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Marcella Bonazzoli

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arXiv2026

A note on the discrete Unmapped Tent Pitching for the heterogeneous wave equation

The Unmapped Tent Pitching (UTP) algorithm is a space-time domain decomposition method for the parallel solution of wave-type problems. We have recently extended UTP to heterogeneous settings and compared, at the continuous level, the computational cost of different space-time decompositions. In this note, we report discrete-level observations showing that the optimal decomposition strategy may differ from the one predicted by the continuous analysis.

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arXiv2026

Multi-domain FEM-BEM coupling with several impenetrable obstacles

In a recent paper we have analyzed a new formulation of the coupling of finite and boundary element methods (FEM-BEM) for Helmholtz problems, involving several heterogeneous bounded subdomains and one homogeneous unbounded subdomain. This formulation, called Generalized Optimized Schwarz Method (GOSM), is substructured, that is, its unknowns are associated with the subdomains interfaces. To derive the GOSM, the first step was to prove that a solution to the Helmholtz problem satisfies a specific multi-domain variational formulation, which involves one operator for each subdomain, each operator being independent of the others. In the present contribution, we design a variational formulation of that type for a more general geometrical and material configuration: several heterogeneous bounded subdomains, impenetrable obstacles and homogeneous subdomains are allowed. Note that, like in our recent paper, we assume that only one subdomain is unbounded, and that its boundary is bounded. The domain partition can have cross-points, that is, points where at least three subdomains are adjacent. We also prove that a solution to the initial Helmholtz problem can be recovered from a solution to the multi-domain variational formulation. This shows that the GOSM is a general and flexible framework to model acoustic wave propagation, as it can handle both multi-domain FEM-BEM coupling and (weakly imposed) boundary conditions on several obstacles.

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arXiv2026

Discrete FEM-BEM coupling with the Generalized Optimized Schwarz Method

The present contribution aims at developing a non-overlapping Domain Decomposition (DD) approach to the solution of acoustic wave propagation boundary value problems based on the Helmholtz equation, on both bounded and unbounded domains. This DD solver, called Generalized Optimized Schwarz Method (GOSM), is a substructuring method, that is, the unknowns of an iteration are associated with the subdomains interfaces. We extend the analysis presented in a previous paper of one of the author to a fully discrete setting. We do not consider only a specific set of boundary conditions, but a whole class including, e.g., Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin conditions. Our analysis will also cover interface conditions corresponding to a Finite Element Method - Boundary Element Method (FEM-BEM) coupling. In particular, we shall focus on three classical FEM-BEM couplings, namely the Costabel, Johnson-N\'ed\'elec and Bielak-MacCamy couplings. As a remarkable outcome, the present contribution yields well-posed substructured formulations of these classical FEM-BEM couplings for wavenumbers different from classical spurious resonances. We also establish an explicit relation between the dimensions of the kernels of the initial variational formulation, the local problems and the substructured formulation. That relation especially holds for any wavenumber for the substructured formulation of Costabel FEM-BEM coupling, which allows us to prove that the latter formulation is well-posed even at spurious resonances. Besides, we introduce a systematically geometrically convergent iterative method for the Costabel FEM-BEM coupling, with estimates on the convergence speed.

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arXiv2026

On the unmapped tent pitching for the heterogeneous wave equation

The Unmapped Tent Pitching (UTP) algorithm is a space--time domain decomposition method for the parallel solution of hyperbolic problems. It was originally introduced for the homogeneous one-dimensional wave equation in [Ciaramella, Gander, Mazzieri, 2024]. UTP is inspired by the Mapped Tent Pitching (MTP) algorithm [Gopalakrishnan, Sch{\"o}berl, Wintersteiger, 2017], which constructs the solution by iteratively building polytopal space--time subdomains, referred to as tents. In MTP, each physical tent is mapped onto a space--time rectangle, where local problems are solved before being mapped back to the original domain. In contrast, UTP avoids the nonlinear and potentially singular mapping step by computing the solution directly on a physical space--time rectangle that contains the tent, at the expense of redundant computations in the region outside the tent. In this work, we investigate several strategies to extend UTP to heterogeneous media, where the wave propagation speed is piecewise constant over two subregions of the domain. Among the considered approaches, the most efficient in terms of computational time is the one employing space--time subdomains with identical spatial and temporal dimensions in both regions, determined by the maximum propagation speed.

