We show that if L is a codimension-one lamination in a finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold such that the principal curvatures of each leaf of L are all in the interval (−δ, δ) for a fixed δ ∈ [0, 1) and no complimentary region of L is an interval bundle over a surface, then each boundary leaf of L has a nontrivial fundamental group. We also prove existence of a fixed constant δ0 > 0 such that i...

In this paper, we prove that every closed nil 3-manifold is diffeomorphic to a cusp cross-section of a finite volume complex hyperbolic 2-orbifold.

Article history: Received 25 May 2012 Received in revised form 14 September 2012 Accepted 21 November 2012 Available online 19 December 2012

We prove convergence of discrete duality finite volume (DDFV) schemes on distorted meshes for a class of simplified macroscopic bidomain models of the electrical activity in the heart. Both time-implicit and linearised time-implicit schemes are treated. A short description is given of the 3D DDFV meshes and of some of the associated discrete calculus tools. Several numerical tests are presented.

A cell conservative flux recovery technique is developed here for vertexcentered finite volume methods of second order elliptic equations. It is based on solving a local Neumann problem on each control volume using mixed finite element methods. The recovered flux is used to construct a constant free a posteriori error estimator which is proven to be reliable and efficient. Some numerical tests ...

Finite volume methods are widely used numerical strategies for solving partial differential equations. This paper aims at obtaining a quantitative understanding of the achievable performance of the cell-centered finite volume method on 3D unstructured tetrahedral meshes, using traditional multicore CPUs as well as modern GPUs. By using an optimized implementation and a synthetic connectivity ma...

We review the spatial discretization procedure for three high-order, unstructured grid methods recently developed for use within ocean circulation modeling. They are based respectively on spectral finite element and high-order finite volume formulations. We discuss and contrast the three methods in the context of the shallow water equations.

A new volume deformation technique using FEM and voxel-texture (voxture) maps has been developed. In contrast to the traditional deformation techniques, the new algorithm is aimed at volume transformations, deformations and volume metamorphosis.

In this paper we present a high-order accurate cell-centered finite volume method for the semi-implicit discretization of multidimensional hyperbolic systems in conservative form on unstructured grids. This method is based on a special splitting of the physical flux function into a convective and a non-convective part. The convective contribution to the global flux is treated implicitly by mimi...