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In this paper the optimal transport and the metamorphosis perspectives are combined. For a pair of given input images geodesic paths in the space of images are defined as minimizers of a resulting path energy. To this end, the underlying…

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Minimal paths are regarded as a powerful and efficient tool for boundary detection and image segmentation due to its global optimality and the well-established numerical solutions such as fast marching method. In this paper, we introduce a…

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We develop a unified PDE-probabilistic framework for pointwise gradient and Hessian estimates of Markov semigroups associated with stochastic differential equations with singular and unbounded coefficients. Under mild local structural…

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In this paper, we extend a recently established subgradient method for the computation of Riemannian metrics that optimizes certain singular value functions associated with dynamical systems. This extension is threefold. First, we introduce…

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In this paper we study a class of Riemannian metrics on the space of unparametrized curves and develop a method to compute geodesics with given boundary conditions. It extends previous works on this topic in several important ways. The…

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Inferring electromagnetic propagation characteristics within the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) from data in real time is crucial for modern maritime navigation and communications. The propagation of electromagnetic waves is well…

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We introduce a new geometric framework for the set of symmetric positive-definite (SPD) matrices, aimed to characterize deformations of SPD matrices by individual scaling of eigenvalues and rotation of eigenvectors of the SPD matrices. To…

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The unit sphere $\mathbb S^3$ can be identified with the unitary group SU(2). Under this identification the unit sphere can be considered as a non-commutative Lie group. The commutation relations for the vector fields of the corresponding…

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This paper introduces a set of numerical methods for Riemannian shape analysis of 3D surfaces within the setting of invariant (elastic) second-order Sobolev metrics. More specifically, we address the computation of geodesics and geodesic…

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The Semi-Analytical Finite Element (SAFE) method is widely used for computing guided wave dispersion curves in waveguides of arbitrary cross-section. Accurate mode tracking across consecutive wavenumber steps remains challenging,…

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