Mimetic
The goal of numerical analysis is to approximate the continuum, so instead of solving a partial differential equation one aims in solve a discrete version of the continuum problem. A numerical method is called mimetic when it mimics (or imitates) some properties of the continuum vector calculus. So a method can be mimetic if using either finite difference or finite element method. It depends on the properties that it presents. Some properties are: (in construction)
See alsoFinite element methodFinite difference
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