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  text: "The theory of optimal transport provides an elegant and powerful description
    of many evolution\r\nequations as gradient flows. The primary objective of this
    thesis is to adapt and extend the\r\ntheory to deal with important equations that
    are not covered by the classical framework,\r\nspecifically boundary value problems
    and kinetic equations. Additionally, we establish new\r\nresults in periodic homogenization
    for discrete dynamical optimal transport and in quantization\r\nof measures.\r\nSection
    1.1 serves as an invitation to the classical theory of optimal transport, including
    the\r\nmain definitions and a selection of well-established theorems. Sections
    1.2-1.5 introduce the\r\nmain results of this thesis, outline the motivations,
    and review the current state of the art.\r\nIn Chapter 2, we consider the Fokker–Planck
    equation on a bounded set with positive Dirichlet\r\nboundary conditions. We construct
    a time-discrete scheme involving a modification of the\r\nWasserstein distance
    and, under weak assumptions, prove its convergence to a solution of this\r\nboundary
    value problem. In dimension 1, we show that this solution is a gradient flow in
    a\r\nsuitable space of measures.\r\nChapter 3 presents joint work with Giovanni
    Brigati and Jan Maas. We introduce a new theory\r\nof optimal transport to describe
    and study particle systems at the mesoscopic scale. We prove\r\nadapted versions
    of some fundamental theorems, including the Benamou–Brenier formula and\r\nthe
    identification of absolutely continuous curves of measures.\r\nChapter 4 presents
    joint work with Lorenzo Portinale. We prove convergence of dynamical\r\ntransportation
    functionals on periodic graphs in the large-scale limit when the cost functional\r\nis
    asymptotically linear. Additionally, we show that discrete 1-Wasserstein distances
    converge\r\nto 1-Wasserstein distances constructed from crystalline norms on R\r\nd\r\n.\r\nChapter
    5 concerns optimal empirical quantization: the problem of approximating a measure\r\nby
    the sum of n equally weighted Dirac deltas, so as to minimize the error in the
    p-Wasserstein\r\ndistance. Our main result is an analog of Zador’s theorem, providing
    asymptotic bounds for\r\nthe minimal error as n tends to infinity.\r\n"
acknowledgement: "The research contained in this thesis has received funding from
  the Austrian Science\r\nFund (FWF) project 10.55776/F65."
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  ama: Quattrocchi F. Optimal transport methods for kinetic equations, boundary value
    problems, and discretization of measures. 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563</a>
  apa: Quattrocchi, F. (2025). <i>Optimal transport methods for kinetic equations,
    boundary value problems, and discretization of measures</i>. Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563</a>
  chicago: Quattrocchi, Filippo. “Optimal Transport Methods for Kinetic Equations,
    Boundary Value Problems, and Discretization of Measures.” Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563</a>.
  ieee: F. Quattrocchi, “Optimal transport methods for kinetic equations, boundary
    value problems, and discretization of measures,” Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria, 2025.
  ista: Quattrocchi F. 2025. Optimal transport methods for kinetic equations, boundary
    value problems, and discretization of measures. Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria.
  mla: Quattrocchi, Filippo. <i>Optimal Transport Methods for Kinetic Equations, Boundary
    Value Problems, and Discretization of Measures</i>. Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20563</a>.
  short: F. Quattrocchi, Optimal Transport Methods for Kinetic Equations, Boundary
    Value Problems, and Discretization of Measures, Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria, 2025.
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  text: 'This is the first part of a general description in terms of mass transport
    for time-evolving interacting particles systems, at a mesoscopic level. Beyond
    kinetic theory, our framework naturally applies in biology, computer vision, and
    engineering. The central object of our study is a new discrepancy d between two
    probability distributions in position and velocity states, which is reminiscent
    of the 2-Wasserstein distance, but of second-order nature. We construct d in two
    steps. First, we optimise over transport plans. The cost function is given by
    the minimal acceleration between two coupled states on a fixed time horizon T.
