Office: 622, CMM-DIM Office hours: MWF at 2pm or by appointment Phone: 978 4802 (office)
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0. Schedule
Lecture:
Tue-Thu
10:15 - 11:45
room: F9
Computer exps:
Fri
14:30 - 17:45
room: B214
1. Syllabus
MA53L-1 is an introduction to mathematical and numerical methods for the resolution of partial differential equations: finite differences, finite elements and finite volume methods. We will cover basic theoretical results, and we will apply these results in numerical analysis projects.
Details of the Syllabus (PDF file)
Part I: Finite differences method
Problem model: advection-diffusion
Notion of numerical scheme, principle of maximum, existence and uniqueness
Approximation error estimate, variational formulation of the continuous scheme, Lax-Milgram lemma, consistency error
Problem model: transport equation
Analysis of various numerical schemes, consistency and approximation error
Stability and convergence
Problem model: 2d diffusion
Finite difference discretization
Existence and uniqueness
Convergence
Part II: Finite elements method
Problem model: non homogeneous diffusion
Functional framework
Céa's Lemma
Convergence of the finite elements method
Generalization of Céa's lemma
Deny-Lions lemma
Error estimate in H norms
Part III: Finite volumes method
Discrete space and discrete problem
Uniqueness, convergence and error estimate
2. References
G. Allaire, Analyse numérique et optimisation, Editions de l’Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 2006.
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C. Bernardi, Y. Maday, F. Rapetti, Discrétisations variationnelles de problèmes aux limites elliptiques, Mathématiques et Applications, vol. 45, Springer, Paris, 2004.
S. Brenner, L.-R. Scott, The mathematical theory of finite element method, Springer, 2000.
J.-H. Bramble, S.-R. Hilbert, Estimations of linear functionals on Sobolev spaces with application to Fourier transform and spline interpolation, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 25(6), 1237–1271, 1970.
H. Brezis, Analyse fonctionnelle: théorie et applications, Dunod, (2005).
Z. Cai, On the finite volume element method, Numer. Math. 58, 713–735, 1991.
P.G. Ciarlet, The Finite Element Method, North Holland, (1978).
R. Dautray, J.-L. Lions, Analyse mathématique et calcul numérique, Tomes 3, 4, Masson, 1987.
A. Ern and J.L. Guermond, Theory and practice of finite elements, vol. 159 of Applied Mathematical Series, Springer-Verlag, New York, (2004).
R. Eymard, T. Gallouet, R. Herbin, The Finite Volume Method, Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Ph. Ciarlet J.L. Lions eds, North Holland, 2000, 715-1022
M. Krizek, P. Neittaanm¨aki, Finite element approximation of Variational Problems and Applications, London, Longman, 1990.
J. Necas, Les méthodes directes dans la théorie des équations elliptiques, Academia, Prague, 1967.
K.W. Morton and D. Mayers, Numerical solution of partial differential equations, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, (2005).
A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco, F. Saleri, Numerical Mathematics, Springer, (2000).
P.-A. Raviart, J.-M. Thomas, Introduction à l’analyse numérique des équations aux derivées partielles, Masson, 1998.
P. Solin, Partial differential equations and the finite element method, Wiley-Interscience,
(2005).
A. Tveito and R. Winther, Introduction to partial differential equations: a computational approach, Texts in Applied Mathematics, 29, Springer, 1998.
O. Zienkiewicz, J.-Z. Zhu, R-L. Taylor, The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals, Elsevier, Paris, 2005.
3. Grading policy
Grading for the class is based on the results of assessments as follows:
Exam 50 % (3 controls), Projects 30 % (2 projects), TP 20% (4 numerical exp.)
4. Homework
4. Projects
Numerical experiments in finite differences are conducted in Scilab or Matlab or Octave. Finite element simulations will be implemented using FreeFEM++. The documentation on FreeFEM++ can be found at freefem++doc.pdf.