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Error estimates are proved for finite element approximations to the solution of second-order hyperbolic partial differential equations with coefficients varying in both space and time. Optimal rates of convergence in the energy norm are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Oussama Al Jarroudi , Marcus J. Grote

This research rigorously investigates the convergence of adaptive finite element methods for regularized variational models of quasi-static brittle fracture in elastic solids. We specifically examine a novel Ambrosio-Tortorelli (AT1)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

We consider a general nonsymmetric second-order linear elliptic PDE in the framework of the Lax-Milgram lemma. We formulate and analyze an adaptive finite element algorithm with arbitrary polynomial degree that steers the adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Maximilian Brunner , Pascal Heid , Michael Innerberger , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

This paper presents the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the modeling of crack propagation in 2D within the context of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). By exploiting the advantage of mesh flexibility in the VEM, we establish an…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Vien Minh Nguyen-Thanh , Xiaoying Zhuang , Hung Nguyen-Xuan , Timon Rabczuk , Peter Wriggers

This paper investigates an elliptic interface problem with discontinuous diffusion coefficients on unfitted meshes, employing the CutFEM method. The main contribution is the a posteriori error analysis based on equilibrated fluxes belonging…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Daniela Capatina , Aimene Gouasmi

In this paper, we investigate the use of a mass lumped fully explicit time stepping scheme for the discretisation of the wave equation with underlying material parameters that vary at arbitrarily fine scales. We combine the leapfrog scheme…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Sjoerd Geevers , Roland Maier

In this work, we develop an adaptive nonconforming finite element algorithm for the numerical approximation of phase-field parameterized topology optimization governed by the Stokes system. We employ the conforming linear finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Bangti Jin , Jing Li , Yifeng Xu , Shengfeng Zhu

We consider a linear elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) with a generic uniformly bounded parametric coefficient. The solution to this PDE problem is approximated in the framework of stochastic Galerkin finite element methods. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Alex Bespalov , Feng Xu

Adaptive Moment Estimation (ADAM) is a very popular training algorithm for deep neural networks and belongs to the family of adaptive gradient descent optimizers. However to the best of the authors knowledge no complete convergence analysis…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-22 Sebastian Bock , Martin Georg Weiß

Developing particle-in-cell (PIC) methods using finite element basis sets, and without auxiliary divergence cleaning methods, was a long standing problem until recently. It was shown that if consistent spatial basis functions are used, one…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Scott O'Connor , Zane D. Crawford , O. H. Ramachandran , John Luginsland , B. Shanker

This paper is concerned with the analysis and implementation of robust finite element approximation methods for mixed formulations of linear elasticity problems where the elastic solid is almost incompressible. Several novel a posteriori…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Arbaz Khan , Catherine E. Powell , David J. Silvester

We analyze adaptive mesh-refining algorithms in the frame of boundary element methods (BEM) and the coupling of finite elements and boundary elements (FEM-BEM). Adaptivity is driven by the two-level error estimator proposed by Ernst P.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-10 Michael Feischl , Thomas Führer , Gregor Mitscha-Eibl , Dirk Praetorius , Ernst P. Stephan

We derive an anisotropic a posteriori error estimate for the adaptive conforming Virtual Element approximation of a paradigmatic two-dimensional elliptic problem. In particular, we introduce a quasi-interpolant operator and exploit its…

This paper aims to study the convergence of adaptive finite element method for control constrained elliptic optimal control problems under $L^2$-norm. We prove the contraction property and quasi-optimal complexity for the $L^2$-norm errors…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Wei Gong , Ningning Yan , Zhaojie Zhou

The ultimate goal of any numerical scheme for partial differential equations (PDEs) is to compute an approximation of user-prescribed accuracy at quasi-minimal computational time. To this end, algorithmically, the standard adaptive finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Philipp Bringmann , Michael Feischl , Ani Miraci , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

In this work we develop and analyze an adaptive finite element method for efficiently solving electrical impedance tomography -- a severely ill-posed nonlinear inverse problem for recovering the conductivity from boundary voltage…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-16 Bangti Jin , Yifeng Xu , Jun Zou

This paper proves that a wide class of local search algorithms extend as is to the fully dynamic setting with an adaptive adversary, achieving an amortized $\tilde{O}(1)$ number of local-search steps per update. A breakthrough by Moser…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Bernhard Haeupler , Slobodan Mitrović , Srikkanth Ramachandran , Wen-Horng Sheu , Robert Tarjan

This paper introduces a new local plastic correction algorithm that is aimed at accelerating elasto-plastic finite element (FE) simulations for structural problems exhibiting localised plasticity (around e.g. notches, geometrical defects).…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Abhishek Palchoudhary , Simone Peter , Vincent Maurel , Cristian Ovalle , Pierre Kerfriden

Many engineering systems require accurate simulations of complex physical systems. Yet, analytical solutions are only available for simple problems, necessitating numerical approximations such as the Finite Element Method (FEM). The cost…

We present a modification to the Berger and Oliger adaptive mesh refinement algorithm designed to solve systems of coupled, non-linear, hyperbolic and elliptic partial differential equations. Such systems typically arise during constrained…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Frans Pretorius , Matthew W. Choptuik