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We introduce an efficient finite-element approach for large-scale real-space pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) calculations incorporating noncollinear magnetism and spin-orbit coupling. The approach, implemented within the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-11 Nikhil Kodali , Phani Motamarri

Finite-sum optimization has wide applications in machine learning, covering important problems such as support vector machines, regression, etc. In this paper, we initiate the study of solving finite-sum optimization problems by quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-06 Yexin Zhang , Chenyi Zhang , Cong Fang , Liwei Wang , Tongyang Li

This work proposes an $r$-adaptive finite element method (FEM) using neural networks (NNs). The method employs the Ritz energy functional as the loss function, currently limiting its applicability to symmetric and coercive problems, such as…

For the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs), we show that the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) can enable the design of quantum circuits that are particularly simple, both conceptually and with regard to hardware requirements.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Michael Lubasch , Yuta Kikuchi , Lewis Wright , Conor Mc Keever

In this paper, we present a new immersed finite element scheme for solving elliptic interface problems on unfitted meshes by combining the skeletal finite element method (FEM) with the standard FEM. The skeletal FEM is used for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Lin Yang , Qilong Zhai

Spectral element methods (SEM), which are extensions of finite element methods (FEM), are important emerging techniques for solving partial differential equations in physics and engineering. SEM can potentially deliver better accuracy due…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-28 Jacob Jones , Rebecca Conley , Xiangmin Jiao

This paper introduces a new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for second order elliptic equations on polytopal meshes. This method, called WG-FEM, is designed by using a discrete weak gradient operator applied to discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-20 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

The finite element method (FEM) and the boundary element method (BEM) can numerically solve the Helmholtz system for acoustic wave propagation. When an object with heterogeneous wave speed or density is embedded in an unbounded exterior…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Elwin van 't Wout

This paper presents a conforming thin plate bending element based on the Partition of Unity Finite Element Method (PUFEM), for the simulation of steady-state forced vibration. The issue of ensuring the continuity of displacement and slope…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-04 Tong Zhou , Jean-Daniel Chazot , Emmanuel Perrey-Debain , Li Cheng

Computing the stiffness matrix for the finite element discretization of the nonlocal Laplacian on unstructured meshes is difficult, because the operator is nonlocal and can even be singular. In this paper, we focus on the $C^0$-piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Changtao Sheng , Huiyuan Li , Huifang Yuan , Li-Lian Wang

Homogenization in terms of multiscale limits transforms a multiscale problem with $n+1$ asymptotically separated microscales posed on a physical domain $D \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ into a one-scale problem posed on a product domain of dimension…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-03 V. Kazeev , I. Oseledets , M. Rakhuba , Ch. Schwab

In contexts where relevant problems can easily attain configuration spaces of enormous sizes, solving Linear Differential Equations (LDEs) can become a hard achievement for classical computers; on the other hand, the rise of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-31 João H. Romeiro , Frederico Brito

$H^1$-conforming Galerkin methods on polygonal meshes such as VEM, BEM-FEM and Trefftz-FEM employ local finite element functions that are implicitly defined as solutions of Poisson problems having polynomial source and boundary data.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Jeffrey Ovall , Samuel Reynolds

We present a variant of the recently developed quantum corrected model (QCM) for plasmonic nanoparticles [Nature Commun. 3, 825 (2012)] using non-local boundary conditions. The QCM accounts for electron tunneling in narrow gap regions of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ulrich Hohenester

This work illustrates the possibility to apply the Fast Fourier Transformation to obtain the integrals of the Boundary Element Method (BEM) on arbitrary shapes. The procedure is inspired by the technique used with great success within the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 Justus Benad

Viable non-perturbative methods for lattice quantum field theories on curved manifolds are difficult. By adapting features from the traditional finite element methods (FEM) and Regge Calculus, a new simplicial lattice Quantum Finite Element…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-01-08 Richard C. Brower , George Fleming , Andrew Gasbarro , Timothy Raben , Chung-I Tan , Evan Weinberg

A new finite element method (FEM) using meshes that do not necessarily align with the interface is developed for two- and three-dimensional anisotropic elliptic interface problems with nonhomogeneous jump conditions. The degrees of freedom…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Haifeng Ji , Zhilin Li

A nonlinear Helmholtz (NLH) equation with high frequencies and corner singularities is discretized by the linear finite element method (FEM). After deriving some wave-number-explicit stability estimates and the singularity decomposition for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-28 Run Jiang , Haijun Wu , Yifeng Xu , Jun Zou

Immersed finite element methods provide a convenient analysis framework for problems involving geometrically complex domains, such as those found in topology optimization and microstructures for engineered materials. However, their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Nils Wunsch , Keenan Doble , Mathias R. Schmidt , Lise Noël , John A. Evans , Kurt Maute

This work studies quantum algorithms to solve high-dimensional stochastic differential equations (SDEs) $\mathrm{d} \mathbf{X}_t = A(t) \mathbf{X}_t \mathrm{d} t + B(t) \mathrm{d} \mathbf{W}_t$. Aiming for a speed-up in the dimension $N$ of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Koichi Miyamoto