schemes proposed in [F. Huang and J. Shen, SIAM J Numer. Anal., 62.4, 1609--1637] for the parabolic type equations are studied in this paper. The basic idea is based on the Taylor expansions at time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Xiaoyi Li , Aijie Cheng , Zhengguang Liu

We present a high-order space-time discretization equipped with fully-discrete entropy stability properties for general choices of volume and surface quadrature rules. The formulation uses flux reconstruction (FR) in the spatial dimension…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Carolyn M. V. Pethrick , Siva Nadarajah

We develop a family of stabilized backward differentiation formula (sBDF) schemes of orders one through four for semilinear parabolic equations. The proposed methods are designed to achieve three properties that are rarely available…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Haishen Dai , Huan Lei , Bin Zheng

The numerical analysis of stochastic time fractional evolution equations presents considerable challenges due to the limited regularity of the model caused by the nonlocal operator and the presence of noise. The existing time-stepping…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-22 Minghua Chen , Jiankang Shi , Zhen Song , Yubin Yan , Zhi Zhou

Structure-preserving numerical schemes for a nonlinear parabolic fourth-order equation, modeling the electron transport in quantum semiconductors, with periodic boundary conditions are analyzed. First, a two-step backward differentiation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-28 Mario Bukal , Etienne Emmrich , Ansgar Jüngel

We propose a new parametric finite element method, referred to as the BGN-MDR method, for simulating both mean curvature flow and surface diffusion for closed hypersurfaces, as well as open hypersurfaces with moving contact lines in three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Guangwei Gao , Harald Garcke , Buyang Li , Rong Tang

We prove optimal error bounds for a second order in time finite element approximation of curve shortening flow in possibly higher codimension. In addition, we introduce a second order in time method for curve diffusion. Both schemes are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Klaus Deckelnick , Robert Nürnberg

In this paper we propose and analyze a (temporally) third order accurate backward differentiation formula (BDF) numerical scheme for the no-slope-selection (NSS) equation of the epitaxial thin film growth model, with Fourier pseudo-spectral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-03 Yonghong Hao , Qiumei Huang , Cheng Wang

We present a higher order space-time unfitted finite element method for convection-diffusion problems on coupled (surface and bulk) domains. In that way, we combine a method suggested by Heimann, Lehrenfeld, Preu{\ss} (SIAM J. Sci. Comput.…

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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

We propose a variational finite volume scheme to approximate the solutions to Wasserstein gradient flows. The time discretization is based on an implicit linearization of the Wasserstein distance expressed thanks to Benamou-Brenier formula,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-22 Clément Cancès , Thomas O. Gallouët , Gabriele Todeschi

This paper introduces a novel approach for the construction of bulk--surface splitting schemes for semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations with dynamic boundary conditions. The proposed construction is based on a reformulation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-06 R. Altmann , C. Zimmer

In this paper we consider a linearized variable-time-step two-step backward differentiation formula (BDF2) scheme for solving nonlinear parabolic equations. The scheme is constructed by using the variable time-step BDF2 for the linear term…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Chengchao Zhao , Nan Liu , Yuheng Ma , Jiwei Zhang

We introduce a time discretization for Wasserstein gradient flows based on the classical Backward Differentiation Formula of order two. The main building block of the scheme is the notion of geodesic extrapolation in the Wasserstein space,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Thomas Gallouët , Andrea Natale , Gabriele Todeschi

We present high-order variational Lagrangian finite element methods for compressible fluids using a discrete energetic variational approach. Our spatial discretization is mass/momentum/energy conserving and entropy stable. Fully implicit…

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