Error analysis of a finite element scheme for parametric mean curvature flow based on the DeTurck trick

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Main Authors: Deckelnick, Klaus, Styles, Vanessa
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Published: 2026
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author Deckelnick, Klaus
Styles, Vanessa
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Styles, Vanessa
contents The paper is concerned with the error analysis of a numerical scheme for the approximation of parametric mean curvature flow. The scheme we study is based on a reparametrization using the DeTurck trick and was proposed by Elliott and Fritz in [15]. In the semidiscrete case, for a spatial discretization by finite elements of order $k \geq 2$ we prove an optimal $H^1$-error estimate for the position vector. We present numerical experiments that confirm this error bound and demonstrate that the scheme has good properties with respect to the distribution of mesh points as already observed in [15].
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spellingShingle Error analysis of a finite element scheme for parametric mean curvature flow based on the DeTurck trick
Deckelnick, Klaus
Styles, Vanessa
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
65M60, 65M15, 35K93
The paper is concerned with the error analysis of a numerical scheme for the approximation of parametric mean curvature flow. The scheme we study is based on a reparametrization using the DeTurck trick and was proposed by Elliott and Fritz in [15]. In the semidiscrete case, for a spatial discretization by finite elements of order $k \geq 2$ we prove an optimal $H^1$-error estimate for the position vector. We present numerical experiments that confirm this error bound and demonstrate that the scheme has good properties with respect to the distribution of mesh points as already observed in [15].
title Error analysis of a finite element scheme for parametric mean curvature flow based on the DeTurck trick
topic Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
65M60, 65M15, 35K93
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21445