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In the present work, we consider a nonlinear inverse problem of identifying the lowest coefficient of a parabolic equation. The desired coefficient depends on spatial variables only. Additional information about the solution is given at the…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2018-04-11 Petr N. Vabishchevich

We present a well-posedness and stability result for a class of nondegenerate linear parabolic equations driven by rough paths. More precisely, we introduce a notion of weak solution that satisfies an intrinsic formulation of the equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-07 Antoine Hocquet , Martina Hofmanová

When a physical system is modeled by a nonlinear function, the unknown parameters can be estimated by fitting experimental observations by a least-squares approach. Newton's method and its variants are often used to solve problems of this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-20 Federica Pes , Giuseppe Rodriguez

This study shows how to obtain least-squares solutions to initial and boundary value problems to nonhomogeneous linear differential equations with nonconstant coefficients of any order. However, without loss of generality, the approach has…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-03-01 Daniele Mortari

Regularization methods have been recently developed to construct stable approximate solutions to classical partial differential equations considered as final value problems. In this paper, we investigate the backward parabolic problem with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-19 Vo Anh Khoa

We consider constrained partial differential equations of hyperbolic type with a small parameter $\varepsilon>0$, which turn parabolic in the limit case, i.e., for $\varepsilon=0$. The well-posedness of the resulting systems is discussed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Robert Altmann , Christoph Zimmer

We consider the numerical solution of an abstract operator equation $Bu=f$ by using a least-squares approach. We assume that $B: X \to Y^*$ is an isomorphism, and that $A : Y \to Y^*$ implies a norm in $Y$, where $X$ and $Y$ are Hilbert…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-26 Christian Köthe , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach

In this article, we present a numerical approach to ensure the preservation of physical bounds on the solutions to linear and nonlinear hyperbolic convection-reaction problems at the discrete level. We provide a rigorous framework for error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Ben S. Ashby , Abdalaziz Hamdan , Tristan Pryer

This article provides a brief introduction to the a posteriori error analysis of parabolic partial differential equations, with an emphasis on challenges distinct from those of steady-state problems. Using the heat equation as a model…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Iain Smears

This study aims to present the error and numerical blow up analyses of a finite element method for computing the radially symmetric solutions of semilinear heat equations. In particular, this study establishes optimal order error estimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Toru Nakanishi , Norikazu Saito

This paper studies adaptive first-order least-squares finite element methods for second-order elliptic partial differential equations in non-divergence form. Unlike the classical finite element method which uses weak formulations of PDEs…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-28 Weifeng Qiu , Shun Zhang

The aim of this paper is to develop and analyze numerical schemes for approximately solving the backward problem of subdiffusion equation involving a fractional derivative in time with order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. After using quasi-boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Zhengqi Zhang , Zhi Zhou

We use the local orthogonal decomposition technique to derive a generalized finite element method for linear and semilinear parabolic equations with spatial multiscale diffusion coefficient. We consider nonsmooth initial data and a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-01 Axel Målqvist , Anna Persson

In this paper, we investigate the inverse problem on determining the spatial component of the source term in a hyperbolic equation with time-dependent principal part. Based on a newly established Carleman estimate for general hyperbolic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-12 Daijun Jiang , Yikan Liu , Masahiro Yamamoto

A low-order finite element method is constructed and analysed for an incompressible non-Newtonian flow problem with power-law rheology. The method is based on a continuous piecewise linear approximation of the velocity field and piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Gabriel R. Barrenechea , Endre Suli

In this article, we propose p and hp least-squares spectral element methods for one-dimensional elliptic boundary layer problems. Stability estimates are derived and we design numerical schemes based on minimizing the residuals in the sense…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Akhlaq Husain , Aliya Kazmi , Subhashree Mohapatra , Ziya Uddin

This work is devoted to the reconstruction of the initial temperature in the backward heat equation using the space-time finite element method on fully unstructured space-time simplicial meshes proposed by Steinbach (2015). Such a severely…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-01 Ulrich Langer , Olaf Steinbach , Fredi Tröltzsch , Huidong Yang

We develop a cut finite element method for a second order elliptic coupled bulk-surface model problem. We prove a priori estimates for the energy and $L^2$ norms of the error. Using stabilization terms we show that the resulting algebraic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-27 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Sara Zahedi

In this paper we consider stabilised finite element methods for hyperbolic transport equations without coercivity. Abstract conditions for the convergence of the methods are introduced and these conditions are shown to hold for three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-05 Erik Burman

We develop a new spatial semidiscrete multiscale method based upon the edge multiscale methods to solve semilinear parabolic problems with heterogeneous coefficients and smooth initial data. This method allows for a cheap spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Leonardo A. Poveda , Shubin Fu , Guanglian Li , Eric Chung