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arXiv2025

Spurious resonances for substructured FEM-BEM coupling

We are interested in time-harmonic acoustic scattering by an impenetrable obstacle in a medium where the wavenumber is constant in an exterior unbounded subdomain and is possibly heterogeneous in a bounded subdomain. The associated Helmholtz boundary value problem can be solved by coupling the Finite Element Method (FEM) in the heterogeneous subdomain with the Boundary Element Method (BEM) in the homogeneous subdomain. Recently, we designed and analyzed a new substructured FEM-BEM formulation, called Generalized Optimized Schwarz Method (GOSM). Unfortunately, it is well known that, even when the initial boundary value problem is well-posed, the variational formulation of classical FEM-BEM couplings can be ill-posed for certain wavenumbers, called spurious resonances. In this paper, we focus on the Johnson-N\'ed\'elec and Costabel couplings and show that the GOSM derived from both is not immune to that issue. In particular, we give an explicit expression of the kernel of the local operator associated with the interface between the FEM and BEM subdomains. That kernel and the one of classical FEM-BEM couplings are simultaneously non-trivial.

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arXiv2024

On the convergence analysis of one-shot inversion methods

When an inverse problem is solved by a gradient-based optimization algorithm, the corresponding forward and adjoint problems, which are introduced to compute the gradient, can be also solved iteratively. The idea of iterating at the same time on the inverse problem unknown and on the forward and adjoint problem solutions yields the concept of one-shot inversion methods. We are especially interested in the case where the inner iterations for the direct and adjoint problems are incomplete, that is, stopped before achieving a high accuracy on their solutions. Here, we focus on general linear inverse problems and generic fixed-point iterations for the associated forward problem. We analyze variants of the so-called multi-step one-shot methods, in particular semi-implicit schemes with a regularization parameter. We establish sufficient conditions on the descent step for convergence, by studying the eigenvalues of the block matrix of the coupled iterations. Several numerical experiments are provided to illustrate the convergence of these methods in comparison with the classical gradient descent, where the forward and adjoint problems are solved exactly by a direct solver instead. We observe that very few inner iterations are enough to guarantee good convergence of the inversion algorithm, even in the presence of noisy data.

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arXiv2023

Multi-domain FEM-BEM coupling for acoustic scattering

We model time-harmonic acoustic scattering by an object composed of piece-wise homogeneous parts and an arbitrarily heterogeneous part. We propose and analyze new formulations that couple, adopting a Costabel-type approach, boundary integral equations for the homogeneous subdomains with volume variational formulations for the heterogeneous subdomain. This is an extension of the Costabel FEM-BEM coupling to a multi-domain configuration, with cross-points allowed, i.e. points where three or more subdomains are adjacent. While generally just the exterior unbounded subdomain is treated with the BEM, here we wish to exploit the advantages of BEM whenever it is applicable, that is, for all the homogeneous parts of the scattering object. Our formulation is based on the multi-trace formalism, which initially was introduced for acoustic scattering by piece-wise homogeneous objects. Instead, here we allow the wavenumber to vary arbitrarily in a part of the domain. We prove that the bilinear form associated with the proposed formulation satisfies a G{\aa}rding coercivity inequality, which ensures stability of the variational problem if it is uniquely solvable. We identify conditions for injectivity and construct modified versions immune to spurious resonances.

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arXiv2022

How does the partition of unity influence SORAS preconditioner?

We investigate the influence of the choice of the partition of unity on the convergence of the Symmetrized Optimized Restricted Additive Schwarz (SORAS) preconditioner for the reaction-convection-diffusion equation. We focus on two kinds of partitions of unity, and study the dependence on the overlap and on the number of subdomains. In particular, the second kind of partition of unity, which is non-zero in the interior of the whole overlapping region, gives more favorable convergence properties, especially when increasing the overlap width, in comparison with the first kind of partition of unity, whose gradient is zero on the subdomain interfaces and which would be the natural choice for ORAS solver instead.

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arXiv2022

Convergence analysis of multi-step one-shot methods for linear inverse problems

In this work we are interested in general linear inverse problems where the corresponding forward problem is solved iteratively using fixed point methods. Then one-shot methods, which iterate at the same time on the forward problem solution and on the inverse problem unknown, can be applied. We analyze two variants of the so-called multi-step one-shot methods and establish sufficient conditions on the descent step for their convergence, by studying the eigenvalues of the block matrix of the coupled iterations. Several numerical experiments are provided to illustrate the convergence of these methods in comparison with the classical usual and shifted gradient descent. In particular, we observe that very few inner iterations on the forward problem are enough to guarantee good convergence of the inversion algorithm.

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arXiv2020

Analysis of the SORAS domain decomposition preconditioner for non-self-adjoint or indefinite problems

We analyze the convergence of the one-level overlapping domain decomposition preconditioner SORAS (Symmetrized Optimized Restricted Additive Schwarz) applied to a generic linear system whose matrix is not necessarily symmetric/self-adjoint nor positive definite. By generalizing the theory for the Helmholtz equation developed in [I.G. Graham, E.A. Spence, and J. Zou, SIAM J.Numer.Anal., 2020], we identify a list of assumptions and estimates that are sufficient to obtain an upper bound on the norm of the preconditioned matrix, and a lower bound on the distance of its field of values from the origin. We stress that our theory is general in the sense that it is not specific to one particular boundary value problem. Moreover, it does not rely on a coarse mesh whose elements are sufficiently small. As an illustration of this framework, we prove new estimates for overlapping domain decomposition methods with Robin-type transmission conditions for the heterogeneous reaction-convection-diffusion equation (to prove the stability assumption for this equation we consider the case of a coercive bilinear form, which is non-symmetric, though).

