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In this paper, we define new unfitted finite element methods for numerically approximating the solution of surface partial differential equations using bulk finite elements. The key idea is that the $n$-dimensional hypersurface, $\Gamma…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

The discretization of surface intrinsic PDEs has challenges that one might not face in the flat space. The closest point method (CPM) is an embedding method that represents surfaces using a function that maps points in the flat space to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Alireza Yazdani , Ronald D. Haynes , Steven J. Ruuth

This thesis presents new mathematical algorithms for the numerical solution of a mathematical problem class called \emph{dynamic optimization problems}. These are mathematical optimization problems, i.e., problems in which numbers are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-22 Martin Peter Neuenhofen

An abstract property (H) is the key to a complete a priori error analysis in the (discrete) energy norm for several nonstandard finite element methods in the recent work [Lowest-order equivalent nonstandard finite element methods for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Carsten Carstensen , Benedikt Gräßle , Neela Nataraj

We present a discrete Helmholtz--Hodge decomposition for H(div)-conforming Brezzi--Douglas--Marini (BDM) finite elements on triangulated surfaces of arbitrary topology. The divergence-free BDM subspace is split L2-orthogonally into rotated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Tim Brüers , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Tim van Beeck , Max Wardetzky

We present in this paper a rigorous theoretical framework to show stability, convergence and accuracy of improved edge-based and face-based smoothed finite element methods (bESFEM and bFS-FEM) for nearly-incompressible elasticity problems.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-26 Thanh Hai Ong , Claire E. Heaney , Chang-Kye Lee , G. R. Liu , H. Nguyen-Xuan

We suggest a finite element method for computing minimal surfaces based on computing a discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator operating on the coordinates of the surface. The surface is a discrete representation of the zero level set of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-17 Mirza Cenanovic , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

The Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM) is a technique in which approximation spaces are constructed using a semi-analytical approach. They are based on partitions of the computational domain by polygonal/polyhedral subregions,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Karolinne O. Coelho , Philippe R. B. Devloo , Sonia M. Gomes

We propose a stabilized Nitsche-based cut finite element formulation for the Oseen problem in which the boundary of the domain is allowed to cut through the elements of an easy-to-generate background mesh. Our formulation is based on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-30 Andre Massing , Benedikt Schott , Wolfgang A. Wall

In this paper we consider a class of robust multilevel precontioners for the Helmholtz equation with high wave number. The key idea in this work is to use the continuous interior penalty finite element methods (CIP-FEM) studied in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-26 Huangxin Chen , Haijun Wu , Xuejun Xu

A proof of convergence is given for semi- and full discretizations of mean curvature flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces. The numerical method proposed and studied here combines evolving finite elements, whose nodes determine the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-27 Balázs Kovács , Buyang Li , Christian Lubich

Obtaining high-precision guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds remains difficult, even though the standard high-order conforming finite element (FEM) easily yields extremely sharp upper bounds. Recently developed rigorous approaches using such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Xuefeng Liu , Michael Plum

We study the problem of learning high dimensional regression models regularized by a structured-sparsity-inducing penalty that encodes prior structural information on either input or output sides. We consider two widely adopted types of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-02-20 Xi Chen , Qihang Lin , Seyoung Kim , Jaime G. Carbonell , Eric P. Xing

We consider the discretization of a stationary Stokes interface problem in a velocity-pressure formulation. The interface is described implicitly as the zero level of a scalar function as it is common in level set based methods. Hence, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-16 Philip Lederer , Carl-Martin Pfeiler , Christoph Wintersteiger , Christoph Lehrenfeld

We present a finite element analysis of electrical impedance tomography for reconstructing the conductivity distribution from electrode voltage measurements by means of Tikhonov regularization. Two popular choices of the penalty term, i.e.,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Matthias Gehre , Bangti Jin , Xiliang Lu

In this article, we present a cut finite element method for two-phase Navier-Stokes flows. The main feature of the method is the formulation of a unified continuous interior penalty stabilisation approach for, on the one hand, stabilising…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Susanne Claus , Pierre Kerfriden

In this paper, we discuss approximating the eigenvalue problem of biharmonic equation. We first present an equivalent mixed formulation which admits amiable nested discretization. Then, we construct multi-level finite element schemes by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-20 Shuo Zhang , Yingxia Xi , Xia Ji

We analyse and improve the volume-penalty method, a simple and versatile way to model objects in fluid flows. The volume-penalty method is a kind of fictitious-domain method that approximates no-slip boundary conditions with rapid linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-09 Eric W. Hester , Geoffrey M. Vasil , Keaton J. Burns

The Hessian discretisation method (HDM) for fourth order linear elliptic equations provides a unified convergence analysis framework based on three properties namely coercivity, consistency, and limit-conformity. Some examples that fit in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-31 Devika Shylaja

In this paper, we develop a residual-type a posteriori error estimation for an interior penalty virtual element method (IPVEM) for the Kirchhoff plate bending problem. Building on the work in \cite{FY2023IPVEM}, we adopt a modified discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Fang Feng , Yuming Hu , Yue Yu , Jikun Zhao