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In this work, we introduce two algorithmic frameworks, named Bregman extragradient method and Bregman extrapolation method, for solving saddle point problems. The proposed frameworks not only include the well-known extragradient and…

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We present a general method for computing the central charges a and c of N=2 superconformal field theories corresponding to singular points in the moduli space of N=2 gauge theories. Our method relates a and c to the U(1)_R anomalies of the…

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We present a brief numerical study of the Darwin-Fowler method applied to the analysis of the energy partition of essembles of bosons and fermions. We analyze the assertion of the existence of a "strong maximum" made in the original paper…

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This is a continuation of our previous work entitled \enquote{Alternating Proximity Mapping Method for Convex-Concave Saddle-Point Problems}, in which we proposed the alternating proximal mapping method and showed convergence results on the…

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Simple bosonic path integral representation for path ordered exponent is derived. This representation is used, at first, to obtain new variant of non-Abelian Stokes theorem. Then new pure bosonic worldline path integral representations for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 F. A. Lunev

A modification of the generalized shift-splitting (GSS) method is presented for solving singular saddle point problems. In this kind of modification, the diagonal shift matrix is replaced by a block diagonal matrix which is symmetric…

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Path integral derivations are presented for two recently developed complex trajectory techniques for the propagation of wave packets, Complex WKB and BOMCA. Complex WKB is derived using a standard saddle point approximation of the path…

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We consider strongly-convex-strongly-concave saddle-point problems with general non-bilinear objective and different condition numbers with respect to the primal and the dual variables. First, we consider such problems with smooth composite…

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In this note, we develop Fourier approximation methods for the solutions of first-order nonlocal mean-field games (MFG) systems. Using Fourier expansion techniques, we approximate a given MFG system by a simpler one that is equivalent to a…

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We evaluate the partition functions in the neighbourhood of catastrophes by saddle point integration and express them in terms of generalized Airy functions.

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Saddle point optimization is a critical problem employed in numerous real-world applications, including portfolio optimization, generative adversarial networks, and robotics. It has been extensively studied in cases where the objective…

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A useful tool in non perturbative studies of fermionic theories is partial bosonization. However, partial bosonization is often connected to an ambiguity due to Fierz rearrangement in the original theory. We discuss two different…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Joerg Jaeckel

We discuss O(N) invariant scalar field theories in 0+1 and 1+1 space-time dimensions. Combining ordinary ``Large N" saddle point techniques and simple properties of the diagonal resolvent of one dimensional Schr\"odinger operators we find…

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We provide a check of the accuracy of the auxiliary field formalism used to derive the Effective Hamiltonian for baryons in the Field Correlator Method. To this end we compare the solutions for the Effective Hamiltonian with those obtained…

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The structure of integrable field theories in the presence of jump defects is discussed in terms of boundary functions under the Lagrangian formalism. Explicit examples of bosonic and fermionic theories are considered. In particular, the…

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In the framework of an approach to bosonization based on the use of fermionic composites as fundamental variables, a quadratic action in even Grassmann variables with the quantum numbers of the pions has been constructed. It includes the…

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We use the worldline formalism to derive integral representations for three classes of amplitudes in scalar field theory: (i) the scalar propagator exchanging N momenta with a scalar background field (ii) the "half-ladder" with N rungs in x…

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In this paper we consider an extremal problem in geometry. Let $\lambda$ be a real number and $A$, $B$ and $C$ be arbitrary points on the unit circle $\Gamma$. We give full characterization of the extremal behavior of the function…

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I discuss a simple numerical algorithm for the direct evaluation of multiple Grassmann integrals. The approach is exact, suffers no Fermion sign problems, and allows arbitrarily complicated interactions. Memory requirements grow…

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We present two approaches for enhancing the accuracy of second order finite difference approximations of two-dimensional semilinear parabolic systems. These are the fourth order compact difference scheme and the fourth order scheme based on…

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