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Hardware implementations of complex functions regularly deploy piecewise polynomial approximations. This work determines the complete design space of piecewise polynomial approximations meeting a given accuracy specification. Knowledge of…
Composite basis functions for pyramidal elements on the spaces $H^1(\Omega)$, $H(\mathrm{curl},\Omega)$, $H(\mathrm{div},\Omega)$ and $L^2(\Omega)$ are presented. In particular, we construct the lowest-order composite pyramidal elements and…
This paper presents a nonconforming finite element approximation of the space of symmetric tensors with square integrable divergence, on tetrahedral meshes. Used for stress approximation together with the full space of piecewise linear…
Let $P_N(R)$ be the space of all real polynomials in $N$ variables with the usual inner product $<, >$ on it, given by integrating over the unit sphere. We start by deriving an explicit combinatorial formula for the bilinear form…
Recent developments in the context of minimum residual finite element methods are paving the way for designing finite element methods in non-standard function spaces. This, in particular, permits the selection of a solution space in which…
We consider the dimensions of finite type of representations of a partially ordered set, i.e. such that there is only finitely many isomorphism classes of representations of this dimension. We give a criterion for a dimension to be of…
We construct finite element de~Rham complexes of higher and possibly non-uniform polynomial order in finite element exterior calculus (FEEC). Starting from the finite element differential complex of lowest-order, known as the complex of…
We consider the approximation of the inverse of the finite element stiffness matrix in the data sparse $\mathcal{H}$-matrix format. For a large class of shape regular but possibly non-uniform meshes including graded meshes, we prove that…
A homogenization approach is one of effective strategies to solve multiscale elliptic problems approximately. The finite element heterogeneous multiscale method (FEHMM) which is based on the finite element makes possible to simulate such…
We discuss the concept of inner function in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces with an orthogonal basis of monomials and examine connections between inner functions and optimal polynomial approximants to $1/f$, where $f$ is a function in the…
We present a class of discretisation spaces and H(div)-conformal elements that can be built on any polytope. Bridging the flexibility of the Virtual Element spaces towards the element's shape with the divergence properties of the…
Many problems of theoretical and practical interest involve finding a convex or concave function. For instance, optimization problems such as finding the projection on the convex functions in $H^k(\Omega)$, or some problems in economics. In…
We present a novel family of $C^1$ quadrilateral finite elements, which define global $C^1$ spaces over a general quadrilateral mesh with vertices of arbitrary valency. The elements extend the construction by (Brenner and Sung, J. Sci.…
Finite element methods usually construct basis functions and quadrature rules for multidimensional domains via tensor products of one-dimensional counterparts. While straightforward, this approach results in integration spaces larger than…
We present a class of discretisation spaces and H(div)-conformal elements that can be built on any polytope. Bridging the flexibility of the Virtual Element spaces towards the element's shape with the divergence properties of the…
We study the gradient superconvergence of bilinear finite volume element (FVE) solving the elliptic problems. First, a superclose weak estimate is established for the bilinear form of the FVE method. Then, we prove that the gradient…
Using the method of equivariant moving frames, we present a procedure for constructing symmetry-preserving finite element methods for second-order ordinary differential equations. Using the method of lines, we then indicate how our…