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We develop a theoretical framework for the analysis of stabilized cut finite element methods for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a manifold embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$ of arbitrary codimension. The method is based on using continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-07 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Andre Massing

We prove a Hardy inequality for uniformly elliptic operators subject to Dirichlet or mixed boundary conditions on domains $\Omega$ with piecewiese smooth boundary in arbitrary Riemannian Manifolds (M, g). Employing an approach of E.B.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-22 Nils Rautenberg

We derive error estimates for the piecewise linear finite element approximation of the Laplace--Beltrami operator on a bounded, orientable, $C^3$, surface without boundary on general shape regular meshes. As an application, we consider a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-15 Johnny Guzman , Alexandre Madureira , Marcus Sarkis , Shawn Walker

The Laplace-Beltrami problem on closed surfaces embedded in three dimensions arises in many areas of physics, including molecular dynamics (surface diffusion), electromagnetics (harmonic vector fields), and fluid dynamics (vesicle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Tristan Goodwill , Michael O'Neil

It is shown that eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operators on compact Riemannian manifolds can be determined as limits of eigenvalues of certain finite-dimensional operators in spaces of polyharmonic functions with singularities. In…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Isaac Z. Pesenson

We study a discrete model of the Laplacian in $\mathbb{R}^2$ that preserves the geometric structure of the original continual object. This means that, speaking of a discrete model, we do not mean just the direct replacement of differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-10-05 Volodymyr Sushch

We develop a stabilized discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator that is used to compute an approximate mean curvature vector which enjoys convergence of order one in L2. The stabilization is of gradient jump type and we consider both standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-14 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Sara Zahedi

This paper is concerned with the construction of discrete counterparts of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on Riemannian manifolds that can be effectively used in the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Since existing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Mihai Bucataru , Dragoş Manea

We prove uniform $L^p$ estimates for resolvents of higher order elliptic self-adjoint differential operators on compact manifolds without boundary, generalizing a corresponding resul of [3] in the case of Laplace-- Beltrami operators on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-02 Katsiaryna Krupchyk , Gunther Uhlmann

Consider a surface $\Omega$ with a boundary obtained by gluing together a finite number of equilateral triangles, or squares, along their boundaries, equipped with a flat unitary vector bundle. Let $\Omega^{\delta}$ be the discretization of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 Konstantin Izyurov , Mikhail Khristoforov

We study combinatorial Laplacians on rectangular subgraphs of $ \epsilon \mathbb{Z}^2 $ that approximate Laplace-Beltrami operators of Riemannian metrics as $ \epsilon \rightarrow 0 $. These laplacians arise as follows: we define the notion…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-01-12 Ananth Sridhar

We obtain a unified theory of discrete minimal surfaces based on discrete holomorphic quadratic differentials via a Weierstrass representation. Our discrete holomorphic quadratic differential are invariant under M\"{o}bius transformations.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-05 Wai Yeung Lam

Delaunay flip is an elegant, simple tool to convert a triangulation of a point set to its Delaunay triangulation. The technique has been researched extensively for full dimensional triangulations of point sets. However, an important case of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-12-13 Siu-Wing Cheng , Tamal K. Dey

The fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}$ is the prototypical non-local elliptic operator. While analytical theory has been advanced and understood for some time, there remain many open problems in the numerical analysis of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-02 Yanghong Huang , Adam Oberman

In this paper we build the structure equations and the integrable systems for a discrete centroaffine indefinite surface in $\R^3$. At the same time, some centroaffine invariants are obtained according to the structure equations. Using…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Yun Yang , Yanhua Yu

We develop a discontinuous cut finite element method (CutFEM) for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a hypersurface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$. The method is constructed by using a discontinuous piecewise linear finite element space defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-22 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Andre Massing

Eigenvalue problems are fundamental to mathematics and science. We present a simple algorithm for determining eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace--Beltrami operator on rather general curved surfaces. Our algorithm, which is based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-09-13 Colin B. Macdonald , Jeremy Brandman , Steven J. Ruuth

A practical solution for the mathematical problem of functional calculus with Laplace-Beltrami operator on surfaces with axial symmetry is found. A quantitative analysis of the spectrum is presented.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Prodan

We prove that the nodal set (zero set) of a solution of a generalized Dirac equation on a Riemannian manifold has codimension 2 at least. If the underlying manifold is a surface, then the nodal set is discrete. We obtain a quick proof of…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Christian Baer

The conjugate function method is an algorithm for numerical computation of conformal mappings for simply and multiply connected domains. In this paper, the conjugate function method is extended to cover conformal mappings between Riemannian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Harri Hakula , Antti Rasila