An analysis of finite volume, finite element, and finite difference methods using some concepts from algebraic topology

DOI10.1006/jcph.1997.5656zbMath0878.65091OpenAlexW2045830327MaRDI QIDQ1360425

Claudio Mattiussi

Publication date: 21 November 1997

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/63880

zbMATH Keywords

heat equationfinite element methodfinite volume methodsfinite difference methodschoice of the basis functionsconcepts from algebraic topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heat equation (35K05) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N06) Algebraic topology (55-XX)

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