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Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-11 Leonardo A. Poveda , Sebastian Huepo , Victor M. Calo , Juan Galvis

The main purpose of this article is to develop a novel refinement strategy for four-dimensional hybrid meshes based on cubic pyramids. This optimal refinement strategy subdivides a given cubic pyramid into a conforming set of congruent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-18 Miroslav S. Petrov , Todor D. Todorov , Gage S. Walters , David M. Williams , Freddie D. Witherden

The symmetries of surfaces which can be embedded into the symmetries of the 3-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^3$ are easier to feel by human's intuition. We give the maximum order of finite group actions on $(\mathbb{R}^3, \Sigma)$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-04-24 Chao Wang , Shicheng Wang , Yimu Zhang , Bruno Zimmermann

A higher-order accurate finite element method is proposed which uses automatically generated meshes based on implicit level-set data for the description of boundaries and interfaces in two and three dimensions. The method is an alternative…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-06-06 T. P. Fries

A ringed finite space is a ringed space whose underlying topological space is finite. The category of ringed finite spaces contains, fully faithfully, the category of finite topological spaces and the category of affine schemes. Any ringed…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-13 Fernando Sancho de Salas

Computational analysis with the finite element method requires geometrically accurate meshes. It is well known that high-order meshes can accurately capture curved surfaces with fewer degrees of freedom in comparison to low-order meshes.…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Ketan Mittal , Veselin A. Dobrev , Patrick Knupp , Tzanio Kolev , Franck Ledoux , Claire Roche , Vladimir Z. Tomov

We construct finite element Stokes complexes on tetrahedral meshes in three-dimensional space. In the lowest order case, the finite elements in the complex have 4, 18, 16, and 1 degrees of freedom, respectively. As a consequence, we obtain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Kaibo Hu , Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

In this work, merging ideas from compatible discretisations and polyhedral methods, we construct novel fully discrete polynomial de Rham sequences of arbitrary degree on polygons and polyhedra. The spaces and operators that appear in these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou , Francesca Rapetti

We discuss the construction of finite element spaces of differential forms which satisfy the crucial assumptions of the finite element exterior calculus, namely that they can be assembled into subcomplexes of the de Rham complex which admit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold

We examine the dimensions of various inf-sup stable mixed finite element spaces on tetrahedral meshes in 3D with exact divergence constraints. More precisely, we compare the standard Scott-Vogelius elements of higher polynomial degree and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 L. Ridgway Scott , Tabea Tscherpel

This study investigates high-order face and edge elements in finite element methods, with a focus on their geometric attributes, indexing management, and practical application. The exposition begins by a geometric decomposition of Lagrange…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Chunyu Chen , Long Chen , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

A new subspace of Morrey spaces whose elements can be approximated by infinitely differentiable compactly supported functions is introduced. Consequently, we give an explicit description of the closure of the set of such functions in Morrey…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-04 Alexandre Almeida , Stefan Samko

We introduce a novel method for bounding high-order multi-dimensional polynomials in finite element approximations. The method involves precomputing optimal piecewise-linear bounding boxes for polynomial basis functions, which can then be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Tarik Dzanic , Tzanio Kolev , Ketan Mittal

In this paper we will develop a family of non-conforming "Crouzeix-Raviart" type finite elements in three dimensions. They consist of local polynomials of maximal degree $p\in\mathbb{N}$ on simplicial finite element meshes while certain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-10 Patrick Ciarlet , Charles F. Dunkl , Stefan A. Sauter

We introduce the family of trimmed serendipity finite element differential form spaces, defined on cubical meshes in any number of dimensions, for any polynomial degree, and for any form order. The relation between the trimmed serendipity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-08 Andrew Gillette , Tyler Kloefkorn

We approximate functionals depending on the gradient of $u$ and on the behaviour of $u$ near the discontinuity points, by families of non-local functionals where the gradient is replaced by finite differences. We prove pointwise…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Massimo Gobbino , Maria Giovanna Mora

We study countable embedding-universal and homomorphism-universal structures and unify results related to both of these notions. We show that many universal and ultrahomogeneous structures allow a concise description (called here a finite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-09-06 Jan Hubicka

We consider families of finite elements on polygonal meshes, that are defined implicitly on each mesh cell as solutions of local Poisson problems with polynomial data. Functions in the local space on each mesh cell are evaluated via…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Akash Anand , Jeffrey S. Ovall , Steffen Weisser

We give a linear upper bound on the number of distinct volume-equivalent frameworks of bipyramids, up to rigid motions. As a corollary, we show that global volume rigidity is not a generic property of simplicial complexes.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Jack Southgate

This paper constructs a unified family of nonconforming finite element spaces for $H\Lambda^k$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($0\leqslant k\leqslant n$, $n\geqslant 1$). The spaces employ piecewise Whitney forms as shape functions, and include the…

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