    Second, we further optimise over the time horizon T > 0. We prove the existence
    of optimal transport plans and maps, and study two time-continuous characterisations
    of d. One is given in terms of dynamical transport plans. The other one -- in
    the spirit of the Benamou--Brenier formula -- is formulated as the minimisation
    of an action of the acceleration field, constrained by Vlasov''s equations. Equivalence
    of static and dynamical formulations of d holds true. While part of this result
    can be derived from recent, parallel developments in optimal control between measures,
    we give an original proof relying on two new ingredients: Galilean regularisation
    of Vlasov''s equations and a kinetic Monge--Mather shortening principle. Finally,
    we establish a first-order differential calculus in the geometry induced by d,
    and identify solutions to Vlasov''s equations with curves of measures satisfying
    a certain d-absolute continuity condition. One consequence is an explicit formula
    for the d-derivative of such curves.'
acknowledgement: "This work was partially inspired by an unpublished note from 2014
  by Guillaume Carlier,\r\nJean Dolbeault, and Bruno Nazaret. GB deeply thanks Jean
  Dolbeault for proposing\r\nthis problem to him, guiding him into the subject, and
  sharing the aforementioned note.\r\nWe are grateful to Karthik Elamvazhuthi for
  making us aware of the work [20].\r\nThe work of GB has received funding from the
  European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie
  Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement\r\nNo 101034413.\r\nJM and FQ gratefully acknowledge
  support from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)\r\nproject 10.55776/F65."
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  ama: 'Brigati G, Maas J, Quattrocchi F. Kinetic Optimal Transport (OTIKIN) -- Part
    1: Second-order discrepancies between probability measures. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665">10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665</a>'
  apa: 'Brigati, G., Maas, J., &#38; Quattrocchi, F. (n.d.). Kinetic Optimal Transport
    (OTIKIN) -- Part 1: Second-order discrepancies between probability measures. <i>arXiv</i>.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665</a>'
  chicago: 'Brigati, Giovanni, Jan Maas, and Filippo Quattrocchi. “Kinetic Optimal
    Transport (OTIKIN) -- Part 1: Second-Order Discrepancies between Probability Measures.”
    <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665</a>.'
  ieee: 'G. Brigati, J. Maas, and F. Quattrocchi, “Kinetic Optimal Transport (OTIKIN)
    -- Part 1: Second-order discrepancies between probability measures,” <i>arXiv</i>.
    .'
  ista: 'Brigati G, Maas J, Quattrocchi F. Kinetic Optimal Transport (OTIKIN) -- Part
    1: Second-order discrepancies between probability measures. arXiv, 2502.15665.'
  mla: 'Brigati, Giovanni, et al. “Kinetic Optimal Transport (OTIKIN) -- Part 1: Second-Order
    Discrepancies between Probability Measures.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2502.15665, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665">10.48550/arXiv.2502.15665</a>.'
  short: G. Brigati, J. Maas, F. Quattrocchi, ArXiv (n.d.).
corr_author: '1'
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- Wasserstein splines.
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  text: We present a discretization of the dynamic optimal transport problem for which
    we can obtain the convergence rate for the value of the transport cost to its
    continuous value when the temporal and spatial stepsize vanish. This convergence
    result does not require any regularity assumption on the measures, though experiments
    suggest that the rate is not sharp. Via an analysis of the duality gap we also
    obtain the convergence rates for the gradient of the optimal potentials and the
    velocity field under mild regularity assumptions. To obtain such rates we discretize
    the dual formulation of the dynamic optimal transport problem and use the mature
    literature related to the error due to discretizing the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
acknowledgement: 'The authors would like to thank Chris Wojtan for his continuous
  support and several interesting discussions. Part of this research was performed
  during two visits: one of SI to the BIDSA research center at Bocconi University,
  and one of HL to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. Both host institutions
  are warmly acknowledged for the hospitality. HL is partially supported by the MUR-Prin
  2022-202244A7YL “Gradient Flows and Non-Smooth Geometric Structures with Applications
  to Optimization and Machine Learning”, funded by the European Union - Next Generation
  EU. SI is supported in part by ERC Consolidator Grant 101045083 “CoDiNA” funded
  by the European Research Council.'
