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We analyse the nonconforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problems. The nonconforming VEM allow to treat in the same formulation the two- and three-dimensional case.We present two possible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Francesca Gardini , Gianmarco Manzini , Giuseppe Vacca

In order to simulate elastic wave propagation in a complex structure with inhomogeneous media, we often need to obtain the propagating eigenmodes of an elastic waveguide. As the waveguide is assumed uniform in one direction, the original…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 An Qi Ge , Ming Wei Zhuang , Jie Liu , Qing Huo Liu

A simple and reliable finite difference approach is presented for solution of the Dirac equation eigenproblem for states confined in rotationally symmetric systems. The method sets the boundary condition for the spinor wave function…

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In electronic structure theory, variational methods offer a valuable paradigm for approximating electronic ground states. However, for historical reasons, this principle is mostly restricted to model chemistries in pre-defined fixed basis…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Fabian Langkabel , Stefan Knecht , Jakob S. Kottmann

A finite difference numerical method is investigated for fractional order diffusion problems in one space dimension. For this, a mathematical model is developed to incorporate homogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann type boundary conditions. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-07 Béla J. Szekeres , Ferenc Izsák

It is known that the digital waveguide (DW) method for solving the wave equation numerically on a grid can be manipulated into the form of the standard finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method (also known as the ``leapfrog'' recursion).…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Julius O. Smith

We develop a general-purpose formulation, based on two-dimensional spectral integrals, for computing electromagnetic fields produced by arbitrarily-oriented dipoles in planar-stratified environments, where each layer may exhibit arbitrary…

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We develop a boundary integral equation-based numerical method to solve for the electrostatic potential in two dimensions, inside a medium with piecewise constant conductivity, where the boundary condition is given by the complete electrode…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Teemu Tyni , Adam R Stinchcombe , Spyros Alexakis

This paper analyzes the structure of the set of nodal solutions of a class of one-dimensional superlinear indefinite boundary values problems with an indefinite weight functions in front of the spectral parameter. Quite astonishingly, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-21 Martin Fencl , Julián López-Gómez

The finite element method (FEM) is applied to obtain numerical solutions to a recently derived nonlinear equation for the shallow water wave problem. A weak formulation and the Petrov-Galerkin method are used. It is shown that the FEM gives…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-09-20 Anna Karczewska , Piotr Rozmej , Maciej Szczeciński , Bartosz Boguniewicz

In classical continuum physics, a wave is a mechanical disturbance. Whether the disturbance is stationary or traveling and whether it is caused by the motion of atoms and molecules or the vibration of a lattice structure, a wave can be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-04-14 Ivan C. Christov

Inverse design of optical components based on adjoint sensitivity analysis has the potential to address the most challenging photonic engineering problems. However existing inverse design tools based on finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD)…

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This paper presents a boundary element formulation for the solution of the Mild-Slope equation in wave propagation problems with variable water depth in one direction. Based on the Green's function approximation proposed by Belibassakis…

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This paper is to introduce a type of full multigrid method for the nonlinear eigenvalue problem. The main idea is to transform the solution of nonlinear eigenvalue problem into a series of solutions of the corresponding linear boundary…

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A high order cut finite element method is formulated for solving the elastic wave equation. Both a single domain problem and an interface problem are treated. The boundary or interface are allowed to cut through the background mesh. To…

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Geometric waveguides are a promising architecture for optical see-through augmented reality displays, but their performance is severely bottlenecked by the difficulty of jointly optimizing non-sequential light transport and…

The advection-diffusion and wave equations are the fundamental equations governing any physical law and therefore arise in many areas of physics and astrophysics. For complex problems and geometries, only numerical simulations can give…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-01-08 J. Pétri

In many time-harmonic electromagnetic wave problems, the considered geometry exhibits an axial symmetry. In this case, by exploiting a Fourier expansion along the azimuthal direction, fully three-dimensional (3D) calculations can be carried…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-22 Erik Schnaubelt , Nicolas Marsic , Herbert De Gersem

We present a ray-based finite element method (ray-FEM) by learning basis adaptive to the underlying high-frequency Helmholtz equation in smooth media. Based on the geometric optics ansatz of the wave field, we learn local dominant ray…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-01 Jun Fang , Jianliang Qian , Leonardo Zepeda-Núñez , Hongkai Zhao