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In this paper we have developed a second generation wavelet based finite element method for solving elliptic PDEs on two dimensional triangulations using customized operator dependent wavelets. The wavelets derived from a Courant element are tailored in the second generation framework to decouple some elliptic PDE operators. Starting from a primitive hierarchical basis the wavelets are lifted (enhanced) to achieve local scale-orthogonality with respect to the operator of the PDE. The lifted wavelets are used in a Galerkin type discretization of the PDE which result in a block diagonal, sparse multiscale stiffness matrix. The blocks corresponding to different resolutions are completely decoupled, which makes the implementation of new wavelet finite element very simple and efficient. The solution is enriched adaptively and incrementally using finer scale wavelets. The new procedure completely eliminates wastage of resources associated with classical finite element refinement. Finally some numerical experiments are conducted to analyze the performance of this method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

- Today, wavelets are recognized to have a wide range of useful properties that allow them to treat effectively multifacet problems, such as data compression, scale-localization analysis, feature extraction, statistics, numerical simulation, visualization, and communication. Second-generation wavelets represent a recent improvement of the wavelet algorithm, allowing for greater flexibility in the spatial domain and other computational advantages. We will show how these wavelets can be employed to extract large-scale coherent structures from (1) three-dimensional turbulent flows and (2) high Rayleigh number thermal convection. We will discuss the concept of modelling via decomposition into coherent and incoherent fields, taking into account the effect of the incoherent field via statistical modelling. We will discuss wavelet properties and how they can be utilized and integrated in handling large-scale problems in earthquake physics and other nonlinear phenomena in the geosciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The general concept of data compression consists in removing the redundancy existing in data to find a more compact representation. This paper is concerned with a new method of compression using the second generation wavelets based on the lifting scheme, which is a simple but powerful wavelet construction method. It has been proved by its successful application to a real-time monitoring system of large hydraulic machines that it is a promising compression method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]