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author:
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  ama: Ishida S, Lavenant H. Quantitative convergence of a discretization of dynamic
    optimal transport using the dual formulation. <i>Foundations of Computational
    Mathematics</i>. 2024. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3">10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3</a>
  apa: Ishida, S., &#38; Lavenant, H. (2024). Quantitative convergence of a discretization
    of dynamic optimal transport using the dual formulation. <i>Foundations of Computational
    Mathematics</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3</a>
  chicago: Ishida, Sadashige, and Hugo Lavenant. “Quantitative Convergence of a Discretization
    of Dynamic Optimal Transport Using the Dual Formulation.” <i>Foundations of Computational
    Mathematics</i>. Springer Nature, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3</a>.
  ieee: S. Ishida and H. Lavenant, “Quantitative convergence of a discretization of
    dynamic optimal transport using the dual formulation,” <i>Foundations of Computational
    Mathematics</i>. Springer Nature, 2024.
  ista: Ishida S, Lavenant H. 2024. Quantitative convergence of a discretization of
    dynamic optimal transport using the dual formulation. Foundations of Computational
    Mathematics.
  mla: Ishida, Sadashige, and Hugo Lavenant. “Quantitative Convergence of a Discretization
    of Dynamic Optimal Transport Using the Dual Formulation.” <i>Foundations of Computational
    Mathematics</i>, Springer Nature, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3">10.1007/s10208-024-09686-3</a>.
  short: S. Ishida, H. Lavenant, Foundations of Computational Mathematics (2024).
corr_author: '1'
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  text: "We prove the convergence of a modified Jordan--Kinderlehrer--Otto scheme
    to a solution to the Fokker--Planck equation in $\\Omega \\Subset \\mathbb{R}^d$
    with general, positive and temporally constant, Dirichlet boundary conditions.
    We work under mild assumptions on the domain, the drift, and the initial datum.
    \  In the special case where $\\Omega$ is an interval in $\\mathbb{R}^1$, we prove
    that such a solution is a gradient flow -- curve of maximal slope -- within a
    suitable space of measures, endowed with a modified Wasserstein distance.\r\nOur
    discrete scheme and modified distance draw inspiration from contributions by A.
    Figalli and N. Gigli [J. Math. Pures Appl. 94, (2010), pp. 107--130], and J. Morales
    [J. Math. Pures Appl. 112, (2018), pp. 41--88] on an optimal-transport approach
    to evolution equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Similarly to these
    works, we allow the mass to flow from/to the boundary $\\partial \\Omega$ throughout
    the evolution. However, our leading idea is to also keep track of the mass at
    the boundary by working with measures defined on the whole closure $\\overline
    \\Omega$. The driving functional is a modification of the classical relative entropy
    that also makes use of the information at the boundary. As an intermediate result,
    when $\\Omega$ is an interval in $\\mathbb{R}^1$, we find a formula for the descending
    slope of this geodesically nonconvex functional. "
acknowledgement: "The author would like to thank Jan Maas for suggesting this project
  and for many helpful\r\ncomments, Antonio Agresti, Lorenzo Dello Schiavo and Julian
  Fischer for several fruitful discussions, and Oliver Tse for pointing out the reference
  [15]. He also gratefully acknowledges support from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
  project 10.55776/F65.\r\n"
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citation:
  ama: Quattrocchi F. Variational structures for the Fokker-Planck equation with general
    Dirichlet boundary conditions. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803">10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803</a>
  apa: Quattrocchi, F. (n.d.). Variational structures for the Fokker-Planck equation
    with general Dirichlet boundary conditions. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803</a>
  chicago: Quattrocchi, Filippo. “Variational Structures for the Fokker-Planck Equation
    with General Dirichlet Boundary Conditions.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803</a>.
