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In this work, following the discrete de Rham (DDR) approach, we develop a discrete counterpart of a two-dimensional de Rham complex with enhanced regularity. The proposed construction supports general polygonal meshes and arbitrary…
This paper is concerned with the derivation and properties of differential complexes arising from a variety of problems in differential equations, with applications in continuum mechanics, relativity, and other fields. We present a…
In this work, following the Discrete de Rham (DDR) paradigm, we develop an arbitrary-order discrete divdiv complex on general polyhedral meshes. The construction rests 1) on discrete spaces that are spanned by vectors of polynomials whose…
In this paper we present an arbitrary-order fully discrete Stokes complex on general polyhedral meshes. We enriche the fully discrete de Rham complex with the addition of a full gradient operator defined on vector fields and fitting into…
In this work we prove that, for a general polyhedral domain of $\mathbb{R}^3$, the cohomology spaces of the discrete de Rham complex of [Di Pietro and Droniou, An arbitrary-order discrete de Rham complex on polyhedral meshes: Exactness,…
Differential complexes such as the de Rham complex have recently come to play an important role in the design and analysis of numerical methods for partial differential equations. The design of stable discretizations of systems of partial…
For smooth manifolds equipped with various geometric structures, we construct complexes that replace the de Rham complex in providing an alternative fine resolution of the sheaf of locally constant functions. In case that the geometric…
In this work, merging ideas from compatible discretisations and polyhedral methods, we construct novel fully discrete polynomial de Rham sequences of arbitrary degree on polygons and polyhedra. The spaces and operators that appear in these…
We design in this work a discrete de Rham complex on manifolds. This complex, written in the framework of exterior calculus, has the same cohomology as the continuous de Rham complex, is of arbitrary order of accuracy and, in principle, can…
We provide both a general framework for discretizing de Rham sequences of differential forms of high regularity, and some examples of finite element spaces that fit in the framework. The general framework is an extension of the previously…
Given a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, the de Rham complex of differential forms arises naturally in the study of problems in electromagnetism and fluid mechanics defined on $\Omega$, and its discretization helps build stable…
We consider the simplicial de Rham complex and the \v{C}ech-de Rham complex, two bigraded Hilbert complexes whose Hodge-Laplace problems govern spatially coupled problems in mixed dimension and homogeneous dimension, respectively. The…
The classical serendipity and mixed finite element spaces suffer from poor approximation on nondegenerate, convex quadrilaterals. In this paper, we develop $\textit{direct serendipity}$ and $\textit{direct mixed}$ finite element spaces,…
Finite element de Rham complexes and finite element Stokes complexes with various smoothness in three dimensions are systematically constructed. First smooth scalar finite elements in three dimensions are derived through a non-overlapping…
We develop in this work the first polytopal complexes of differential forms. These complexes, inspired by the Discrete De Rham and the Virtual Element approaches, are discrete versions of the de Rham complex of differential forms built on…
In this work we investigate from a broad perspective the reduction of degrees of freedom through serendipity techniques for polytopal methods compatible with Hilbert complexes. We first establish an abstract framework that, given two…
The main difficulty in solving the discrete constrained problem is its poor and even ill condition. In this paper, we transform the discrete constrained problems on de Rham complex to Laplace-like problems. This transformation not only make…
This paper is devoted to the construction of order reduced method of fourth order problems. A framework is presented such that a problem on a high-regularity space can be deduced in a constructive way to an equivalent problem on three…
We construct new families of direct serendipity and direct mixed finite elements on general planer convex polygons that are $H^1$ and $H(div)$ conforming, respectively, and possess optimal order of accuracy for any order. They have a…
The present paper is a continuation of our work on curved finitary spacetime sheaves of incidence algebras and treats the latter along Cech cohomological lines. In particular, we entertain the possibility of constructing a non-trivial de…