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arXiv2017

An example of explicit implementation strategy and preconditioning for the high order edge finite elements applied to the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations

In this paper we focus on high order finite element approximations of the electric field combined with suitable preconditioners, to solve the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations in waveguide configurations.The implementation of high order curl-conforming finite elements is quite delicate, especially in the three-dimensional case. Here, we explicitly describe an implementation strategy, which has been embedded in the open source finite element software FreeFem++ (http://www.freefem.org/ff++/). In particular, we use the inverse of a generalized Vandermonde matrix to build basis functions in duality with the degrees of freedom, resulting in an easy-to-use but powerful interpolation operator. We carefully address the problem of applying the same Vandermonde matrix to possibly differently oriented tetrahedra of the mesh over the computational domain. We investigate the preconditioning for Maxwell's equations in the time-harmonic regime, which is an underdeveloped issue in the literature, particularly for high order discretizations. In the numerical experiments, we study the effect of varying several parameters on the spectrum of the matrix preconditioned with overlapping Schwarz methods, both for 2d and 3d waveguide configurations.

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arXiv2017

Domain decomposition preconditioning for the high-frequency time-harmonic Maxwell equations with absorption

This paper rigorously analyses preconditioners for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations with absorption, where the PDE is discretised using curl-conforming finite-element methods of fixed, arbitrary order and the preconditioner is constructed using Additive Schwarz domain decomposition methods. The theory developed here shows that if the absorption is large enough, and if the subdomain and coarse mesh diameters and overlap are chosen appropriately, then the classical two-level overlapping Additive Schwarz preconditioner (with PEC boundary conditions on the subdomains) performs optimally -- in the sense that GMRES converges in a wavenumber-independent number of iterations -- for the problem with absorption. An important feature of the theory is that it allows the coarse space to be built from low-order elements even if the PDE is discretised using high-order elements. It also shows that additive methods with minimal overlap can be robust. Numerical experiments are given that illustrate the theory and its dependence on various parameters. These experiments motivate some extensions of the preconditioners which have better robustness for problems with less absorption, including the propagative case. At the end of the paper we illustrate the performance of these on two substantial applications; the first (a problem with absorption arising from medical imaging) shows the empirical robustness of the preconditioner against heterogeneity, and the second (scattering by a COBRA cavity) shows good scalability of the preconditioner with up to 3,000 processors.

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arXiv2017

Two-level preconditioners for the Helmholtz equation

In this paper we compare numerically two different coarse space definitions for two-level domain decomposition preconditioners for the Helmholtz equation, both in two and three dimensions. While we solve the pure Helmholtz problem without absorption, the preconditioners are built from problems with absorption. In the first method, the coarse space is based on the discretization of the problem with absorption on a coarse mesh, with diameter constrained by the wavenumber. In the second method, the coarse space is built by solving local eigenproblems involving the Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) operator.

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arXiv2017

A two-level domain-decomposition preconditioner for the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations

The construction of fast iterative solvers for the indefinite time-harmonic Maxwell's system at mid- to high-frequency is a problem of great current interest. Some of the difficulties that arise are similar to those encountered in the case of the mid- to high-frequency Helmholtz equation. Here we investigate how two-level domain-decomposition preconditioners recently proposed for the Helmholtz equation work in the Maxwell case, both from the theoretical and numerical points of view.

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arXiv2016

Explicit implementation strategy of high order edge finite elements and Schwarz preconditioning for the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations

In this paper we focus on high order finite element approximations of the electric field combined with suitable preconditioners, to solve the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations in waveguide configurations. The implementation of high order curl-conforming finite elements is quite delicate, especially in the three-dimensional case. Here, we explicitly describe an implementation strategy, which has been embedded in the open source finite element software FreeFem++ (http://www.freefem.org/ff++/). In particular, we use the inverse of a generalized Vandermonde matrix to build a basis of generators in duality with the degrees of freedom, resulting in an easy-to-use but powerful interpolation operator. We carefully address the problem of applying the same Vandermonde matrix to possibly differently oriented tetrahedra of the mesh over the computational domain. We investigate the preconditioning for Maxwell's equations in the time-harmonic regime, which is an underdeveloped issue in the literature, particularly for high order discretizations. In the numerical experiments, we study the effect of varying several parameters on the spectrum of the matrix preconditioned with overlapping Schwarz methods, both for 2d and 3d waveguide configurations.

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