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We present careful numerical convergence studies, using parameterized curves to reach very high resolutions in two dimensions, of a level set method for multiphase curvature motion known as the Voronoi implicit interface method. Our tests…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-22 Alexander Zaitzeff , Selim Esedoglu , Krishna Garikipati

This paper is concerned with topology optimization based on a level set method using (doubly) nonlinear diffusion equations. Topology optimization using the level set method is called level set-based topology optimization, which is possible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Tomoyuki Oka , Takayuki Yamada

Spectral clustering and its extensions usually consist of two steps: (1) constructing a graph and computing the relaxed solution; (2) discretizing relaxed solutions. Although the former has been extensively investigated, the discretization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Hongyuan Zhang , Xuelong Li

We propose a level-set approach to characterize the region occupied by the solid in Stefan problems with and without surface tension, based on their recent probabilistic reformulation. The level-set function is parameterized by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Mykhaylo Shkolnikov , H. Mete Soner , Valentin Tissot-Daguette

The curvature regularities are well-known for providing strong priors in the continuity of edges, which have been applied to a wide range of applications in image processing and computer vision. However, these models are usually non-convex,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-03 Qiuxiang Zhong , Ke Yin , Yuping Duan

We propose a new formulation for integrating over smooth curves and surfaces that are described by their closest point mappings. Our method is designed for curves and surfaces that are not defined by any explicit parameterization and is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-16 Catherine Kublik , Richard Tsai

We study the horizontal mean curvature flow in the Heisenberg group by using the level-set method. We prove the uniqueness, existence and stability of axisymmetric viscosity solutions of the level-set equation. An explicit solution is given…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-07-24 Fausto Ferrari , Qing Liu , Juan J. Manfredi

We contribute to the growing body of knowledge on more powerful and adaptive stepsizes for convex optimization, empowered by local curvature information. We do not go the route of fully-fledged second-order methods which require the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-28 Peter Richtárik , Simone Maria Giancola , Dymitr Lubczyk , Robin Yadav

In a previous work of the authors, a result to algorithmically compute the topology types of the level curves of an algebraic surface, is given. From this result, here we derive applications based on level curves to determine some…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-10-18 J. G. Alcazar , J. R. Sendra

We investigate the relation between the level set approach and the varifold approach for the mean curvature flow with Neumann boundary conditions. With an appropriate initial data, we prove that the almost all level sets of the unique…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Satoru Aimi

This paper aims at building a unified framework to deal with a wide class of local and nonlocal translation-invariant geometric flows. First, we introduce a class of generalized curvatures, and prove the existence and uniqueness for the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Antonin Chambolle , Massimiliano Morini , Marcello Ponsiglione

This paper discusses a relation between the re-initialization equation of the level-set functions derived by Wac{\l}awczyk [J.Comp.Phys., 299, (2015)] and the condition for the phase equilibrium provided by the stationary solution to the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-02-13 Tomasz Wacławczyk

Topology optimization is a valuable tool in engineering, facilitating the design of optimized structures. However, topological changes often require a remeshing step, which can become challenging. In this work, we propose an isogeometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Guilherme Henrique Teixeira , Nepomuk Krenn , Peter Gangl , Benjamin Marussig

The classical level set method, which represents the boundary of the unknown geometry as the zero-level set of a function, has been shown to be very effective in solving shape optimization problems. The present work addresses the issue of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Oleg Alexandrov , Fadil Santosa

Mathematical descriptions of flow phenomena usually come in the form of partial differential equations. The differential operators used in these equations may have properties such as symmetry, skew-symmetry, positive or negative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Bas van 't Hof , Mathea J. Vuik

This work has explored interface evolution and pinch-off mechanism of the droplet formation in two-phase flow through cross-flow microfluidic device. The two-dimensional mathematical model equations have been solved using the finite element…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-10 Akepogu Venkateshwarlu , Ram Prakash Bharti

In this contribution, we derive a gas-liquid two-scale multi-fluid model with capillarity effects to enable a novelinterface regularization approach for multi-fluid models. As this unified modelling is capable of switching from theinterface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-24 Arthur Loison , Samuel Kokh , Teddy Pichard , Marc Massot

We consider the evolution of fronts by mean curvature in the presence of obstacles. We construct a weak solution to the flow by means of a variational method, corresponding to an implicit time-discretization scheme. Assuming the regularity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Luís Almeida , Antonin Chambolle , Matteo Novaga

The Euler scheme is up to date the most important numerical method for ordinary differential inclusions, because the use of the available higher-order methods is prohibited by their enormous complexity after spatial discretization.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-19 Janosch Rieger

This paper introduces a volume-conserving interface tracking algorithm on unstructured triangle meshes. We propose to discretize the interface via triangle edge cuts which represent the intersections between the interface and the triangle…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Mengdi Wang , Matthew Cong , Bo Zhu