Trefftz co-chain calculus


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2022-06-03

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We are concerned with a special class of discretizations of general linear transmission problems stated in the calculus of differential forms and posed on Rn. In the spirit of domain decomposition, we partition Rn= Ω ∪ Γ ∪ Ω +, Ω a bounded Lipschitz polyhedron, Γ : = ∂Ω , and Ω + unbounded. In Ω , we employ a mesh-based discrete co-chain model for differential forms, which includes schemes like finite element exterior calculus and discrete exterior calculus. In Ω +, we rely on a meshless Trefftz–Galerkin approach, i.e., we use special solutions of the homogeneous PDE as trial and test functions. Our key contribution is a unified way to couple the different discretizations across Γ. Based on the theory of discrete Hodge operators, we derive the resulting linear system of equations. As a concrete application, we discuss an eddy-current problem in frequency domain, for which we also give numerical results.

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73

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43

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Birkhäuser

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Co-chain calculus; finite element exterior calculus; Discrete exterior calculus; Trefftz method

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03632 - Hiptmair, Ralf / Hiptmair, Ralf check_circle

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