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Solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) on manifolds have provided important applications in different fields in science and engineering. Existing methods are majorly based on discretization of manifolds as implicit functions,…

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We develop a finite element discretization for the weakly symmetric equations of linear elasticity on tetrahedral meshes. The finite element combines, for $r \geq 0$, discontinuous polynomials of $r$ for the displacement,…

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This paper presents a numerical method for variable coefficient elliptic PDEs with mostly smooth solutions on two dimensional domains. The PDE is discretized via a multi-domain spectral collocation method of high local order (order 30 and…

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In this work, we formulate and analyze a geometric multigrid method for the iterative solution of the discrete systems arising from the finite element discretization of symmetric second-order linear elliptic diffusion problems. We show that…

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The numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) is challenging because of the need to resolve spatiotemporal features over wide length and timescales. Often, it is computationally intractable to resolve the finest features…

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We generalize our earlier results concerning meshfree collocation methods for semilinear elliptic second order problems to the quasilinear case. The stability question, however, is treated differently, namely by extending a paper on…

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We explore the recently-proposed Virtual Element Method (VEM) for numerical solution of boundary value problems on arbitrary polyhedral meshes. More specifically, we focus on the elasticity equations in three-dimensions and elaborate upon…

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Harmonic decomposition of surfaces, such as spherical and spheroidal harmonics, is used to analyze morphology, reconstruct, and generate surface inclusions of particulate microstructures. However, obtaining high-quality meshes of…

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We present a space-time virtual element method for the discretization of the heat equation, which is defined on general prismatic meshes and variable degrees of accuracy. Strategies to handle efficiently the space-time mesh structure are…

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A discretization scheme for variable coefficient elliptic PDEs in the plane is presented. The scheme is based on high-order Gaussian quadratures and is designed for problems with smooth solutions, such as scattering problems involving soft…

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It is well known that the solution of topology optimization problems may be affected both by the geometric properties of the computational mesh, which can steer the minimization process towards local (and non-physical) minima, and by the…

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We study the convergence of the new family of mimetic finite difference schemes for linear diffusion problems recently proposed in [38]. In contrast to the conventional approach, the diffusion coefficient enters both the primary mimetic…

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We study several numerical discretization techniques for the one-space plus one-time dimensional Dirac equation, including finite difference and space-time finite element methods. Two finite difference schemes and several space-time finite…

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Methods for discretizing port-Hamiltonian systems are of interest both for simulation and control purposes. Despite the large literature on mixed finite elements, no rigorous analysis of the connections between mixed elements and…

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In this work, we propose a novel two-level discretization for solving semilinear elliptic equations with random coefficients. Motivated by the two-grid method for deterministic partial differential equations (PDEs) introduced by Xu…

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We develop a numerical strategy to solve multi-dimensional Poisson equations on dynamically adapted grids for evolutionary problems disclosing propagating fronts. The method is an extension of the multiresolution finite volume scheme used…

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We adopt the integral definition of the fractional Laplace operator and analyze solution techniques for fractional, semilinear, and elliptic optimal control problems posed on Lipschitz polytopes. We consider two strategies of…

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