  ieee: F. Quattrocchi, “Variational structures for the Fokker-Planck equation with
    general Dirichlet boundary conditions,” <i>arXiv</i>. .
  ista: Quattrocchi F. Variational structures for the Fokker-Planck equation with
    general Dirichlet boundary conditions. arXiv, 2403.07803.
  mla: Quattrocchi, Filippo. “Variational Structures for the Fokker-Planck Equation
    with General Dirichlet Boundary Conditions.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2403.07803, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803">10.48550/arXiv.2403.07803</a>.
  short: F. Quattrocchi, ArXiv (n.d.).
corr_author: '1'
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- gradient flows
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  text: "We investigate the minimal error in approximating a general probability\r\nmeasure
    $\\mu$ on $\\mathbb{R}^d$ by the uniform measure on a finite set with\r\nprescribed
    cardinality $n$. The error is measured in the $p$-Wasserstein\r\ndistance. In
    particular, when $1\\le p<d$, we establish asymptotic upper and\r\nlower bounds
    as $n \\to \\infty$ on the rescaled minimal error that have the\r\nsame, explicit
    dependency on $\\mu$.\r\n  In some instances, we prove that the rescaled minimal
    error has a limit.\r\nThese include general measures in dimension $d = 2$ with
    $1 \\le p < 2$, and\r\nuniform measures in arbitrary dimension with $1 \\le p
    < d$. For some uniform\r\nmeasures, we prove the limit existence for $p \\ge d$
    as well.\r\n  For a class of compactly supported measures with H\\\"older densities,
    we\r\ndetermine the convergence speed of the minimal error for every $p \\ge 1$.\r\n
    \ Furthermore, we establish a new Pierce-type (i.e., nonasymptotic) upper\r\nestimate
    of the minimal error when $1 \\le p < d$.\r\n  In the initial sections, we survey
    the state of the art and draw connections\r\nwith similar problems, such as classical
    and random quantization."
acknowledgement: "The author is thankful to Nicolas Clozeau, Lorenzo Dello Schiavo,
  Jan Maas, Dejan Slepčev,\r\nand Dario Trevisan for many fruitful discussions and
  comments. The author gratefully acknowledges support from the Austrian Science Fund
  (FWF) project 10.55776/F65."
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  ama: Quattrocchi F. Asymptotics for optimal empirical quantization of measures.
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  apa: Quattrocchi, F. (n.d.). Asymptotics for optimal empirical quantization of measures.
    <i>arXiv</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924</a>
  chicago: Quattrocchi, Filippo. “Asymptotics for Optimal Empirical Quantization of
    Measures.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924</a>.
  ieee: F. Quattrocchi, “Asymptotics for optimal empirical quantization of measures,”
    <i>arXiv</i>. .
  ista: Quattrocchi F. Asymptotics for optimal empirical quantization of measures.
    arXiv, 2408.12924.
  mla: Quattrocchi, Filippo. “Asymptotics for Optimal Empirical Quantization of Measures.”
    <i>ArXiv</i>, 2408.12924, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924">10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924</a>.
  short: F. Quattrocchi, ArXiv (n.d.).
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2025-10-28T13:12:22Z
date_published: 2024-08-23T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-06-28T22:30:41Z
day: '23'
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- _id: GradSch
- _id: JaMa
doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.12924
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- optimal empirical quantization
- vector quantization
- Wasserstein distance
- semidiscrete optimal transport
- Zador’s Theorem
- Pierce’s Lemma
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- iso: eng
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  grant_number: F06504
  name: Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems
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publication_status: draft
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The popularity of permissioned blockchain systems demands BFT SMR protocols
    that are efficient under good network conditions (synchrony) and robust under
    bad network conditions (asynchrony). The state-of-the-art partially synchronous
    BFT SMR protocols provide optimal linear communication cost per decision under
    synchrony and good leaders, but lose liveness under asynchrony. On the other hand,
    the state-of-the-art asynchronous BFT SMR protocols are live even under asynchrony,
    but always pay quadratic cost even under synchrony. In this paper, we propose
    a BFT SMR protocol that achieves the best of both worlds -- optimal linear cost
    per decision under good networks and leaders, optimal quadratic cost per decision
    under bad networks, and remains always live.
