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We present a novel probabilistic finite element method (FEM) for the solution and uncertainty quantification of elliptic partial differential equations based on random meshes, which we call random mesh FEM (RM-FEM). Our methodology allows…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Assyr Abdulle , Giacomo Garegnani

We develop a sparse multiscale operator-adapted wavelet decomposition-based finite element method (FEM) on unstructured polygonal mesh hierarchies obtained via a coarsening procedure. Our approach decouples different resolution levels,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Furkan Şık , F. L. Teixeira , B. Shanker

Quantum computers can produce a quantum encoding of the solution of a system of differential equations exponentially faster than a classical algorithm can produce an explicit description. However, while high-precision quantum algorithms for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-10 Andrew M. Childs , Jin-Peng Liu , Aaron Ostrander

In this work, we analyze a penalized variant of the {\phi}-FEM scheme for the Poisson equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The {\phi}-FEM is a recently introduced unfitted finite element method based on a level-set description of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Raphaël Bulle , Michel Duprez , Vanessa Lleras , Killian Vuillemot

We develop an efficient and reliable adaptive finite element method (AFEM) for the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE). We first examine the regularization technique of Chen, Holst, and Xu; this technique made possible the first a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-01 Michael Holst , James Andrew McCammon , Zeyun Yu , Yongcheng Zhou , Yunrong Zhu

Using the standard finite element method (FEM) to solve general partial differential equations, the round-off error is found to be proportional to $N^{\beta_{\rm R}}$, with $N$ the number of degrees of freedom (DoFs) and $\beta_{\rm R}$ a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Jie Liu , Henk M. Schuttelaars , Matthias Möller

This paper is concerned with mixed finite element method (FEM) for solving the two-dimensional, nonlinear fourth-order active fluid equations. By introducing an auxiliary variable $w=-\Delta u$, the original fourth problem is transformed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Nan Zheng , Xu Guo , Wenlong Pei , Wenju Zhao

We study a quantum-algorithmic framework for parameterizing partial differential equations (PDEs). For a broad class of problems in which the discretized parameter field admits a diagonal representation, block-encodings of diagonal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Hiroshi Yano , Yuki Sato

In this paper, we discuss the application of the Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM) to approximate the solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations with multiple interfaces in one dimensional space. The problem is characterized by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Tilsa Aryeni , Quanling Deng , Victor Ginting

Multiple scale homogenization problems are reduced to single scale problems in higher dimension. It is shown that sparse tensor product Finite Element Methods (FEM) allow the numerical solution in complexity independent of the dimension and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Christoph Schwab

Chaotic free surface flows are challenging problems to simulate numerically, mainly due to the significant changes in geometry and frequent topological changes. Methods that track the evolution of the fluid in a Lagrangian formulation are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-24 Thomas Leyssens , Jonathan Lambrechts , Jean-François Remacle

In this paper, based on the combination of finite element mesh and neural network, a novel type of neural network element space and corresponding machine learning method are designed for solving partial differential equations. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Yifan Wang , Zhongshuo Lin , Hehu Xie

A novel boundary element method (BEM) removes the classical dependence on explicit fundamental solutions and extends quasi-optimal BEM discretisations to strongly elliptic operators with variable coefficients. The approach constructs a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Benedikt Gräßle , Stefan A. Sauter

The finite element method can be viewed as a machine that automates the discretization of differential equations, taking as input a variational problem, a finite element and a mesh, and producing as output a system of discrete equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-12-05 Anders Logg

We consider a large-scale quadratic eigenvalue problem (QEP), formulated using P1 finite elements on a fine scale reference mesh. This model describes damped vibrations in a structural mechanical system. In particular we focus on problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-21 Axel Målqvist , Daniel Peterseim

Continuum robots offer high flexibility and multiple degrees of freedom, making them ideal for navigating narrow lumens. However, accurately modeling their behavior under large deformations and frequent environmental contacts remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Hao Chen , Jian Chen , Xinran Liu , Zihui Zhang , Yuanrui Huang , Zhongkai Zhang , Hongbin Liu

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are capable of finding the solution for a given boundary value problem. We employ several ideas from the finite element method (FEM) to enhance the performance of existing PINNs in engineering…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-10-05 Shahed Rezaei , Ali Harandi , Ahmad Moeineddin , Bai-Xiang Xu , Stefanie Reese

A new field of numerical astrophysics is introduced which addresses the solution of large, multidimensional structural or slowly-evolving problems (rotating stars, interacting binaries, thick advective accretion disks, four dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David L. Meier

In this paper, we propose a new approach -- the Tempered Finite Element Method (TFEM) -- that extends the Finite Element Method (FEM) to classes of meshes that include zero-measure or nearly degenerate elements for which standard FEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Antoine Quiriny , Václav Kučera , Jonathan Lambrechts , Nicolas Moës , Jean-François Remacle

We present a new framework for expressing finite element methods on multiple intersecting meshes: multimesh finite element methods. The framework enables the use of separate meshes to discretize parts of a computational domain that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-28 August Johansson , Benjamin Kehlet , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg