Prof. Dr. Patrick Henning
Chair of Numerical Mathematics
Address:
Ruhr-University Bochum
Fakulty of Mathematics
Universitätsstraße 150
DE-44780 Bochum
Room: IB 3/133
Phone: +49 234 / 32-19611
Email: patrick.henning(at)rub.de
Research Interests
My research is concerned with the design and the analysis of numerical methods for solving multiscale differential equations. In particular, I am interested in
- finite element methods
- multiscale methods for partial differential equations
- a priori and a posteriori error estimation
- nonlinear Schrödinger equations
- Maxwell's equations
- computational quantum physics
Short CV
| 2020 - | Professor (Chair of Numerical Mathematics) Department of Mathematics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
| 2018 - 2022 | Associate Professor Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 05/2017 | Docent in Numerical Analysis Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2015 - 2018 | Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2015 | Habilitation in Mathematics University of Münster, Germany |
| 2014 - 2015 | Akademischer Rat (Assistant Lecturer) Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Münster, Germany |
| 2014 | Research Associate Section de Mathématiques, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2013 - 2014 | Research Associate Division of Scientific Computing, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2011 | Doctorate in Mathematics (summa cum laude) University of Münster, Germany |
| 2007 - 2013 | Research Associate Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Münster, Germany |
| 2002 - 2007 | Diploma in Mathematics University of Freiburg, Germany |
Publications
ArXiv Preprints
- Y. Ai, P. Henning, M. Yadav and S. Yuan.
Riemannian conjugate Sobolev gradients and their application to compute ground states of BECs.
ArXiv e-print 2409.17302, 2024. - C. Döding, B. Dörich and P. Henning.
A multiscale approach to the stationary Ginzburg-Landau equations of superconductivity.
ArXiv e-print 2409.12023, 2024. - P. Henning and M. Yadav.
Convergence of a Riemannian gradient method for the Gross-Pitaevskii energy functional in a rotating frame.
ArXiv e-print 2406.03885, 2024. - M. Blum, C. Döding and P. Henning.
Vortex-capturing multiscale spaces for the Ginzburg-Landau equation.
ArXiv e-print 2405.14772 (to appear in SIAM Multiscale Model. Simul.), 2024.
2025
- P. Henning and M. Yadav.
On discrete ground states of rotating Bose-Einstein condensates
Math. Comp., 94(351):1–32, 2025. doi: 10.1090/mcom/3962.
ArXiv e-print 2303.00402
2024
- P. Henning and E. Jarlebring.
The Gross-Pitaevskii equation and eigenvector nonlinearities: Numerical methods and algorithms.
(to appear in SIAM Review, preprint upon request), 2024+ - C. Döding, P. Henning and J. Wärnegård.
A two level approach for simulating Bose-Einstein condensates by localized orthogonal decomposition.
M2AN Math. Model. Numer. Anal., 58(6):2317–2349, 2024. doi: 10.1051/m2an/2024040.
ArXiv e-print 2212.07392 - B. Dörich and P. Henning.
Error bounds for discrete minimizers of the Ginzburg-Landau energy in the high-κ regime.
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 62(3):1313–1343, 2024. doi: 10.1137/23M1560938.
ArXiv e-print 2303.13961 - C. Döding and P. Henning.
Uniform L∞-bounds for energy-conserving higher-order time integrators for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with rotation.
IMA J. Numer. Anal., 44(5): 2892–2935, 2024. doi: 10.1093/imanum/drad081.
ArXiv e-print 2210.01553
2023
- P. Henning.
The dependency of spectral gaps on the convergence of the inverse iteration for a nonlinear eigenvector problem.
M3AS Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 33(7):1517–1544, 2023. doi: 10.1142/S0218202523500343
ArXiv e-print 2202.07593 - P. Henning and A. Persson.
On optimal convergence rates for discrete minimizers of the Gross-Pitaevskii energy in LOD spaces.
SIAM Multiscale Model. Simul., 21(3):993–1011, 2023. doi: 10.1137/22M1516300
ArXiv e-print 2112.08485
2022
- P. Henning and J. Wärnegård.
Superconvergence of time invariants for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
Math. Comp., 91(334):509–555, 2022. doi: 10.1090/mcom/3693
ArXiv e-print 2008.07575. - R. Altmann, P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
Localization and delocalization of ground states of Bose-Einstein condensates under disorder.
SIAM J. Appl. Math., 82(1):330–358, 2022. doi: 10.1137/20M1342434.
ArXiv e-print 2006.00773
2021
- R. Altmann, P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
Numerical homogenization beyond scale separation.
Acta Numer., 30:1–86, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962492921000015. - R. Altmann, P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
The J-method for the Gross-Pitaevskii eigenvalue problem.
Numer. Math., 148(3):575–610, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s00211-021-01216-5.
ArXiv e-print 1908.00333. - P. Henning and A. M. N. Niklasson.
Shadow Lagrangian dynamics for superfluidity.
AIMS Kinetic & Related Models, 14(2):303–321, 2021. doi: 10.3934/krm.2021006
ArXiv e-print 1912.10303 - P. Henning and J. Wärnegård.
A note on optimal H1-error estimates for Crank-Nicolson approximations to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
BIT Numer. Math., 61(1):37–59, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s10543-020-00814-3.
ArXiv e-print 1907.02782
2020
- P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
Sobolev gradient flow for the Gross-Pitaevskii eigenvalue problem: global convergence and computational efficiency.
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 58(3):1744–1772, 2020. doi: 10.1137/18M1230463.
ArXiv e-print 1812.00835 - P. Henning and A. Persson.
Computational homogenization of time-harmonic Maxwell's equations.
SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 42(3):B581–B607, 2020. doi: 10.1137/19M1293818.
ArXiv e-print 1910.07390 - R. Altmann, P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
Quantitative Anderson localization of Schrödinger eigenstates under disorder potentials.
M3AS Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 30(5):917–955, 2020. doi: 10.1142/S0218202520500190.
ArXiv e-print 1803.09950
2019
- P. Henning and J. Wärnegård.
Numerical comparison of mass-conservative schemes for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
AIMS Kinetic & Related Models, 12(6):1247–1271, 2019. doi: 10.3934/krm.2019048
ArXiv e-print 1804.10547 - C. Engwer, P. Henning, A. Målqvist, and D. Peterseim.
Efficient implementation of the localized orthogonal decomposition method.
Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 350:123–153, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.02.040
ArXiv e-print 1602.01658 - P. Henning, R. Altmann, D. Peterseim, and J. Wärnegård.
Numerical solution of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with highly variable potentials.
In Computational Multiscale Methods, number 35 in Oberwolfach Reports, pages 21–24, august 2019. held 28 July - 3 August 2019. doi: 10.4171/OWR/2019/35.
2018
- D. Gallistl, P. Henning and B. Verfürth.
Numerical homogenization of H(curl)-problems.
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 56(3):1570–1596, 2018. doi: 10.1137/17M1133932
ArXiv e-print 1706.02966.
2017
- A. Abdulle and P. Henning.
Localized orthogonal decomposition method for the wave equation with a continuum of scales.
Math. Comp., 86(304):549–587, 2017. doi: 10.1090/mcom/3114
ArXiv e-print 1406.6325. - P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
Crank-Nicolson Galerkin approximations to nonlinear Schrödinger equations with rough potentials.
M3AS Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 27(11):2147–2184, 2017. doi: 10.1142/S0218202517500415
ArXiv e-print 1608.02267. - A. Abdulle and P. Henning.
Multiscale methods for wave problems in heterogeneous media.
Handbook of Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems: Applied and Modern Issues, Handbook of Numerical Analysis Vol. 18, Elsevier, Editors: Remi Abgrall, Chi-Wang Shu, 545–574, 2017. eBook ISBN: 9780444639110
ArXiv e-print 1605.07922. - P. Henning and A. Målqvist.
The Finite Element Method for the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation with angular momentum rotation.
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 55(2):923–952, 2017. doi: 10.1137/15M1009172
ArXiv e-print 1502.05025.
2016
- P. Henning, M. Ohlberger, and B. Verfürth.
A new heterogeneous multiscale method for time-harmonic Maxwell’s equations based on divergence-regularization.
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 54(6):3493–3522, 2016. doi: 10.1137/15M1039225
ArXiv e-print 1509.03172. - P. Henning and A. Persson.
A multiscale method for linear elasticity reducing poisson locking.
Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 310:156–171, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2016.06.034
ArXiv e-print 1603.09523. - P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
A-posteriori error estimate for a heterogeneous multiscale approximation of advection-diffusion problems with large expected drift.
Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. S, 9(5):1393–1420, 2016. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2016056. - F. Hellman, P. Henning, and A. Målqvist.
Multiscale mixed finite elements.
Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. S, 9(5):1269–1298, 2016. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2016051
ArXiv e-print 1501.05526.
2015
- A. Abdulle and P. Henning.
A reduced basis localized orthogonal decomposition.
J. Comput. Phys., 295:379–401, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2015.04.016.
ArXiv e-print 1410.3253. - D. Elfverson, V. Ginting, and P. Henning.
On multiscale methods in Petrov-Galerkin formulation.
Numer. Math., 131(4):643–682, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s00211-015-0703-z.
ArXiv e-print 1405.5758. - P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
Error control and adaptivity for heterogeneous multiscale approximations of nonlinear monotone problems.
Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. S, 8(1):119–150, 2015. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2015.8.119. - P. Henning, M. Ohlberger, and B. Schweizer.
Adaptive Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods for immiscible two-phase flow in porous media.
Comput. Geosci., 19(1):99–114, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s10596-014-9455-6.
ArXiv e-print 1307.2123. - P. Henning, P. Morgenstern, and D. Peterseim.
Multiscale partition of unity.
In Michael Griebel and Marc Alexander Schweitzer, editors, Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations VII, volume 100 of Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, pages 185–204. Springer International Publishing, 2015. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-06898-5_10.
ArXiv e-print 1312.5922.
2014
- P. Henning and A. Målqvist.
Localized Orthogonal Decomposition Techniques for Boundary Value Problems.
SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 36(4):A1609–A1634, 2014. doi: 10.1137/130933198.
ArXiv e-print 1308.3379. - P. Henning, A. Målqvist, and D. Peterseim.
A localized orthogonal decomposition method for semi-linear elliptic problems.
M2AN Math. Model. Numer. Anal., 48:1331–1349, 2014. doi: 10.1051/m2an/2013141.
ArXiv e-print 1211.3551. - P. Henning, A. Målqvist, and D. Peterseim.
Two-Level Discretization Techniques for Ground State Computations of Bose-Einstein Condensates.
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 52(4):1525–1550, 2014. doi: 10.1137/130921520.
ArXiv e-print 1305.4080. - P. Henning, M. Ohlberger, and B. Schweizer.
An Adaptive Multiscale Finite Element Method.
SIAM Multiscale Model. Simul., 12(3):1078–1107, 2014. doi: 10.1137/120886856. - P. Henning, A. Målqvist, and D. Peterseim.
Two-level discretization for the Gross-Pitaevskii eigenvalue problem with a rough potential.
In Computational Multiscale Methods, number 30 in Oberwolfach Reports, pages 29–32, july 2014. held 22 June - 28 June 2014. doi: 10.4171/OWR/2014/30.
2013
- P. Henning, M. Ohlberger, and B. Schweizer.
Homogenization of the degenerate two-phase flow equations.
M3AS Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 23(12):2323–2352, 2013. doi: 10.1142/S0218202513500334. - P. Henning and D. Peterseim.
Oversampling for the Multiscale Finite Element Method.
SIAM Multiscale Model. Simul., 11(4):1149–1175, 2013. doi: 10.1137/120900332.
ArXiv e-print 1211.5954. - M. Ohlberger, F. Albrecht, M. Drohmann, P. Henning, S. Kaulmann, and B. Schweizer.
Model reduction for multiscale problems.
In Multiscale and High-Dimensional Problems, number 39 in Oberwolfach Reports, pages 2228–2230, august 2013. held 28 July - 3 August 2013. doi: 10.4171/OWR/2013/39.
2012
- P. Henning.
Convergence of MSFEM approximations for elliptic, non-periodic homogenization problems.
Netw. Heterog. Media, 7(3):503–524, 2012. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2012.7.503. - P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
A newton-scheme framework for multiscale methods for nonlinear elliptic homogenization problems.
In Proceedings of the Algoritmy 2012, 19th Conference on Scientific Computing, Vysoke Tatry, Podbanske, September 9-14, 2012, pages 65–74, 2012. doi: 10.13140/2.1.4553.4727.
Final PDF file - P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
On the implementation of a heterogeneous multiscale finite element method for nonlinear elliptic problems.
In R. Klöfkorn A. Dedner, B. Flemisch, editor, Advances in DUNE. Proceedings of the DUNE User Meeting, held 6.-8.10.2010, in Stuttgart, Germany., pages 143–155. Springer, 2012. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-28589-9_11. - P. Bastian, H. Berninger, A. Dedner, C. Engwer, P. Henning, R. Kornhuber, D. Kröner, M. Ohlberger, O. Sander, G. Schiffler, N. Shokina, and K. Smetana.
Adaptive modelling of coupled hydrological processes with application in water management.
In Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2010,, volume 17 of Mathematics in Industry,, pages 561–567. The European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, Springer, 2012. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-25100-9_65.
2011
- P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
A note on homogenization of advection-diffusion problems with large expected drift.
Z. Anal. Anwend., 30(3):319–339, 2011. doi: 10.4171/ZAA/1437.
Preprint - Universität Münster.
2010
- P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
The heterogeneous multiscale finite element method for advection-diffusion problems with rapidly oscillating coefficients and large expected drift.
Netw. Heterog. Media, 5(4):711–744, 2010. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2010.5.711.
2009
- P. Henning and M. Ohlberger.
The heterogeneous multiscale finite element method for elliptic homogenization problems in perforated domains.
Numer. Math., 113(4):601–629, 2009. doi: 10.1007/s00211-009-0244-4.
Theses
- P. Henning:
Heterogeneous multiscale finite element methods for advection-diffusion and nonlinear elliptic multiscale problems. (PDF)
PhD Thesis / Doktorarbeit, University of Münster, June 2011. - P. Henning:
Die heterogene Mehrskalenmethode für elliptische Differentialgleichungen in perforierten Gebieten. (PDF)
Diploma Thesis, Mathematische Fakultät, University of Freiburg, May 2007.
Team
Current PhD students and postdocs
- Laura Huynh
- Mahima Yadav
- Maria Zimmermann
Former PhD students and postdocs
- Dr. Christian Döding (now University Bonn)
- Dr. Benjamin Dörich (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
- Dr. Anna Persson (now Uppsala University)
- Dr. Johan Wärnegård (now Columbia University)