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Rati
  full_name: Gelashvili, Rati
  last_name: Gelashvili
- first_name: Eleftherios
  full_name: Kokoris Kogias, Eleftherios
  id: f5983044-d7ef-11ea-ac6d-fd1430a26d30
  last_name: Kokoris Kogias
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Spiegelman, Alexander
  last_name: Spiegelman
- first_name: Zhuolun
  full_name: Xiang, Zhuolun
  last_name: Xiang
citation:
  ama: 'Gelashvili R, Kokoris Kogias E, Spiegelman A, Xiang Z. Brief announcement:
    Be prepared when network goes bad: An asynchronous view-change protocol. In: <i>Proceedings
    of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing</i>. Association
    for Computing Machinery; 2021:187-190. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3465084.3467941">10.1145/3465084.3467941</a>'
  apa: 'Gelashvili, R., Kokoris Kogias, E., Spiegelman, A., &#38; Xiang, Z. (2021).
    Brief announcement: Be prepared when network goes bad: An asynchronous view-change
    protocol. In <i>Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed
    Computing</i> (pp. 187–190). Virtual, Italy: Association for Computing Machinery.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3465084.3467941">https://doi.org/10.1145/3465084.3467941</a>'
  chicago: 'Gelashvili, Rati, Eleftherios Kokoris Kogias, Alexander Spiegelman, and
    Zhuolun Xiang. “Brief Announcement: Be Prepared When Network Goes Bad: An Asynchronous
    View-Change Protocol.” In <i>Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles
    of Distributed Computing</i>, 187–90. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3465084.3467941">https://doi.org/10.1145/3465084.3467941</a>.'
  ieee: 'R. Gelashvili, E. Kokoris Kogias, A. Spiegelman, and Z. Xiang, “Brief announcement:
    Be prepared when network goes bad: An asynchronous view-change protocol,” in <i>Proceedings
    of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing</i>, Virtual,
    Italy, 2021, pp. 187–190.'
  ista: 'Gelashvili R, Kokoris Kogias E, Spiegelman A, Xiang Z. 2021. Brief announcement:
    Be prepared when network goes bad: An asynchronous view-change protocol. Proceedings
    of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. PODC: Principles
    of Distributed Computing, 187–190.'
  mla: 'Gelashvili, Rati, et al. “Brief Announcement: Be Prepared When Network Goes
    Bad: An Asynchronous View-Change Protocol.” <i>Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Symposium
    on Principles of Distributed Computing</i>, Association for Computing Machinery,
    2021, pp. 187–90, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3465084.3467941">10.1145/3465084.3467941</a>.'
  short: R. Gelashvili, E. Kokoris Kogias, A. Spiegelman, Z. Xiang, in:, Proceedings
    of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, Association
    for Computing Machinery, 2021, pp. 187–190.
