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We present a computational scheme that derives a global polynomial level set parametrisation for smooth closed surfaces from a regular surface-point set and prove its uniqueness. This enables us to approximate a broad class of smooth…

A discretisation scheme that preserves topological features of a physical problem is extended so that differential geometric structures can be approximated in a consistent way thus giving access to the study of physical systems which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Vivien de Beauce , Siddhartha Sen

In spite of its overall efficiency and robustness for capturing the interface in multiphase fluid dynamics simulations, the well-known shortcoming of the level-set method is associated with the lack of a systematic approach for preserving…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-22 A. Hashemi , M. R. Hashemi , P. Ryzhakov , R. Rossi

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

We present two types of self-similar shrinking solutions of positive genus for the crystalline mean curvature flow in three dimensions analogous to the solutions known for the standard mean curvature flow. We use them to test a numerical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-08 Norbert Požár

We provide a new approach for computing integrals over hypersurfaces in the level set framework. The method is based on the discretization (via simple Riemann sums) of the classical formulation used in the level set framework, with the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-08 Catherine Kublik , Richard Tsai

We present a PDE-based approach for the multidimensional extrapolation of smooth scalar quantities across interfaces with kinks and regions of high curvature. Unlike the commonly used method of [2] in which normal derivatives are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-26 Daniil Bochkov , Frederic Gibou

We establish convergence results for a spatial semidiscretization of Mean Curvature Flow (MCF) for surfaces with fixed boundaries. Our analysis is based on Huisken's evolution equations for the mean curvature and the normal vector, enabling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Bárbara Solange Ivaniszyn , Pedro Morin , M. Sebastián Pauletti

Level set method has been used to capture interface motion. Narrow band algorithm is applied to localize the solving of level-set PDE on global domain to a tube around interface. Due to the unknown evolving interface, narrow band algorithm…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 Zhenlin Wang

Utilizing recently developed abstract notions of sectional curvature, we introduce a method for constructing a curvature-based geometric profile of discrete metric spaces. The curvature concept that we use here captures the metric relations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Charlotte Beylier , Parvaneh Joharinad , Jürgen Jost , Nahid Torbati

Discretization of curves is an ancient topic. Even discretization of curves with an eye toward differential geometry is over a century old. However there is no general theory or methodology in the literature, despite the ubiquitous use of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Daniel Carroll , Eleanor Hankins , Emek Köse , Ivan Sterling

Discrete differential geometry aims to develop discrete equivalents of the geometric notions and methods of classical differential geometry. In this survey we discuss the following two fundamental Discretization Principles: the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Alexander I. Bobenko , Yuri B. Suris

The level set method is a widely used tool for solving reachability and invariance problems. However, some shortcomings, such as the difficulties of handling dissipation function and constructing terminal conditions for solving the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-01 Wei Liao , Taotao Liang , Xiaohui Wei , Jizhou Lai

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

When solving elliptic partial differential equations in a region containing immersed interfaces (possibly evolving in time), it is often desirable to approximate the problem using an independent background discretisation, not aligned with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Luca Heltai , Nella Rotundo

In this work, we present a new efficient method for convex shape representation, which is regardless of the dimension of the concerned objects, using level-set approaches. Convexity prior is very useful for object completion in computer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Lingfeng li , Shousheng Luo , Xue-Cheng Tai , Jiang Yang

We study multilevel techniques, commonly used in PDE multigrid literature, to solve structured optimization problems. For a given hierarchy of levels, we formulate a coarse model that approximates the problem at each level and provides a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-19 Ferdinand Vanmaele , Yara Elshiaty , Stefania Petra

A local weighted discontinuous Galerkin gradient discretization method for solving elliptic equations is introduced. The local scheme is based on a coarse grid and successively improves the solution solving a sequence of local elliptic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-30 Assyr Abdulle , Giacomo Rosilho de Souza

Discontinuities in spatial derivatives appear in a wide range of physical systems, from creased thin sheets to materials with sharp stiffness transitions. Accurately modeling these features is essential for simulation but remains…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Mengfei Liu , Yue Chang , Zhecheng Wang , Peter Yichen Chen , Eitan Grinspun

This paper is concerned with the study of a geometric flow whose law involves a singular integral operator. This operator is used to define a non-local mean curvature of a set. Moreover the associated flow appears in two important…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-04-04 Cyril Imbert