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

DOI10.1006/jcph.1997.5656zbMath0878.65091MaRDI 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 equation; finite element method; finite volume methods; finite difference methods; choice of the basis functions; concepts from algebraic topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35K05: Heat equation

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

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N06: Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

55-XX: Algebraic topology

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