Suppose that $\Omega$ is the open region in $\mathbb{R}^n$ above a Lipschitz
graph and let $d$ denote the exterior derivative on $\mathbb{R}^n$. We
construct a convolution operator $T$ which preserves support in
$\overline{\Omega}$, is smoothing of order 1 on the homogeneous function
spaces, and is a potential map in the sense that $dT$ is the identity on spaces
of exact forms with support in $\overline{\Omega}$.
We prove weighted anisotropic analytic estimates for solutions of model
elliptic boundary value problems in polyhedra. The weighted analytic classes
which we use are the same as those introduced by B. Guo in 1993 in view of
establishing exponential convergence for hp methods in polyhedra. We first give
a simple proof of the weighted analytic regularity in a polygon, relying on new
elliptic a priori estimates with analytic control of derivatives in smooth
domains. The technique is based on dyadic partitions near the corners.
We develop the shape derivative analysis of solutions to the problem of
scattering of time-harmonic electromagnetic waves by a bounded penetrable
obstacle. Since boundary integral equations are a classical tool to solve
electromagnetic scattering problems, we study the shape differentiability
properties of the standard electromagnetic boundary integral operators.
The interface problem describing the scattering of time-harmonic
electromagnetic waves by a dielectric body is often formulated as a pair of
coupled boundary integral equations for the electric and magnetic current
densities on the interface ?. In this paper, following an idea developped by R.
Kleinman and P. Martin [18] for acoustic scattering problems, we consider
methods for solving the dielectric scattering problem using a single integral
equation over ? for a single unknown density.
In this paper we prove the discrete compactness property for a wide class of
p-version finite element approximations of non-elliptic variational eigenvalue
problems in two and three space dimensions. In a very general framework, we
find sufficient conditions for the p-version of a generalized discrete
compactness property, which is formulated in the setting of discrete
differential forms of any order on a d-dimensional polyhedral domain. One of
the main tools for the analysis is a recently introduced smoothed Poincar\'e
lifting operator [M. Costabel and A.
In this paper we prove the discrete compactness property for a wide class of
p-version finite element approximations of non-elliptic variational eigenvalue
problems in two and three space dimensions. In a very general framework, we
find sufficient conditions for the p-version of a generalized discrete
compactness property, which is formulated in the setting of discrete
differential forms of any order on a d-dimensional polyhedral domain. One of
the main tools for the analysis is a recently introduced smoothed Poincar\'e
lifting operator [M. Costabel and A.