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The finite element method (FEM) is a cornerstone numerical technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). Here, we present $\textbf{Qu-FEM}$, a fault-tolerant era quantum algorithm for the finite element method. In contrast to…
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We analyze two fully time-discrete numerical schemes for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations posed on evolving surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with prescribed normal velocity using the evolving surface finite element method (ESFEM). We…
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We present a spectral element solver for the steady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations subject to a free surface. Utilizing the kinematic behaviour of the free surface boundary, an iterative pseudo-time procedure is proposed to…
We consider the isoparametric finite element method (FEM) for the Poisson equation in a smooth domain with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. Because the boundary is curved, standard triangulated meshes do not exactly fit it.…
Unconditionally stable finite element methods for Darcy flow are derived by adding least-squares residual forms of the governing equations to the classical mixed formulations. The proposed methods are free of mesh dependent stabilization…
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Physics-based optical flow models have been successful in capturing the deformities in fluid motion arising from digital imagery. However, a common theoretical framework analyzing several physics-based models is missing. In this regard, we…
We construct a finite element method for the numerical solution of a fractional porous medium equation on a bounded open Lipschitz polytopal domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{d}$, where $d = 2$ or $3$. The pressure in the model is defined…
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