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When using a finite difference method to solve an initial--boundary--value problem, the truncation error is often of lower order at a few grid points near boundaries than in the interior. Normal mode analysis is a powerful tool to analyze…
For elliptic interface problems with discontinuous coefficients, the maximum accuracy order for compact 9-point finite difference scheme in irregular points is three [7]. The discontinuous coefficients usually have abrupt jumps across the…
We use high order finite difference methods to solve the wave equation in the second order form. The spatial discretization is performed by finite difference operators satisfying a summation-by-parts property. The focus of this work is on…
Second order accurate Cartesian grid methods have been well developed for interface problems in the literature. However, it is challenging to develop third or higher order accurate methods for problems with curved interfaces and internal…
We define a new finite element method for a steady state elliptic problem with discontinuous diffusion coefficients where the meshes are not aligned with the interface. We prove optimal error estimates in the $L^2$ norm and $H^1$ weighted…
A convergence result for a discontinuous Galerkin multiscale method for a second order elliptic problem is presented. We consider a heterogeneous and highly varying diffusion coefficient in $L^\infty(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}_{sym})$…
A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…
Stokes flow equations have been implemented successfully in practice for simulating problems with moving interfaces. Though computational methods produce accurate solutions and numerical convergence can be demonstrated using a resolution…
We investigate and derive second solutions to linear homogeneous second-order difference equations using a variety of methods, in each case going beyond the purely formal solution and giving explicit expressions for the second solution. We…
An algorithm is proposed for generalized mean curvature flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces, which include inverse mean curvature flow, powers of mean and inverse mean curvature flow, etc. Error estimates are proven for semi- and full…
In this paper we present a one dimensional second order accurate method to solve Elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients on an arbitrary interface. Second order accuracy for the first derivative is obtained as well. The method is…
We present an arbitrary order discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for solving the biharmonic interface problem on the unfitted mesh. The approximation space is constructed by a patch reconstruction process with at most one degree…
New finite element methods are proposed for elliptic interface problems in one and two dimensions. The main motivation is not only to get an accurate solution but also an accurate first order derivative at the interface (from each side).…
We develop a hybrid spatial discretization for the wave equation in second order form, based on high-order accurate finite difference methods and discontinuous Galerkin methods. The hybridization combines computational efficiency of finite…
We present the convergence analysis of the cell average technique, introduced in [12], to solve the nonlinear continuous Smoluchowski coagulation equation. It is shown that the technique is second order accurate on uniform grids and first…
Harmonic Balance is one of the most popular methods for computing periodic solutions of nonlinear dynamical systems. In this work, we address two of its major shortcomings: First, we investigate to what extent the computational burden of…
The homotopy analysis method is studied in the present paper. The question of convergence of the homotopy analysis method is resolved. It is proven that under a special constraint the homotopy analysis method does converge to the exact…
In this paper, we consider finite difference approximations of the second order wave equation. We use finite difference operators satisfying the summation-by-parts property to discretize the equation in space. Boundary conditions and grid…
In this paper a novel method to solve the constant coefficient wave equation, subject to interface jump conditions, is presented. In general, such problems pose issues for standard finite difference solvers, as the inherent discontinuity in…
We propose a high order unfitted finite element method for solving timeharmonic Maxwell interface problems. The unfitted finite element method is based on a mixed formulation in the discontinuous Galerkin framework on a Cartesian mesh with…