Stability and finite element error analysis for the Helmholtz equation with variable coefficients

I Graham, S Sauter - Mathematics of Computation, 2020 - ams.org
We discuss the stability theory and numerical analysis of the Helmholtz equation with
variable and possibly nonsmooth or oscillatory coefficients. Using the unique continuation …

Acoustic transmission problems: wavenumber-explicit bounds and resonance-free regions

A Moiola, EA Spence - … Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 2019 - World Scientific
We consider the Helmholtz transmission problem with one penetrable star-shaped Lipschitz
obstacle. Under a natural assumption about the ratio of the wavenumbers, we prove bounds …

[HTML][HTML] Wavenumber-explicit convergence of the hp-FEM for the full-space heterogeneous Helmholtz equation with smooth coefficients

D Lafontaine, EA Spence, J Wunsch - Computers & Mathematics with …, 2022 - Elsevier
A convergence theory for the hp-FEM applied to a variety of constant-coefficient Helmholtz
problems was pioneered in the papers [35],[36],[15],[34]. This theory shows that, if the …

Wavenumber explicit convergence analysis for finite element discretizations of general wave propagation problems

T Chaumont-Frelet, S Nicaise - IMA Journal of Numerical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We analyse the convergence of finite element discretizations of time-harmonic wave
propagation problems. We propose a general methodology to derive stability conditions and …

Multi-resolution localized orthogonal decomposition for Helmholtz problems

M Hauck, D Peterseim - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2022 - SIAM
We introduce a novel multi-resolution localized orthogonal decomposition (LOD) for time-
harmonic acoustic scattering problems that can be modeled by the Helmholtz equation. The …

For Most Frequencies, Strong Trapping Has a Weak Effect in Frequency‐Domain Scattering

D Lafontaine, EA Spence… - Communications on Pure …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is well‐known that when the geometry and/or coefficients allow stable trapped rays, the
outgoing solution operator of the Helmholtz equation grows exponentially through a …

Optimal constants in nontrapping resolvent estimates and applications in numerical analysis

J Galkowski, EA Spence, J Wunsch - Pure and Applied Analysis, 2019 - msp.org
We study the resolvent for nontrapping obstacles on manifolds with Euclidean ends. It is well
known that for such manifolds the outgoing resolvent satisfies∥ χ R (k) χ∥ L 2→ L 2≤ C k …

Super-localized orthogonal decomposition for high-frequency Helmholtz problems

P Freese, M Hauck, D Peterseim - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2024 - SIAM
We propose a novel variant of the Localized Orthogonal Decomposition (LOD) method for
time-harmonic scattering problems of Helmholtz type with high wavenumber. On a coarse …

Local absorbing boundary conditions on fixed domains give order-one errors for high-frequency waves

J Galkowski, D Lafontaine… - IMA Journal of Numerical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We consider approximating the solution of the Helmholtz exterior Dirichlet problem for a
nontrapping obstacle, with boundary data coming from plane-wave incidence, by the …

Sharp Preasymptotic Error Bounds for the Helmholtz -FEM

J Galkowski, EA Spence - SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2025 - SIAM
In the analysis of the-version of the finite-element method (FEM), with fixed polynomial
degree, applied to the Helmholtz equation with wavenumber, the asymptotic regime is when …