{"title":"Uniformly HP-Stable Elements for the Elasticity Complex","authors":"Francis R. A. Aznaran, Kaibo Hu, Charles Parker","doi":"10.1137/24m1701605","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 708-736, June 2026. <br/> Abstract. For the discretization of symmetric, divergence-conforming stress tensors in continuum mechanics, we prove inf-sup stability bounds which are uniform in polynomial degree and mesh size for the Hu–Zhang finite element in two dimensions. This is achieved via an explicit construction of a bounded right inverse of the divergence operator, with the crucial component being the construction of bounded Poincaré operators for the stress elasticity complex which are polynomial-preserving, in the Bernstein–Gelfand–Gelfand framework of the finite element exterior calculus. We also construct [math]-bounded projection operators satisfying a commuting diagram property and [math]-stable Hodge decompositions. Numerical examples are provided.","PeriodicalId":49527,"journal":{"name":"SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis","volume":"14 1","pages":"708-736"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1137/24m1701605","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 708-736, June 2026. Abstract. For the discretization of symmetric, divergence-conforming stress tensors in continuum mechanics, we prove inf-sup stability bounds which are uniform in polynomial degree and mesh size for the Hu–Zhang finite element in two dimensions. This is achieved via an explicit construction of a bounded right inverse of the divergence operator, with the crucial component being the construction of bounded Poincaré operators for the stress elasticity complex which are polynomial-preserving, in the Bernstein–Gelfand–Gelfand framework of the finite element exterior calculus. We also construct [math]-bounded projection operators satisfying a commuting diagram property and [math]-stable Hodge decompositions. Numerical examples are provided.
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SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (SINUM) contains research articles on the development and analysis of numerical methods. Topics include the rigorous study of convergence of algorithms, their accuracy, their stability, and their computational complexity. Also included are results in mathematical analysis that contribute to algorithm analysis, and computational results that demonstrate algorithm behavior and applicability.