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Partial differential equations (PDEs) underlie our understanding and prediction of natural phenomena across numerous fields, including physics, engineering, and finance. However, solving parametric PDEs is a complex task that necessitates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-20 Jae Yong Lee , Seungchan Ko , Youngjoon Hong

We present a methodology combining neural networks with physical principle constraints in the form of partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach allows to train neural networks while respecting the PDEs as a strong constraint in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Sebastian K. Mitusch , Simon W. Funke , Miroslav Kuchta

Particle breakage due to collisional interactions plays a vital role in the development of several phenomena in science and engineering. The nonlinear collisional breakage equations (NCBEs) are a significant set of equations in this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Arushi Arushi , Naresh Kumar

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

An electron in quantum confinement takes on a discrete energy spectrum which is defined based on the solution to the Schrodinger Equation for a given potential. Well defined closed-form energy spectra are known for the particle in a box,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Daniel Pierce , Renuka Rajapakse

A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides , Federico Fuentes , Leszek Demkowicz

Quantum computing holds significant promise for scientific computing due to its potential for polynomial to even exponential speedups over classical methods, which are often hindered by the curse of dimensionality. While neural networks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Junpeng Hu , Shi Jin , Nana Liu , Lei Zhang

Partial differential equation (PDE) models with multiple temporal/spatial scales are prevalent in several disciplines such as physics, engineering, and many others. These models are of great practical importance but notoriously difficult to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Junpeng Hu , Shi Jin , Lei Zhang

We present a new finite element method, called $\phi$-FEM, to solve numerically elliptic partial differential equations with natural (Neumann or Robin) boundary conditions using simple computational grids, not fitted to the boundary of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Michel Duprez , Vanessa Lleras , Alexei Lozinski

The implementation of finite element methods (FEMs) for nonlocal models with a finite range of interaction poses challenges not faced in the partial differential equations (PDEs) setting. For example, one has to deal with weak forms…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-22 Marta D'Elia , Max Gunzburger , Christian Vollmann

The current state of the art for large-scale quantum-mechanical simulations is the planewave (PW) pseudopotential method, as implemented in codes such as VASP, ABINIT, and many others. However, since the PW method uses a global Fourier…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 John E. Pask , N. Sukumar

We introduce the multivariate decomposition finite element method (MDFEM) for solving elliptic PDEs with uniform random diffusion coefficients. We show that the MDFEM can be used to reduce the computational complexity of estimating the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Dong T. P. Nguyen , Dirk Nuyens

We propose an efficient and accurate parametric finite element method (PFEM) for solving sharp-interface continuum models for solid-state dewetting of thin films with anisotropic surface energies. The governing equations of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Weizhu Bao , Wei Jiang , Yan Wang , Quan Zhao

The Intrinsic Surface Finite Element Method (ISFEM) was recently proposed to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on surfaces. ISFEM proceeds by writing the PDE with respect to a local coordinate system anchored to the surface and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Elena Bachini , Mario Putti

This chapter provides an overview of state-of-the-art adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for the numerical solution of second-order elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs), where the primary focus is on the optimal interplay of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Philipp Bringmann , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius

We introduce a novel hybrid methodology combining classical finite element methods (FEM) with neural networks to create a well-performing and generalizable surrogate model for forward and inverse problems. The residual from finite element…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-05-18 Rishith Ellath Meethal , Birgit Obst , Mohamed Khalil , Aditya Ghantasala , Anoop Kodakkal , Kai-Uwe Bletzinger , Roland Wüchner

Partial differential equations (PDEs) are fundamental across numerous scientific fields. As these problems scale to high dimensions, classical numerical schemes introduce severe computational bottlenecks, known as the curse of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 Chih-Kang Huang , Giacomo Antonioli , Frédéric Barbaresco

In this paper, we discuss the second-order finite element method (FEM) and finite difference method (FDM) for numerically solving elliptic cross-interface problems characterized by vertical and horizontal straight lines, piecewise constant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-04 Qiwei Feng

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

We analyze optimal complexity of adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for general second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in the Lax-Milgram setting. To this end, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which steers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Thomas Führer , Paula Hilbert , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius