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DISCRETIZATIONS OF
DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS
A Research Paper By:
Bochev, P.B. and Hyman, J.M.
Presented By:
Md. Hasan Ansari(071/MSCS/655)
Introduction
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are ubiquitous in science
and engineering.
Key step in its Numerical solution is discretization.
Replace PDEs by the system of Algebraic Equations
Discretization must be compatible or mimetic
The fundamental properties of continuum equations must be retained or
preserved
Eg. Divergence of a Curl must equal zero. ( ( u) = 0 )
Curl of the gradient = 0 ( f = 0 )
Introduction
Methods Popularly used for compatible discretization:
Finite Difference Method (FDM)
Finite Element Method (FEM)
Finite Volume Method (FVM)
Differential forms
coordinates.
(Scalar)
1-forms are expressions of the form
f(x,y,z)dx+g(x,y,z)dy+h(x,y,z)dz
f(x,y,z)i+g(x,y,z)j+h(x,y,z)k
Path
(vector)
Volume (Scalar)
Wedge Product : k xl k+l for k+l <= n
f(x,y,z)dx dy dz
Differential forms
Exterior derivative d :
exterior derivative of a differential form of degree k is a
Cochains
A k-Chain: formal linear combination of k-simplexes
A k-simplex sk is an ordered collection [p0, . . . , pk] of (k
Reduction Map R
Maps differential k-forms to k-cochains by using De
Rham Map
so our R is De Rham Map for reduction operation
The map is defined by
k(is a k-form
representation of k-forms
Reconstruction Map I
operation I that serves as an approximate inverse
RI
(approximation Property)
where s and h are positive real numbers that give the
approximation order and the partition size in K, respectively.
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