Syllabus M652: Finite Element Methods

1. Parabolic Models 1.1 Derivation of the heat equation 1.2 General problems 1.3 Notation Galerkins Method for an Initial Value Problem Background on Elliptic Problems 3.1 Boundary value problems 3.2 Maximum principle 3.3 Variational formulation 3.4 A Neumann problem 3.5 Regularity Finite Element Methods for Elliptic Problems 4.1 Discretization by Galerkin finite element methods 4.1.1 The discrete equations 4.1.2 Linear algebra issues 4.2 Error 4.2.1 Convergence and accuracy 4.2.2 A posteriori error estimates 4.3 Quadrature 4.3.1 Finite difference methods 4.3.2 Accuracy and error estimates 4.3.3 Maximum principles Background on Parabolic Problems 5.1 The pure initial value problem 5.2 Variational formulation 5.3 Energy estimates 5.4 Maximum principle 5.5 Regularity Finite Element Methods for Parabolic Problems 6.1 Semidiscretization and the method of lines 6.2 Fully discrete space-time finite element methods 6.3 Error 6.3.1 Convergence and accuracy 6.3.2 A posteriori error estimates 6.4 Quadrature 6.4.1 Finite difference methods 6.4.2 Accuracy and error estimates 6.4.3 Maximum principles 6.4.4 Explicit methods, CFL and dynamical behavior Treatment of Nonlinear Problems 7.1 Existence and uniqueness 7.2 Fully implicit, nonlinear methods 7.3 Implicit/Explicit methods 7.4 Operator splitting 7.5 Explicit methods 7.6 Maximum principles 7.7 Invariant regions

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