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The proximal Galerkin finite element method is a high-order, low-iteration complexity, nonlinear numerical method that preserves the geometric and algebraic structure of point-wise bound constraints in infinite-dimensional function spaces.…

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We introduce the proximal Galerkin (PG) method for non-symmetric variational inequalities. The proposed approach is asymptotically mesh-independent and yields constraint-preserving approximations. We present both a conforming PG formulation…

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The proximal Galerkin (PG) method is a finite element method for solving variational problems with inequality constraints. It has several advantages, including constraint-preserving approximations and mesh independence. This paper presents…

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Complementarity problems and variational inequalities arise in a wide variety of areas, including machine learning, planning, game theory, and physical simulation. In all of these areas, to handle large-scale problem instances, we need fast…

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We present a new approach to using neural networks to approximate the solutions of variational equations, based on the adaptive construction of a sequence of finite-dimensional subspaces whose basis functions are realizations of a sequence…

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We leverage the proximal Galerkin algorithm (Keith and Surowiec, Foundations of Computational Mathematics, 2024, DOI: 10.1007/s10208-024-09681-8), a recently introduced mesh-independent algorithm, to obtain a high-order finite element…

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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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In this paper, we develop an efficient preconditioned unfitted finite element method for the elliptic interface problem, based on the reconstructed discontinuous approximation. The approximation method for interface problems is originally…

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We introduce an immersed high-order discontinuous Galerkin method for solving the compressible Navier-Stokes equations on non-boundary-fitted meshes. The flow equations are discretised with a mixed discontinuous Galerkin formulation and are…

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The phase-field method has emerged as a powerful tool for simulating fracture mechanics, yet it presents significant numerical challenges, particularly regarding the enforcement of physical constraints such as irreversibility and…

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We propose a high-order adaptive numerical solver for the semilinear elliptic boundary value problem modelling magnetic plasma equilibrium in axisymmetric confinement devices. In the fixed boundary case, the equation is posed on curved…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-05-28 Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet , Manuel E. Solano , Antoine J. Cerfon

We develop a stabilized cut discontinuous Galerkin framework for the numerical solution of el- liptic boundary value and interface problems on complicated domains. The domain of interest is embedded in a structured, unfitted background mesh…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Ceren Gürkan , André Massing

We present a computational model of thin elastic bilayers that undergo large bending isometric deformations when actuated by non-mechanical stimuli. We propose a discontinuous Galerkin approximation of the variational formulation discussed…

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An interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin method is devised to approximate minimizers of a linear folding model by discontinuous isoparametric finite element functions that account for an approximation of a folding arc. The numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-13 Sören Bartels , Andrea Bonito , Philipp Tscherner

We propose a boundary-corrected weak Galerkin mixed finite element method for solving elliptic interface problems in 2D domains with curved interfaces. The method is formulated on body-fitted polygonal meshes, where interface edges are…

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In this work, we establish that discontinuous Galerkin methods are capable of producing reliable approximations for a broad class of nonlinear variational problems. In particular, we demonstrate that these schemes provide essential…

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Mathematical modeling at the level of the full cardiovascular system requires the numerical approximation of solutions to a one-dimensional nonlinear hyperbolic system describing flow in a single vessel. This model is often simulated by…

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A reduced model for large deformations of prestrained plates consists of minimizing a second order bending energy subject to a nonconvex metric constraint. The former involves the second fundamental form of the middle plate and the later is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Andrea Bonito , Diane Guignard , Ricardo H. Nochetto , Shuo Yang

A Petrov-Galerkin finite element method is constructed for a singularly perturbed elliptic problem in two space dimensions. The solution contains a regular boundary layer and two characteristic boundary layers. Exponential splines are used…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-02 Alan F. Hegarty , Eugene O'Riordan

We propose a new discontinuous Galerkin (dG) method for a geometrically nonlinear Kirchhoff plate model for large isometric bending deformations. The minimization problem is nonconvex due to the isometry constraint. We present a practical…

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