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We construct a finite element approximation of a strain-limiting elastic model on a bounded open domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d \in \{2,3\}$. The sequence of finite element approximations is shown to exhibit strong convergence to the unique…

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In this paper, we study an adaptive finite element method for multiple eigenvalue problems of a class of second order elliptic equations. By using some eigenspace approximation technology and its crucial property which is also presented in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-09-18 Xiaoying Dai , Lianhua He , Aihui Zhou

We revisit a unified methodology for the iterative solution of nonlinear equations in Hilbert spaces. Our key observation is that the general approach from [Heid & Wihler, Math. Comp. 89 (2020), Calcolo 57 (2020)] satisfies an energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-18 Pascal Heid , Dirk Praetorius , Thomas P. Wihler

Building on existing $hp$-adaptive algorithms driven by equilibrated-flux estimators from [ESAIM Math. Model. Numer. Anal. 57 (2023), 329--366] and the references therein, we propose a novel $h$-adaptive algorithm for a fixed polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Théophile Chaumont-Frelet , Zhaonan Dong , Gregor Gantner , Martin Vohralík

Adaptive Finite Element Method (adaptivity) is known to be an effective numerical tool for some ill-posed problems. The key advantage of the adaptivity is the image improvement with local mesh refinements. A rigorous proof of this property…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-10-30 Larisa Beilina , Michael V. Klibanov

In this work, we develop an adaptive algorithm for the efficient numerical solution of the minimum compliance problem in topology optimization. The algorithm employs the phase field approximation and continuous density field. The adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-18 Bangti Jin , Jing Li , Yifeng Xu , Shengfeng Zhu

We survey the main results of approximation theory for adaptive piecewise polynomial functions. In such methods, the partition on which the piecewise polynomial approximation is defined is not fixed in advance, but adapted to the given…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Albert Cohen , Jean-Marie Mirebeau

The Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm is an iterative method to maximize the log-likelihood function for parameter estimation. Previous works on the convergence analysis of the EM algorithm have established results on the asymptotic…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-31 Chong Wu , Can Yang , Hongyu Zhao , Ji Zhu

An adaptive finite element method is presented for the elastic scattering of a time-harmonic plane wave by a periodic surface. First, the unbounded physical domain is truncated into a bounded computational domain by introducing the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-30 Xue Jiang , Peijun Li , Junliang Lv , Weiying Zheng

Although adaptive optimization algorithms have been successful in many applications, there are still some mysteries in terms of convergence analysis that have not been unraveled. This paper provides a novel non-convex analysis of adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Zhishuai Guo , Yi Xu , Wotao Yin , Rong Jin , Tianbao Yang

We propose an adaptive finite element algorithm to approximate solutions of elliptic problems whose forcing data is locally defined and is approximated by regularization (or mollification). We show that the energy error decay is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-26 Luca Heltai , Wenyu Lei

The paper presents a numerical study for the finite element method with anisotropic meshes. We compare the accuracy of the numerical solutions on quasi-uniform, isotropic, and anisotropic meshes for a test problem which combines several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-20 Weizhang Huang , Lennard Kamenski , Jens Lang

We prove the convergence of an adaptive mixed finite element method (AMFEM) for (nonsymmetric) convection-diffusion-reaction equations. The convergence result holds from the cases where convection or reaction is not present to convection-or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-26 Shaohong Du , Xiaoping Xie

We present a finite element discretisation to model the interaction between a poroelastic structure and an elastic medium. The consolidation problem considers fully coupled deformations across an interface, ensuring continuity of…

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This paper presents adaptive boundary element methods for positive, negative, as well as zero order operator equations, together with proofs that they converge at certain rates. The convergence rates are quasi-optimal in a certain sense…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-12-21 Tsogtgerel Gantumur

Federated learning enables training on a massive number of edge devices. To improve flexibility and scalability, we propose a new asynchronous federated optimization algorithm. We prove that the proposed approach has near-linear convergence…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Cong Xie , Sanmi Koyejo , Indranil Gupta

In this article we develop convergence theory for a class of goal-oriented adaptive finite element algorithms for second order nonsymmetric linear elliptic equations. In particular, we establish contraction results for a method of this type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Michael Holst , Sara Pollock

In this article we study adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) with inexact solvers for a class of semilinear elliptic interface problems. We are particularly interested in nonlinear problems with discontinuous diffusion coefficients, such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Michael Holst , Ryan Szypowski , Yunrong Zhu

We prove that the a standard adaptive algorithm for the Taylor-Hood discretization of the stationary Stokes problem converges with optimal rate. This is done by developing an abstract framework for indefinite problems which allows us to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Michael Feischl

We analyze a goal-oriented adaptive algorithm that aims to efficiently compute the quantity of interest $G(u^\star)$ with a linear goal functional $G$ and the solution $u^\star$ to a general second-order nonsymmetric linear elliptic partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Philipp Bringmann , Maximilian Brunner , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger