Computer Algebra Meets Finite Elements: An Efficient Implementation for Maxwell’s Equations

DOI10.1007/978-3-7091-0794-2_6zbMATH Open1250.78042arXiv1104.4208OpenAlexW1857817569MaRDI QIDQ2912117FDOQ2912117

Christoph Koutschan, Christoph Lehrenfeld, Joachim Schöberl

Publication date: 14 September 2012

Published in: Texts & Monographs in Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the numerical discretization of the time-domain Maxwell's equations with an energy-conserving discontinuous Galerkin finite element formulation. This particular formulation allows for higher order approximations of the electric and magnetic field. Special emphasis is placed on an efficient implementation which is achieved by taking advantage of recurrence properties and the tensor-product structure of the chosen shape functions. These recurrences have been derived symbolically with computer algebra methods reminiscent of the holonomic systems approach.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4208

zbMATH Keywords

time-domain Maxwell equationsshape functionscomputer algebra methodsGalerkin finite element formulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symbolic computation and algebraic computation (68W30) Maxwell equations (35Q61) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Finite element, Galerkin and related methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M10)

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• An arbitrary-order cell method with block-diagonal mass-matrices for the time-dependent 2D Maxwell equations
• Inverse inequality estimates with symbolic computation
• Creative Telescoping for Holonomic Functions
• Non-dissipative space-time \(hp\)-discontinuous Galerkin method for the time-dependent Maxwell equations

Uses Software

• HolonomicFunctions

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