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We develop a convergence theory of space-time discretizations for the linear, 2nd-order wave equation in polygonal domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, possibly occupied by piecewise homogeneous media with different propagation speeds.…

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A novel discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method is developed to solve time-dependent bi-harmonic type equations involving fourth derivatives in one and multiple space dimensions. We present the spatial DG discretization based on a mixed…

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We address the error control of Galerkin discretization (in space) of linear second order hyperbolic problems. More specifically, we derive a posteriori error bounds in the L\infty(L2)-norm for finite element methods for the linear wave…

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We establish fully-discrete a priori and semi-discrete in time a posteriori error estimates for a discontinuous-continuous Galerkin discretization of the wave equation in second order formulation; the resulting method is a Petrov-Galerkin…

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In this paper we establish best approximation property of fully discrete Galerkin solutions of second order parabolic problems on convex polygonal and polyhedral domains in the $L^\infty(I;W^{1,\infty}(\Om))$ norm. The discretization method…

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Variable-order time-fractional wave equations provide a flexible model for wave phenomena with evolving memory effects and anomalous temporal dynamics. Their numerical approximation is challenging because the variable-order fractional…

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We propose a piecewise-linear, time-stepping discontinuous Galerkin method to solve numerically a time fractional diffusion equation involving Caputo derivative of order $\mu\in (0,1)$ with variable coefficients. For the spatial…

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In this work, we present a new high order Discontinuous Galerkin time integration scheme for second-order (in time) differential systems that typically arise from the space discretization of the elastodynamics equation. By rewriting the…

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We introduce a family of proximal discontinuous Galerkin methods for variational inequalities, focusing on the obstacle problem as a didactic example. Each member of this family is born from applying a different well-known nonconforming…

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We establish rigorous \emph{a posteriori} error bounds for a space-time finite element method of arbitrary order discretising linear wave problems in second order formulation. The method combines standard finite elements in space and…

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We propose an efficient variant of a primal Discontinuous Galerkin method with interior penalty for the second order elliptic equations on very general meshes (polytopes with eventually curved boundaries). Efficiency, especially when higher…

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We consider a general linear parabolic problem with extended time boundary conditions (including initial value problems and periodic ones), and approximate it by the implicit Euler scheme in time and the Gradient Discretisation method in…

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In this paper we investigate a priori error estimates for the space-time Galerkin finite element discretization of an optimal control problem governed by a simplified linear gradient enhanced damage model. The model equations are of a…

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This work aims to construct an efficient and highly accurate numerical method to address the time singularity at $t=0$ involved in a class of time-fractional parabolic integro-partial differential equations in one and two dimensions. The…

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We consider the Serre system of equations which is a nonlinear dispersive system that models two-way propagation of long waves of not necessarily small amplitude on the surface of an ideal fluid in a channel. We discretize in space the…

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We consider a simple initial-boundary-value problem for the shallow water equations in one space dimension. We discretize the problem in space by the standard Galerkin finite element method on a quasiuniform mesh and in time by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-26 D. c. Antonopoulos , V. a. Dougalis , G. Kounadis

An $hp$-discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method is applied to a class of second order linear hyperbolic integro-differential equations. Based on the analysis of an expanded mixed type Ritz-Volterra projection, {\it a priori} $hp$-error estimates…

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We present a unified analysis for a family of variational time discretization methods, including discontinuous Galerkin methods and continuous Galerkin-Petrov methods, applied to non-stiff initial value problems. Besides the…

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