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2026

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D-Index
57
Citations
13183
World Ranking
686
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Overview

Vidar Thomée is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on mathematical and engineering fields, with particular emphasis on numerical analysis and computational mechanics.

Their academic work addresses advanced numerical methods and differential equations, specifically concentrating on numerical methods for differential equations and computational mathematics.

Thomée has contributed to the field through publications in the journal Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics. Notable recent papers include:

  • A Finite Element Splitting Method for a Convection-Diffusion Problem, 2020, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics
  • A First-Order Explicit-Implicit Splitting Method for a Convection-Diffusion Problem, 2020, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Amiya K. Pani and A. S. Vasudeva Murthy.

  • Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics

Main research fields consist of:

  • Mathematics
  • Engineering

Subfields of study include:

  • Numerical Analysis
  • Computational Mechanics

Primary topics covered in Thomée's research work are:

  • Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics

In 2013, Vidar Thomée was recognized as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Best Publications

  • Galerkin Finite Element Methods for Parabolic Problems

    Vidar Thomee

  • Partial Differential Equations with Numerical Methods

    Stig Larsson;Vidar Thomée

  • Time discretization of parabolic problems by the discontinuous Galerkin method

    Kenneth Eriksson;Claes Johnson;Vidar Thomée

  • Error estimates for some mixed finite element methods for parabolic type problems

    Claes Johnson;Vidar Thomee

  • Nonsmooth data error estimates for approximations of an evolution equation with a positive-type memory term

    Ch. Lubich;I. H. Sloan;V. Thomée

  • Ritz-Volterra projections to finite-element spaces and applications to integrodifferential and related equations

    Yanping Lin;Vidar Thomée;Lars B. Wahlbin

  • Time discretization of an integro-differential equation of parabolic type

    I H Sloan;V Thomée

  • Equations of Mathematical Physics

    Vidar Thomee;V. S. Vladimirov

  • Numerical solution of an evolution equation with a positive-type memory term

    W. McLean;V. Thomée

  • ON RATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS OF SEMIGROUPS

    Philip Brenner;Vidar Thomée

  • Some Convergence Estimates for Semidiscrete Galerkin Type Approximations for Parabolic Equations

    J. H. Bramble;A. H. Schatz;V. Thomée;L. B. Wahlbin

  • Besov Spaces and Applications to Difference Methods for Initial Value Problems

    Philip Brenner;Vidar Thomée;Lars B. Wahlbin

  • Numerical solution of parabolic integro-differential equations by the discontinuous Galerkin method

    Stig Larsson;Vidar Thomée;Lars B. Wahlbin

  • Asymptotic behavior of semidiscrete finite-element approximations of Biot's consolidation problem

    Márcio A. Murad;Vidar Thomée;Abimael F. D. Loula

  • A parallel method for time discretization of parabolic equations based on Laplace transformation and quadrature

    Dongwoo Sheen;Ian H. Sloan;Vidar Thomée

  • The stability in _{} and ¹_{} of the ₂-projection onto finite element function spaces

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  • Finite element approximation of a parabolic integro-differential equation with a weakly singular kernel

    C. Chen;V. Thomée;L. B. Wahlbin

  • Superconvergence of a finite element approximation to the solution of a Sobolev equation in a single space variable

    Douglas N. Arnold;Jim Douglas;Vidar Thomée

  • Numerical methods for hyperbolic and parabolic integro-differential equations

    A.K. Pani;V. Thomée;L.B. Wahlbin

  • Maximum norm stability and error estimates in parabolic finite element equations

    A. H. Schatz;V. Thomée;L. B. Wahlbin

  • High order local approximations to derivatives in the finite element method

    Vidar Thomée

Frequent Co-Authors

Raytcho Lazarov
Raytcho Lazarov Texas A&M University
Stig Larsson
Stig Larsson Chalmers University of Technology
James H. Bramble
James H. Bramble Texas A&M University
Ian H. Sloan
Ian H. Sloan University of New South Wales
Claes Johnson
Claes Johnson Royal Institute of Technology
A. H. Schatz
A. H. Schatz Cornell University
Wolfgang L. Wendland
Wolfgang L. Wendland University of Stuttgart
Bangti Jin
Bangti Jin Chinese University of Hong Kong
Douglas N. Arnold
Douglas N. Arnold University of Minnesota
Joseph E. Pasciak
Joseph E. Pasciak Texas A&M University

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