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We study the inverse problem of deducing the dynamical characteristics (such as the potential field) of large systems from kinematic observations. We show that, for a class of steady-state systems, the solution is unique even with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-14 Mikko Kaasalainen

Let $n\ge2$ and $\Omega$ be a bounded non-tangentially accessible domain (for short, NTA domain) of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Assume that $L_D$ is a second-order divergence form elliptic operator having real-valued, bounded, measurable coefficients…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-12 Sibei Yang , Dachun Yang

We show that the Neumann problem for Laplace's equation in a convex domain $\Omega$ with boundary data in $L^p(\partial\Omega)$ is uniquely solvable for $1<p<\infty$. As a consequence, we obtain the Helmholtz decomposition of vector fields…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-07 Jun Geng , Zhongwei Shen

We consider the inverse multiphase Stefan problem, where information on the heat flux on the fixed boundary is missing and must be found along with the temperature and free boundaries. Optimal control framework is pursued, where boundary…

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We introduce a nonconforming virtual element method for the Poisson equation on domains with curved boundary and internal interfaces. We prove arbitrary order optimal convergence in the energy and $L^2$ norms, and validate the theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-28 Lourenco Beirão Da Veiga , Yi Liu , Lorenzo Mascotto , Alessandro Russo

Inverse Stefan problem arising in modeling of laser ablation of biomedical tissues is analyzed, where information on the coefficients, heat flux on the fixed boundary, and density of heat sources are missing and must be found along with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-25 Ugur G. Abdulla , Jonathan Goldfarb

We introduce a direct method allowing to solve numerically inverse type problems for linear hyperbolic equations. We first consider the reconstruction of the full solution of the wave equation posed in $\Omega\times (0,T)$ - $\Omega$ a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-12 Nicolae Cindea , Arnaud Munch

Fitting an unknown number of hyperplanes to data is a fundamental yet challenging problem in machine learning, characterized by its non-convexity, non-differentiability, and unknown model order. Existing approaches often struggle with local…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Zhiqin Cheng , Yu Zhan , Mingjin Zhang , Lingbo Liu , