A Finite Element Method to a Periodic Steady-State Problem for an Electromagnetic Field System Using the Space-Time Finite-Element Exterior Calculus

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Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation ›› 2026, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (1): 41-62.doi: 10.1007/s42967-024-00399-6

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A Finite Element Method to a Periodic Steady-State Problem for an Electromagnetic Field System Using the Space-Time Finite-Element Exterior Calculus

Masaru Miyashita, Norikazu Saito

Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan

Received:2023-05-25 Revised:2024-03-04 Online:2026-02-20 Published:2026-02-11
Contact: Masaru Miyashita,E-mail:masaru.miyashita.z2@gmail.com E-mail:masaru.miyashita.z2@gmail.com
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This work was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A (21H04431) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

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Abstract: This paper proposes a finite element method for solving the periodic steady-state problem for the scalar-valued and vector-valued Poisson equations, a simple reduction model of the Maxwell equations under the Coulomb gauge. Introducing a new potential variable, we reformulate two systems composed of the scalar-valued and vector-valued Poisson problems to a single Hodge-Laplace problem for the 1-form in $\mathbb{R}^4$ using the standard de Rham complex. Consequently, we can directly apply the finite-element exterior calculus (FEEC) theory in $\mathbb{R}^4$ to deduce the well-posedness, stability, and convergence. Numerical examples using the cubical element are reported to validate the theoretical results.

Key words: Finite-element exterior calculus (FEEC), Maxwell equation, Periodic steady-state analysis, Hodge Laplacian, Cubical element

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Masaru Miyashita, Norikazu Saito. A Finite Element Method to a Periodic Steady-State Problem for an Electromagnetic Field System Using the Space-Time Finite-Element Exterior Calculus[J]. Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2026, 8(1): 41-62.

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