Berlin, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2005. / Computerdatei im Fernzugriff.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2006. / System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references and discography (p. 66-68).

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

The modeling of electromagnetic phenomena described by the Maxwell's equations is of critical importance in many practical applications. The numerical simulation of these equations is challenging and much more involved than initially believed. Consequently, many discretization techniques, most of them quite complicated, have been proposed. In this dissertation, we present and analyze a new methodology for approximation of the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations. It is an extension of the negative-norm least-squares finite element approach which has been applied successfully to a variety of other problems. The main advantages of our method are that it uses simple, piecewise polynomial, finite element spaces, while giving quasi-optimal approximation, even for solutions with low regularity (such as the ones found in practical applications). The numerical solution can be efficiently computed using standard and well-known tools, such as iterative methods and eigensolvers for symmetric and positive definite systems (e.g. PCG and LOBPCG) and reconditioners for second-order problems (e.g. Multigrid). Additionally, approximation of varying polynomial degrees is allowed and spurious eigenmodes are provably avoided. We consider the following problems related to the Maxwell's equations in the frequency domain: the magnetostatic problem, the electrostatic problem, the eigenvalue problem and the full time-harmonic system. For each of these problems, we present a natural (very) weak variational formulation assuming minimal regularity of the solution. In each case, we prove error estimates for the approximation with two different discrete least-squares methods. We also show how to deal with problems posed on domains that are multiply connected or have multiple boundary components. Besides the theoretical analysis of the methods, the dissertation provides various numerical results in two and three dimensions that illustrate and support the theory.

Chan Kit Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-93). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Model Elliptic Boundary-Value Problems --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Applications of the Model Boundary-Value Problem --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Curl-Curl Formulation --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Vector Potential Formulation --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Darwin Model and Quasistatic Model --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Spurious Solutions --- p.8 / Chapter 2 --- Finite Element Formulation --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Preliminaries --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Weak Formulation --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Galerkin Method --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Rayleigh-Ritz Method --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3 --- H1(Ω) Conforming Finite Element Method --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Dirichlet Problem --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Neumann Problem --- p.27 / Chapter 3 --- Numerical Implementations --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2 --- Implementation of Boundary Conditions --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3 --- Numerical Integration Formula --- p.39 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discrete L2-norms --- p.40 / Chapter 3.5 --- Solution of Linear System of Equations --- p.42 / Chapter 3.6 --- Automatic Mesh Generation --- p.43 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- The Cubic Domain Ω --- p.44 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- The Spherical Shell Domain Ωs --- p.44 / Chapter 4 --- Numerical Experiments --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1 --- Numerical Experiments for Dirichlet Problem --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Original Formulation --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Experiments --- p.52 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Penalty Factor Effect --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2 --- Numerical Experiment for Neumann Problem --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Original Formulation --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Experiments --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Penalty Factor Effect --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Comparison with the Dirichlet Problem --- p.70 / Chapter 4.3 --- Numerical Experiment of Dirichlet Problem with Boundary Condition E = E --- p.71 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Original Formulation --- p.71 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Experiments --- p.73 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Penalty Factor Effect --- p.76 / Chapter 4.4 --- Numerical Experiment on Spherical Shell Domain --- p.81 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- The Spherical Shell Domain --- p.81 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Dirichlet Problem --- p.82 / Chapter 4.5 --- Some Numerical Phenomena --- p.86 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- GMRES Convergence Accelerator --- p.86 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Sparsity Improvement --- p.88 / Bibliography --- p.90 / List of Tables --- p.94

Aplicando resultados recentes de Métivier sobre os números de aproximação dos espaços clássicos de Sobolev obtemos a distribuição assintÓtica dos autovalores das equações de Maxwell definidas sobre um aberto limitado O de R3 com (coeficientes hBlderianos de expoente s E (0,1] e a hipóteses condição de regularidade de Métivier sobre a fronteira de o) significati vamente mais fracas que as anteriormente pedidas na literatura (em particular a Tese de Mehra), dada pela estimativa. / Applying recent results of Métivier about approximation numbers of classic Sobolev spaces we obtain the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of Maxwell's equations defined over a bounded open set o in R3 with significantly weaker hYpotheses (hölderian coefficients with exponent s E (0,1] and Métivier's regularity condition on the boundary of O) than those asked before in the literature (in particular Mehra's theses) given by the estimate:

Th. univ.--Math.--Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 1995. / Bibliogr. p. 209-214. Résumé en français et en anglais. 1996 d'après la déclaration de dépôt légal.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Aplicando resultados recentes de Métivier sobre os números de aproximação dos espaços clássicos de Sobolev obtemos a distribuição assintÓtica dos autovalores das equações de Maxwell definidas sobre um aberto limitado O de R3 com (coeficientes hBlderianos de expoente s E (0,1] e a hipóteses condição de regularidade de Métivier sobre a fronteira de o) significati vamente mais fracas que as anteriormente pedidas na literatura (em particular a Tese de Mehra), dada pela estimativa. / Applying recent results of Métivier about approximation numbers of classic Sobolev spaces we obtain the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of Maxwell's equations defined over a bounded open set o in R3 with significantly weaker hYpotheses (hölderian coefficients with exponent s E (0,1] and Métivier's regularity condition on the boundary of O) than those asked before in the literature (in particular Mehra's theses) given by the estimate: