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The paper develops and analyzes a higher-order unfitted finite element method for the incompressible Stokes equations, which yields a strongly divergence-free velocity field up to the physical boundary. The method combines an isoparametric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Michael Neilan , Maxim Olshanskii , Henry von Wahl

Gauss' and Stokes' theorems are fundamental results in vector calculus and important tools in physics and engineering. When students are asked to describe the meaning of Gauss' divergence theorem, they often use statements like this: "The…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-01-22 Larissa Hahn , Simon Blaue , Pascal Klein

We develop a numerical assessment of the Virtual Element Method for the discretization of a diffusion-reaction model problem, for higher "polynomial" order k and three space dimensions. Although the main focus of the present study is to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-16 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , A. Russo

A stable numerical solution of the steady Stokes problem requires compatibility between the choice of velocity and pressure approximation that has traditionally proven problematic for meshless methods. In this work, we present a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Nathaniel Trask , Martin Maxey , Xiaozhe Hu

This paper is devoted to the theoretical and numerical study of an optimal design problem in high-temperature superconductivity (HTS). The shape optimization problem is to find an optimal superconductor shape which minimizes a certain cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-18 Antoine Laurain , Malte Winckler , Irwin Yousept

In this paper, we develop a new weak Galerkin finite element scheme for the Stokes interface problem with curved interfaces. We take a unique vector-valued function at the interface and reflect the interface condition in the variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Lin Yang , Qilong Zhai , Ran Zhang

Finite element methods for electromagnetic problems modeled by Maxwell-type equations are highly sensitive to the conformity of approximation spaces, and non-conforming methods may cause loss of convergence. This fact leads to an essential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Ruchi Guo

The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a new family of numerical methods for the approximation of partial differential equations, where the geometry of the polytopal mesh elements can be very general. The aim of this article is to extend the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Tommaso Bevilacqua , Simone Scacchi

The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a well-established framework for solving partial differential equations on polygonal and polyhedral meshes. In this paper, we introduce a novel hybrid VEM that integrates both conforming and nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , A. Russo , M. Trezzi

This paper introduces an efficient stabilizer-free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the three-dimensional quad-curl problem. Leveraging bubble functions as a key analytical tool, the method extends the applicability of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

We construct and analyze an isoparametric finite element pair for the Stokes problem in two dimensions. The pair is defined by mapping the Scott-Vogelius finite element space via a Piola transform. The velocity space has the same degrees of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-17 Michael Neilan , M. Baris Otus

We present a local construction of H(curl)-conforming piecewise polynomials satisfying a prescribed curl constraint. We start from a piecewise polynomial not contained in the H(curl) space but satisfying a suitable orthogonality property.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-23 Théophile Chaumont-Frelet , Martin Vohralík

In this paper, we propose and analyze a mixed virtual element method for the approximation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the two-dimensional elasticity eigenvalue problem. Under standard assumptions on polygonal meshes, we prove…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Felipe Lepe , Gonzalo Rivera

The $H^m$-conforming virtual elements of any degree $k$ on any shape of polytope in $\mathbb R^n$ with $m, n\geq1$ and $k\geq m$ are recursively constructed by gluing conforming virtual elements on faces in a universal way. For the lowest…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-10 Xuehai Huang

One approach for the simulation of metamaterials is to extend an associated continuum theory concerning its kinematic equations, and the relaxed micromorphic continuum represents such a model. It incorporates the Curl of the nonsymmetric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-03 Adam Sky , Michael Neunteufel , Ingo Münch , Joachim Schoeberl , Patrizio Neff

We present optimal preconditioners for a recently introduced hybridized discontinuous Galerkin finite element discretization of the Stokes equations. Typical of hybridized discontinuous Galerkin methods, the method has degrees-of-freedom…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Sander Rhebergen , Garth N. Wells

In the present paper we construct Virtual Element Spaces that are $H({\rm div})$-conforming and $H({\rm \bf curl})$-conforming on general polygonal and polyhedral elements; these spaces can be interpreted as a generalization of well known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-28 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

A nonconforming linear element method is developed for a three-dimensional generalized tensor-valued Stokes equation associated with the Hessian complex in this paper. A discrete Helmholtz decomposition for the piecewise constant space of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Ziwen Gu , Xuehai Huang

This work focuses on the development of efficient solvers for the pseudo-stress formulation of the unsteady Stokes problem, discretised by means of a discontinuous Galerkin method on polytopal grids (PolyDG). The introduction of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Paola F. Antonietti , Alessandra Cancrini , Gabriele Ciaramella

In this paper, we propose a new virtual interpolation point method to formulate the discrete Stokes equations. We form virtual staggered structure for the velocity and pressure from the actual computation node set. The virtual interpolation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Seong-Kwan Park , Gahyung Jo , Hi Jun Choe