conference:
  end_date: 2021-07-30
  location: Virtual, Italy
  name: 'PODC: Principles of Distributed Computing'
  start_date: 2021-07-26
date_created: 2021-12-16T13:20:19Z
date_published: 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-04T11:42:10Z
day: '21'
department:
- _id: ElKo
doi: 10.1145/3465084.3467941
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2103.03181'
  isi:
  - '000744439800018'
isi: 1
keyword:
- optimal
- state machine replication
- fallback
- asynchrony
- byzantine faults
language:
- iso: eng
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  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.03181
month: '07'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 187-190
publication: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
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publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
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title: 'Brief announcement: Be prepared when network goes bad: An asynchronous view-change
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OA_type: closed access
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abstract:
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  text: We prove optimal second order convergence of a modified lowest-order Brezzi-Douglas-Marini
    (BDM1) mixed finite element scheme for advection-diffusion problems in divergence
    form. If advection is present, it is known that the total flux is approximated
    only with first-order accuracy by the classical BDM1 mixed method, which is suboptimal
    since the same order of convergence is obtained if the computationally less expensive
    Raviart-Thomas (RT0) element is used. The modification that was first proposed
    by Brunner et al. [Adv. Water Res., 35 (2012),pp. 163-171] is based on the hybrid
    problem formulation and consists in using the Lagrange multipliers for the discretization
    of the advective term instead of the cellwise constant approximation of the scalar
    unknown.
article_processing_charge: No
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author:
- first_name: Fabian
  full_name: Brunner, Fabian
  last_name: Brunner
- first_name: Julian L
  full_name: Fischer, Julian L
  id: 2C12A0B0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Fischer
  orcid: 0000-0002-0479-558X
- first_name: Peter
  full_name: Knabner, Peter
  last_name: Knabner
citation:
  ama: Brunner F, Fischer JL, Knabner P. Analysis of a modified second-order mixed
    hybrid BDM1 finite element method for transport problems in divergence form. <i>Journal
    on Numerical Analysis</i>. 2016;54(4):2359-2378. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1035379">10.1137/15M1035379</a>
  apa: Brunner, F., Fischer, J. L., &#38; Knabner, P. (2016). Analysis of a modified
    second-order mixed hybrid BDM1 finite element method for transport problems in
    divergence form. <i>Journal on Numerical Analysis</i>. Society for Industrial
    and Applied Mathematics . <a href="https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1035379">https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1035379</a>
  chicago: Brunner, Fabian, Julian L Fischer, and Peter Knabner. “Analysis of a Modified
    Second-Order Mixed Hybrid BDM1 Finite Element Method for Transport Problems in
    Divergence Form.” <i>Journal on Numerical Analysis</i>. Society for Industrial
    and Applied Mathematics , 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1035379">https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1035379</a>.
  ieee: F. Brunner, J. L. Fischer, and P. Knabner, “Analysis of a modified second-order
    mixed hybrid BDM1 finite element method for transport problems in divergence form,”
    <i>Journal on Numerical Analysis</i>, vol. 54, no. 4. Society for Industrial and
    Applied Mathematics , pp. 2359–2378, 2016.
  ista: Brunner F, Fischer JL, Knabner P. 2016. Analysis of a modified second-order
    mixed hybrid BDM1 finite element method for transport problems in divergence form.
    Journal on Numerical Analysis. 54(4), 2359–2378.
  mla: Brunner, Fabian, et al. “Analysis of a Modified Second-Order Mixed Hybrid BDM1
    Finite Element Method for Transport Problems in Divergence Form.” <i>Journal on
    Numerical Analysis</i>, vol. 54, no. 4, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
    , 2016, pp. 2359–78, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1035379">10.1137/15M1035379</a>.
  short: F. Brunner, J.L. Fischer, P. Knabner, Journal on Numerical Analysis 54 (2016)
    2359–2378.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:19Z
date_published: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-05-18T09:48:39Z
day: '02'
doi: 10.1137/15M1035379
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        54'
issue: '4'
keyword:
- advection-diﬀusion problem
- mixed ﬁnite element methods
- suboptimal conver-gence
- optimal convergence
language:
- iso: eng
month: '08'
oa_version: None
page: 2359 - 2378
publication: Journal on Numerical Analysis
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  - 1095-7170
  issnl:
  - 0036-1429
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publisher: 'Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics '
publist_id: '5954'
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title: Analysis of a modified second-order mixed hybrid BDM1 finite element method
  for transport problems in divergence form
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year: '2016'
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