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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349318903321

Autore

Langtangen Hans Petter

Titolo

Introduction to Numerical Methods for Variational Problems / / by Hans Petter Langtangen, Kent-Andre Mardal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

9783030237882

3030237885

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 395 p. 88 illus., 76 illus. in color.)

Collana

Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, , 2197-179X ; ; 21

Disciplina

515.64

Soggetti

Mathematics - Data processing

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Quick overview of the finite element method -- Function approximation by global functions -- Function approximation by finite elements -- Variational formulations with global elements -- Variational formulations with finite elements -- Time-dependent variational forms -- Variational forms for systems of PDEs -- Nonlinear Problems -- Variational forms for linear systems -- Useful formulas.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook teaches finite element methods from a computational point of view. It focuses on how to develop flexible computer programs with Python, a programming language in which a combination of symbolic and numerical tools is used to achieve an explicit and practical derivation of finite element algorithms. The finite element library FEniCS is used throughout the book, but the content is provided in sufficient detail to ensure that students with less mathematical background or mixed programming-language experience will equally benefit. All program examples are available on the Internet.