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Main Author: Arnold, Douglas N.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0212391
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author Arnold, Douglas N.
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contents Differential complexes such as the de Rham complex have recently come to play an important role in the design and analysis of numerical methods for partial differential equations. The design of stable discretizations of systems of partial differential equations often hinges on capturing subtle aspects of the structure of the system in the discretization. In many cases the differential geometric structure captured by a differential complex has proven to be a key element, and a discrete differential complex which is appropriately related to the original complex is essential. This new geometric viewpoint has provided a unifying understanding of a variety of innovative numerical methods developed over recent decades and pointed the way to stable discretizations of problems for which none were previously known, and it appears likely to play an important role in attacking some currently intractable problems in numerical PDE.
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Arnold, Douglas N.
Numerical Analysis
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Differential complexes such as the de Rham complex have recently come to play an important role in the design and analysis of numerical methods for partial differential equations. The design of stable discretizations of systems of partial differential equations often hinges on capturing subtle aspects of the structure of the system in the discretization. In many cases the differential geometric structure captured by a differential complex has proven to be a key element, and a discrete differential complex which is appropriately related to the original complex is essential. This new geometric viewpoint has provided a unifying understanding of a variety of innovative numerical methods developed over recent decades and pointed the way to stable discretizations of problems for which none were previously known, and it appears likely to play an important role in attacking some currently intractable problems in numerical PDE.
title Differential complexes and numerical stability
topic Numerical Analysis
65N12
url https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0212391