Constructions of some minimal finite element systems

DOI10.1051/M2AN/2015089MaRDI QIDQ2814660zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Snorre H. Christiansen, Andrew Gillette

Publication date 22 June 2016

Published in European Series in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (ESAIM): Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.04670

zbMATH Keywords

differential formsfinite element systemsserendipity elementsTNT elementsvirtual element methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30)

Abstract: 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.

Review text

Introducing the main concepts of finite element systems (FES), this study is focused on minimal compatible FES (mcFES) which has three key properties that it is compatible, it contains certain prescribed functions, and it has the smallest dimension among all possible FES with these properties. Following the results announced without proofs by the first author [C. R., Math., Acad. Sci. Paris 348, No. 3--4, 217--221 (2010; Zbl 1186.65148)], it is shown here how the dimension of an mcFES can be computed in terms of certain cohomology groups and how an mcFES that contains a given set of functions can be constructed, within a larger compatible FES. This analysis and construction process is applied to the trimmed polynomial spaces defined by \textit{R. Hiptmair} [Math. Comput. 68, No. 228, 1325--1346 (1999; Zbl 0938.65132)], the serendipity spaces defined by \textit{D. N. Arnold} and \textit{G. Awanou} [Math. Comput. 83, No. 288, 1551--1570 (2014; Zbl 1297.65142)] and the TNT elements, defined by \textit{B. Cockburn} and \textit{W. Qiu} [Math. Comput. 83, No. 286, 603--633 (2014; Zbl 1290.65109)]. A dimension formula for mcFES containing polynomials of a given degree on hypercubes is also presented here.

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