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We propose and analyse a novel surface finite element method that preserves the invariant regions of systems of semilinear parabolic equations on closed compact surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ under discretisation. We also provide a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-20 Massimo Frittelli , Anotida Madzvamuse , Ivonne Sgura , Chandrasekhar Venkataraman

We develop a general framework for designing conservative numerical methods based on summation by parts operators and split forms in space, combined with relaxation Runge-Kutta methods in time. We apply this framework to create new classes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Hendrik Ranocha , Dimitrios Mitsotakis , David I. Ketcheson

We present a finite element discretization of a non-linear diffusion equation used in the field of critical phenomena and, more recently, in the context of Dynamic Density Functional Theory. The discretized equation preserves the structure…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 J. A. de la Torre , Pep Español , Aleksandar Donev

A proof of convergence is given for a novel evolving surface finite element semi-discretization of Willmore flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces, and also of surface diffusion flow. The numerical method proposed and studied here…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-31 Balázs Kovács , Buyang Li , Christian Lubich

We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (ES-PFEM) to discretize the motion of a closed curve under surface diffusion with an anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\theta)$ -- anisotropic surface diffusion -- in two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-26 Yifei Li , Weizhu Bao

In ecological studies of pattern formation, models of the competitive-diffusion type are generally singularly perturbed, and the numerical approximation of such models is challenging. In this paper, we present finite element discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Xianping Li , Woinshet D. Mergia , Kailash C. Patidar

A new simple Lagrangian method with favorable stability and efficiency properties for computing general plane curve evolutions is presented. The method is based on the flowing finite volume discretization of the intrinsic partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-04-09 Karol Mikula , Daniel Sevcovic , Martin Balazovjech

We consider a sharp interface formulation for the multi-phase Mullins-Sekerka flow. The flow is characterized by a network of curves evolving such that the total surface energy of the curves is reduced, while the areas of the enclosed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Tokuhiro Eto , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

In this work we consider an extension of a recently proposed structure preserving numerical scheme for nonlinear Fokker-Planck-type equations to the case of nonconstant full diffusion matrices. While in existing works the schemes are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-20 N. Loy , M. Zanella

We consider the initial/boundary value problem for a diffusion equation involving multiple time-fractional derivatives on a bounded convex polyhedral domain. We analyze a space semidiscrete scheme based on the standard Galerkin finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Bangti Jin , Raytcho Lazarov , Yikan Liu , Zhi Zhou

We study a recently introduced formulation for fluid-structure interaction problems which makes use of a distributed Lagrange multiplier in the spirit of the fictitious domain method. The time discretization of the problem leads to a mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-01 Daniele Boffi , Lucia Gastaldi

We consider numerical methods for linear parabolic equations in one spatial dimension having piecewise constant diffusion coefficients defined by a one parameter family of interface conditions at the discontinuity. We construct immersed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-31 V. A. Bokil , N. L. Gibson , S. L. Nguyen , E. A. Thomann , E. Waymire

We consider a recently introduced formulation for fluid-structure interaction problems which makes use of a distributed Lagrange multiplier in the spirit of the fictitious domain method. In this paper we focus on time integration methods of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-02 Daniele Boffi , Lucia Gastaldi , Sebastian Wolf

In this short note we investigate the numerical performance of the method of artificial diffusion for second-order fully nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. The method was proposed in (M. Jensen and I. Smears, arxiv:1111.5423);…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-25 Max Jensen , Iain Smears

An evolving surface finite element discretisation is analysed for the evolution of a closed two-dimensional surface governed by a system coupling a generalised forced mean curvature flow and a reaction--diffusion process on the surface,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Charles M. Elliott , Harald Garcke , Balázs Kovács

We use the local orthogonal decomposition technique to derive a generalized finite element method for linear and semilinear parabolic equations with spatial multiscale diffusion coefficient. We consider nonsmooth initial data and a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-01 Axel Målqvist , Anna Persson

The paper studies a finite element method for computing transport and diffusion along evolving surfaces. The method does not require a parametrization of a surface or an extension of a PDE from a surface into a bulk outer domain. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-04 Joerg Grande , Maxim Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken

We develop a linear fully discrete structure-preserving finite element method for a diffuse-interface model of tumour growth. The system couples a Cahn--Hilliard type equation with a nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation for nutrient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-23 Agus L. Soenjaya , Ping Lin , Thanh Tran

We present a novel artificial diffusion method to circumvent the instabilities associated with the standard finite element approximation of convection-diffusion equations. Motivated by the micromorphic approach, we introduce an auxiliary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Soheil Firooz , B. Daya Reddy , Paul Steinmann

A conforming finite element scheme with mixed explicit-implicit time discretization for quasi-incompressible Navier-Stokes-Maxwell-Stefan systems in a bounded domain with periodic boundary conditions is presented. The system consists of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Aaron Brunk , Ansgar Jüngel , Maria Lukáčová-Medvid'ová