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Constructions of some minimal finite element systems
Within the framework of finite element systems, we show how spaces of
differential forms may be constructed, in such a way that they are equipped
with commuting interpolators and contain prescribed functions, and are minimal
under these constraints. We show how various known mixed finite element spaces
fulfill such a design principle, including trimmed polynomial differential
forms, serendipity elements and TNT elements. We also comment on virtual
element methods and provide a dimension formula for minimal compatible finite
element systems containing polynomials of a given degree on hypercubes.Comment: Various minor changes, based on suggestions of paper referee
Generalized Finite Element Systems for smooth differential forms and Stokes problem
We provide both a general framework for discretizing de Rham sequences of
differential forms of high regularity, and some examples of finite element
spaces that fit in the framework. The general framework is an extension of the
previously introduced notion of Finite Element Systems, and the examples
include conforming mixed finite elements for Stokes' equation. In dimension 2
we detail four low order finite element complexes and one infinite family of
highorder finite element complexes. In dimension 3 we define one low order
complex, which may be branched into Whitney forms at a chosen index. Stokes
pairs with continuous or discontinuous pressure are provided in arbitrary
dimension. The finite element spaces all consist of composite polynomials. The
framework guarantees some nice properties of the spaces, in particular the
existence of commuting interpolators. It also shows that some of the examples
are minimal spaces.Comment: v1: 27 pages. v2: 34 pages. Numerous details added. v3: 44 pages. 8
figures and several comments adde
Compatible finite element methods for numerical weather prediction
This article takes the form of a tutorial on the use of a particular class of
mixed finite element methods, which can be thought of as the finite element
extension of the C-grid staggered finite difference method. The class is often
referred to as compatible finite elements, mimetic finite elements, discrete
differential forms or finite element exterior calculus. We provide an
elementary introduction in the case of the one-dimensional wave equation,
before summarising recent results in applications to the rotating shallow water
equations on the sphere, before taking an outlook towards applications in
three-dimensional compressible dynamical cores.Comment: To appear in ECMWF Seminar proceedings 201
Stable modification of relative curves
We generalize theorems of Deligne-Mumford and de Jong on semi-stable
modifications of families of proper curves. The main result states that after a
generically \'etale alteration of the base any (not necessarily proper) family
of multipointed curves with semi-stable generic fiber admits a minimal
semi-stable modification. The latter can also be characterized by the property
that its geometric fibers have no certain exceptional components. The main step
of our proof is uniformization of one-dimensional extensions of valued fields.
Riemann-Zariski spaces are then used to obtain the result over any integral
base.Comment: 60 pages, third version, the paper was revised due to referee's
report, section 2 was divided into sections 2 and 6, to appear in JA
Troesch complexes and extensions of strict polynomial functors
We develop a new approach of extension calculus in the category of strict
polynomial functors, based on Troesch complexes. We obtain new short elementary
proofs of numerous classical Ext-computations as well as new results.
In particular, we get a cohomological version of the `fundamental theorems'
from classical invariant invariant theory for GL_n for n big enough (and we
give a conjecture for smaller values of n).
We also study the `twisting spectral sequence' E^{s,t}(F,G,r) converging to
the extension groups Ext^*(F^{(r)}, G^{(r)}) between the twisted functors
F^{(r)} and G^{(r)}. Many classical Ext-computations simply amount to the
collapsing of this spectral sequence at the second page (for lacunary reasons),
and it is also a convenient tool to study the effect of the Frobenius twist on
Ext-groups. We prove many cases of collapsing, and we conjecture collapsing is
a general fact.Comment: Revised version, 46 pages. Mathematics unchanged. Typos corrected,
Appendix 9 on Troesch complexes improve
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