Vectorized implementation of primal hybrid FEM in MATLAB

Abstract

We present efficient MATLAB implementations of the lowest-order primal hybrid finite element method (FEM) for linear second-order elliptic and parabolic problems with mixed boundary conditions in two spatial dimensions. We employ backward Euler and the Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme for the complete discrete setup of the parabolic problem. All the codes presented are fully vectorized using matrix-wise array operations. Numerical experiments are conducted to show the performance of the software.