717 research outputs found
On Basis Constructions in Finite Element Exterior Calculus
We give a systematic and self-contained account of the construction of
geometrically decomposed bases and degrees of freedom in finite element
exterior calculus. In particular, we elaborate upon a previously overlooked
basis for one of the families of finite element spaces, which is of interest
for implementations. Moreover, we give details for the construction of
isomorphisms and duality pairings between finite element spaces. These
structural results show, for example, how to transfer linear dependencies
between canonical spanning sets, or give a new derivation of the degrees of
freedom
Complexes of Discrete Distributional Differential Forms and their Homology Theory
Complexes of discrete distributional differential forms are introduced into
finite element exterior calculus. Thus we generalize a notion of Braess and
Sch\"oberl, originally studied for a posteriori error estimation. We construct
isomorphisms between the simplicial homology groups of the triangulation, the
discrete harmonic forms of the finite element complex, and the harmonic forms
of the distributional finite element complexes. As an application, we prove
that the complexes of finite element exterior calculus have cohomology groups
isomorphic to the de Rham cohomology, including the case of partial boundary
conditions. Poincar\'e-Friedrichs-type inequalities will be studied in a
subsequent contribution.Comment: revised preprint, 26 page
Higher-order chain rules for tensor fields, generalized Bell polynomials, and estimates in Orlicz-Sobolev-Slobodeckij and bounded variation spaces
We describe higher-order chain rules for multivariate functions and tensor
fields. We estimate Sobolev-Slobodeckij norms, Musielak-Orlicz norms, and the
total variation seminorms of the higher derivatives of tensor fields after a
change of variables and determine sufficient regularity conditions for the
coordinate change. We also introduce a novel higher-order chain rule for
composition chains of multivariate functions that is described via nested set
partitions and generalized Bell polynomials; it is a natural extension of the
Fa\`a di Bruno formula. Our discussion uses the coordinate-free language of
tensor calculus and includes Fr\'echet-differentiable mappings between Banach
spaces.Comment: Submitte
Symmetry and Invariant Bases in Finite Element Exterior Calculus
We study symmetries of bases and spanning sets in finite element exterior
calculus using representation theory. The group of affine symmetries of a
simplex is isomorphic to a permutation group and represented on simplicial
finite element spaces by the pullback action. We want to know which
vector-valued finite element spaces have bases that are invariant under
permutation of vertex indices. We determine a natural notion of invariance and
sufficient conditions on the dimension and polynomial degree for the existence
of invariant bases. We conjecture that these conditions are necessary too. We
utilize Djokovic and Malzan's classification of monomial irreducible
representations of the symmetric group and use symmetries of the geometric
decomposition and canonical isomorphisms of the finite element spaces.
Invariant bases are constructed in dimensions two and three for different
spaces of finite element differential forms.Comment: 27 pages. Submitte
Smoothed projections over manifolds in finite element exterior calculus
We develop commuting finite element projections over smooth Riemannian
manifolds. This extension of finite element exterior calculus establishes the
stability and convergence of finite element methods for the Hodge-Laplace
equation on manifolds. The commuting projections use localized mollification
operators, building upon a classical construction by de Rham. These projections
are uniformly bounded on Lebesgue spaces of differential forms and map onto
intrinsic finite element spaces defined with respect to an intrinsic smooth
triangulation of the manifold. We analyze the Galerkin approximation error.
Since practical computations use extrinsic finite element methods over
approximate computational manifolds, we also analyze the geometric error
incurred.Comment: Submitted. 31 page
Constructing collars in paracompact Hausdorff spaces and Lipschitz estimates
We give a constructive proof for the following new collar theorem: every
locally collared closed set that is paracompact in a Hausdorff space is
collared. This includes the important special case of locally collared closed
sets in paracompact Hausdorff spaces. Importantly, we use Stone's result that
every open cover of a paracompact space has an open locally finite refinement
which is the countable union of discrete families. Furthermore, in the LIP
category, our construction yields collars that are locally bi-Lipschitz
embeddings. If the initial data satisfy uniform estimates, then this collar is
even bi-Lipschitz onto its image and we explicitly bound the constants. We also
provide partitions of unity whose Lipschitz constants are bounded by the
Lebesgue constant and the order of the cover.Comment: Feedback welcom
LOCOMOTOR FUNCTION OF SCALES AND AXIAL SKELETON IN MIDDLE–LATE TRIASSIC SPECIES OF SAURICHTHYS (ACTINOPTERYGII)
Starting in the Late Permian, the “Triassic osteichthyan revolution” gave rise to several new morphotypes of actinopterygians, including the iconic barracuda-shaped predator Saurichthys. About 50 species, from 10 cm to over 1.5 m long, are known from mainly marine deposits worldwide. Despite current interest in Saurichthys, freshwater species and those from late Middle to early Late Triassic remain understudied. We document the postcranial morphology of three small to mid-sized (15–45 cm) species from this timeframe represented by sufficiently complete individuals: Saurichthys orientalis Sytchevskaya, 1999, from lacustrine deposits of the Madygen Formation (late Ladinian/Carnian); S. striolatus (Bronn, 1858) from the fully marine Predil Limestone (early Carnian); and S. calcaratus Griffith, 1977, from the terrigenously influenced coastal environment of the Lunz Formation (middle Carnian). S. orientalis resembles early saurichthyids in having six rows of large, thick ganoid scales; fins with segmented lepidotrichia; and flank scales relating to dorsal vertebral elements as 1:2. S. calcaratus and S. striolatus share unsegmented fin rays and a reduced scale cover with well-ossified but narrow mid-dorsal and mid-ventral scales and small, thin flank scales, relating to the dorsal arcualia as 1:1. Ventral arcualia are first described for S. calcaratus and S. striolatus, where they change in shape and number at the abdominal-caudal transition. In all three species, force transmission to the tail fin is enhanced by the caudal peduncle strengthened by a stiff structure arising from interlocking or fusion of the last enlarged mid-dorsal and mid-ventral scales (scutes), while the vertebral column remains rather lightly built
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