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On continuous and discrete maximum principles for elliptic problems with the third boundary condition
In this work, we present and discuss some continuous and discrete maximum principles for linear elliptic problems of the second order with the third boundary condition (almost never addressed to in the available literature in this context) solved by finite element and finite difference methods. Numerical tests are given
Non-negative mixed finite element formulations for a tensorial diffusion equation
We consider the tensorial diffusion equation, and address the discrete
maximum-minimum principle of mixed finite element formulations. In particular,
we address non-negative solutions (which is a special case of the
maximum-minimum principle) of mixed finite element formulations. The discrete
maximum-minimum principle is the discrete version of the maximum-minimum
principle.
In this paper we present two non-negative mixed finite element formulations
for tensorial diffusion equations based on constrained optimization techniques
(in particular, quadratic programming). These proposed mixed formulations
produce non-negative numerical solutions on arbitrary meshes for low-order
(i.e., linear, bilinear and trilinear) finite elements. The first formulation
is based on the Raviart-Thomas spaces, and is obtained by adding a non-negative
constraint to the variational statement of the Raviart-Thomas formulation. The
second non-negative formulation based on the variational multiscale
formulation.
For the former formulation we comment on the affect of adding the
non-negative constraint on the local mass balance property of the
Raviart-Thomas formulation. We also study the performance of the active set
strategy for solving the resulting constrained optimization problems. The
overall performance of the proposed formulation is illustrated on three
canonical test problems.Comment: 40 pages using amsart style file, and 15 figure
The cutoff method for the numerical computation of nonnegative solutions of parabolic PDEs with application to anisotropic diffusion and lubrication-type equations
The cutoff method, which cuts off the values of a function less than a given
number, is studied for the numerical computation of nonnegative solutions of
parabolic partial differential equations. A convergence analysis is given for a
broad class of finite difference methods combined with cutoff for linear
parabolic equations. Two applications are investigated, linear anisotropic
diffusion problems satisfying the setting of the convergence analysis and
nonlinear lubrication-type equations for which it is unclear if the convergence
analysis applies. The numerical results are shown to be consistent with the
theory and in good agreement with existing results in the literature. The
convergence analysis and applications demonstrate that the cutoff method is an
effective tool for use in the computation of nonnegative solutions. Cutoff can
also be used with other discretization methods such as collocation, finite
volume, finite element, and spectral methods and for the computation of
positive solutions.Comment: 19 pages, 41 figure
The nonconforming virtual element method for eigenvalue problems
We analyse the nonconforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the
approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problems. The nonconforming VEM allow to
treat in the same formulation the two- and three-dimensional case.We present
two possible formulations of the discrete problem, derived respectively by the
nonstabilized and stabilized approximation of the L^2-inner product, and we
study the convergence properties of the corresponding discrete eigenvalue
problem. The proposed schemes provide a correct approximation of the spectrum,
in particular we prove optimal-order error estimates for the eigenfunctions and
the usual double order of convergence of the eigenvalues. Finally we show a
large set of numerical tests supporting the theoretical results, including a
comparison with the conforming Virtual Element choice
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