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Mats G. Larson

Mats G. Larson

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Mathematics
Sweden
2026

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Mathematics

D-Index
41
Citations
8060
World Ranking
1890
National Ranking
12

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
8239
World Ranking
6467
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Mats G. Larson is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and primarily works within the field of Engineering. Their research output spans several subfields, including Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Control and Systems Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Larson's work focuses on advanced numerical methods and mathematical modeling applied to engineering problems. Their main research topics cover:

  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks

They have contributed to a significant number of scientific papers published in various venues, with frequent publications in the following outlets:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Numerische Mathematik
  • Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • Lecture notes in computational science and engineering

Recent publications by Larson include:

  • "Stability and Conditioning of Immersed Finite Element Methods: Analysis and Remedies" (2023) in Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • "The Augmented Lagrangian Method as a Framework for Stabilised Methods in Computational Mechanics" (2023) in Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • "CutFEM based on extended finite element spaces" (2022) in Numerische Mathematik
  • "The finite cell method with least squares stabilized Nitsche boundary conditions" (2022) in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "Critical time-step size analysis and mass scaling by ghost-penalty for immersogeometric explicit dynamics" (2023) in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Larson frequently collaborates with other researchers including Erik Burman, Peter Hansbo, Karl Larsson, Carl Lundholm, and Frits de Prenter. This network of co-authors reflects interdisciplinary work involving computational techniques and applied mechanics.

Best Publications

  • CutFEM: Discretizing geometry and partial differential equations

    Erik Burman;Susanne Claus;Peter Hansbo;Mats G. Larson

  • The Finite Element Method: Theory, Implementation, and Applications

    Mats G. Larson;Fredrik Bengzon

  • Continuous/discontinuous finite element approximations of fourth-order elliptic problems in structural and continuum mechanics with applications to thin beams and plates, and strain gradient elasticity

    G. Engel;K. Garikipati;Thomas J Hughes;M. G. Larson

  • Discontinuous Galerkin methods for incompressible and nearly incompressible elasticity by Nitsche's method

    Peter F G Hansbo;Mats Larson

  • The Continuous Galerkin Method Is Locally Conservative

    Thomas J.R. Hughes;Gerald Engel;Luca Mazzei;Mats G. Larson

  • A cut finite element method for a Stokes interface problem

    Peter Hansbo;Mats G. Larson;Sara Zahedi

  • Estimating the Error of Numerical Solutions of Systems of Reaction-Diffusion Equations

    Donald J. Estep;Mats G. Larson;Roy D. Williams

  • Discontinuous Galerkin and the Crouzeix–Raviart element : application to elasticity

    Peter F G Hansbo;Mats Larson

  • Energy norm a posteriori error estimation for discontinuous Galerkin methods

    Roland Becker;Peter F G Hansbo;Mats Larson

  • A Stabilized Nitsche Fictitious Domain Method for the Stokes Problem

    André Massing;Mats G. Larson;Anders Logg;Marie E. Rognes

  • Adaptive variational multiscale methods based on a posteriori error estimation: Energy norm estimates for elliptic problems

    Mats G. Larson;Axel Målqvist

  • A FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ON COMPOSITE GRIDS BASED ON NITSCHE'S METHOD

    Anita Hansbo;Peter Hansbo;Mats G. Larson

  • A Posteriori and a Priori Error Analysis for Finite Element Approximations of Self-Adjoint Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems

    Mats G. Larson

  • A high order discontinuous Galerkin Nitsche method for elliptic problems with fictitious boundary

    August Johansson;Mats G. Larson

  • Adaptive error control for finite element approximations of the lift and drag coefficients in viscous flow

    M. B. Giles;M. Larson;M. Levenstam;Endre Suli

  • Shape optimization using the cut finite element method

    Erik Burman;Daniel Elfverson;Peter Hansbo;Mats G. Larson

  • A stabilized cut finite element method for partial differential equations on surfaces: The Laplace–Beltrami operator

    Erik Burman;Peter Hansbo;Mats G. Larson

  • Efficient implementation of finite element methods on nonmatching AND overlapping meshes in three dimensions

    André Massing;Mats G. Larson;Anders Logg

  • A Posteriori Error Estimation for Discontinuous Galerkin Approximations of Hyperbolic Systems

    Mats G. Larson;Timothy J. Barth

  • A Nitsche-Based Cut Finite Element Method for a Fluid--Structure Interaction Problem

    André Massing;Mats G. Larson;Anders Logg;Marie E. Rognes

  • A Comparison of Discontinuous and Continuous Galerkin Methods Based on Error Estimates, Conservation, Robustness and Efficiency

    Thomas J. R. Hughes;Gerald Engel;Luca Mazzei;Mats G. Larson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hansbo
Peter Hansbo Jönköping University
Erik Burman
Erik Burman University College London
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes The University of Texas at Austin
Timothy J. Barth
Timothy J. Barth National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Anders Klarbring
Anders Klarbring Linköping University
Michael Holst
Michael Holst University of California, San Diego
Endre Süli
Endre Süli University of Oxford
Mary F. Wheeler
Mary F. Wheeler The University of Texas at Austin
Claes Johnson
Claes Johnson Royal Institute of Technology
Rolf Stenberg
Rolf Stenberg Aalto University

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