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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,…
A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…
A numerical scheme is presented for approximating fractional order Poisson problems in two and three dimensions. The scheme is based on reformulating the original problem posed over $\Omega$ on the extruded domain…
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…
In this work, we develop and analyze a higher-order finite element method for the multidimensional fragmentation equation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to establish a rigorous, conforming finite element framework…
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We consider fourth order singularly perturbed boundary value problems with two small parameters, and the approximation of their solution by the $hp$ version of the Finite Element Method on the {\emph{Spectral Boundary Layer}} mesh from…
This article concerns the weak Galerkin mixed finite element method (WG-MFEM) for second order elliptic equations on 2D domains with curved boundary. The Neumann boundary condition is considered since it becomes the essential boundary…
This paper proposes hybrid high-order eigensolvers for the computation of guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds. These bounds display higher order convergence rates and are accessible to adaptive mesh-refining algorithms. The involved…
This paper studies the complexity of finding an $\epsilon$-stationary point for stochastic bilevel optimization when the upper-level problem is nonconvex and the lower-level problem is strongly convex. Recent work proposed the first-order…
The performance evaluation of a potentially unstable slope involves two key components: the initiation of the slope failure and the post-failure runout. The Finite Element Method (FEM) excels at modeling the initiation of instability but…
Multiple scale homogenization problems are reduced to single scale problems in higher dimension. It is shown that sparse tensor product Finite Element Methods (FEM) allow the numerical solution in complexity independent of the dimension and…
We present a one-dimensional high-order moving-mesh finite element method for moving boundary problems where the boundary velocity depends implicitly on the solution in the interior of the domain. The method employs a conservative arbitrary…
We present a multiscale mixed finite element method for solving second order elliptic equations with general $L^{\infty}$-coefficients arising from flow in highly heterogeneous porous media. Our approach is based on a multiscale spectral…
The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a well-established procedure for computing approximate solutions to deterministic engineering problems described by partial differential equations. FEM produces discrete approximations of the solution with…
Motivated by problems where the response is needed at select localized regions in a large computational domain, we devise a novel finite element discretization that results in exponential convergence at pre-selected points. The two key…
A challenging difficulty in solving the radial Dirac eigenvalue problem numerically is the presence of spurious (unphysical) eigenvalues among the correct ones that are neither related to mathematical interpretations nor to physical…
This paper presents a novel approach for solving fourth-order phase-field models in brittle fracture mechanics using the Interior Penalty Finite Element Method (IP-FEM). The fourth-order model improves numerical stability and accuracy…
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…
The aim of the paper is to introduce a new systematic method that can produce lower bounds for eigenvalues. The main idea is to use nonconforming finite element methods. The general conclusion herein is that if local approximation…