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We introduce a new class of Monte Carlo based approximations of expectations of random variables such that their laws are only available via certain discretizations. Sampling from the discretized versions of these laws can typically…

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We generalize the closest point method (CPM) to solve surface partial differential equations with general boundary conditions. The proposed extrapolation method provides a unified framework for treating a broad class of inhomogeneous…

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In this paper, we analyze the numerical approximation of the Navier-Stokes problem over a bounded polygonal domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$, where the initial condition is modeled by a log-normal random field. This problem usually arises in the…

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The authors propose a Nystrom method to approximate the solution of a boundary integral equation connected with the exterior Neumann problem for Laplace's equation on planar domains with corners. They prove the convergence and the stability…

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By precisely writing down the matrix element of the local Boltzmann operator, we have proposed a new path integral formulation for quantum field theory and developed a corresponding Monte Carlo algorithm. With current formula, the…

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In this paper we study the convergence of a finite volume approximation of a convective diffusive elliptic problem with Neumann boundary conditions and L 1 data. To deal with the non-coercive character of the equation and the low regularity…

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We examine a wide class of stochastic approximation algorithms for solving (stochastic) nonlinear problems on Riemannian manifolds. Such algorithms arise naturally in the study of Riemannian optimization, game theory and optimal transport,…

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In this paper, we examine the Sample Average Approximation (SAA) procedure within a framework where the Monte Carlo estimator of the expectation is biased. We also introduce Multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) in the SAA setup to enhance the…

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Stochastic Galerkin methods offer unexplored potential for the numerical simulation of parabolic problems with random variables, in particular if they are combined with variational discretizations of the space and time variables. Due to the…

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We are interested in regularity properties of semi-stable solutions for a class of singular semilinear elliptic problems with advection term defined on a smooth bounded domain of a complete Riemannian manifold with zero Dirichlet boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-10 João Marcos do Ó , Rodrigo Clemente

The claim that Monte Carlo is the most accurate method is a case of misattributed credit. This claim is based on experience with advanced systems MCNPX, Geant4 and EGS. These systems achieve remarkable performance because they use most…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Oleg N Vassiliev , Radhe Mohan

Inspired by the penalization of the domain approach of Lions & Sznitman, we give a sense to Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary value problems for nonlocal, possibly degenerate elliptic equations. Two different cases are considered:…

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We present a stochastic numerical method for solving fully non-linear free boundary problems of parabolic type and provide a rate of convergence under reasonable conditions on the non-linearity.

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In this article we present and analyse new multilevel adaptations of stochastic approximation algorithms for the computation of a zero of a function $f\colon D \to \mathbb R^d$ defined on a convex domain $D\subset \mathbb R^d$, which is…

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The main purpose of this work is to study uniform regularity estimates for a family of elliptic operators $\{\mathcal{L}_\varepsilon, \varepsilon>0\}$, arising in the theory of homogenization, with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-11-01 Carlos E. Kenig , Fanghua Lin , Zhongwei Shen

In this paper we study probabilistic and neural network approximations for solutions to Poisson equation subject to Holder data in general bounded domains of $\mathbb{R}^d$. We aim at two fundamental goals. The first, and the most…

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We solve the Dirichlet problem for fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds under essentially optimal structure conditions, especially with no restrictions to the curvature of the underlying manifold and the second…

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