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Regular polynomial interpolation and approximation of global solutions of linear partial differential equations
We consider regular polynomial interpolation algorithms on recursively
defined sets of interpolation points which approximate global solutions of
arbitrary well-posed systems of linear partial differential equations.
Convergence of the 'limit' of the recursively constructed family of
polynomials to the solution and error estimates are obtained from a priori
estimates for some standard classes of linear partial differential equations,
i.e. elliptic and hyperbolic equations. Another variation of the algorithm
allows to construct polynomial interpolations which preserve systems of linear
partial differential equations at the interpolation points. We show how this
can be applied in order to compute higher order terms of WKB-approximations of
fundamental solutions of a large class of linear parabolic equations. The error
estimates are sensitive to the regularity of the solution. Our method is
compatible with recent developments for solution of higher dimensional partial
differential equations, i.e. (adaptive) sparse grids, and weighted Monte-Carlo,
and has obvious applications to mathematical finance and physics.Comment: 28 page
Finite element methods for surface PDEs
In this article we consider finite element methods for approximating the solution of partial differential equations on surfaces. We focus on surface finite elements on triangulated surfaces, implicit surface methods using level set descriptions of the surface, unfitted finite element methods and diffuse interface methods. In order to formulate the methods we present the necessary geometric analysis and, in the context of evolving surfaces, the necessary transport formulae. A wide variety of equations and applications are covered. Some ideas of the numerical analysis are presented along with illustrative numerical examples
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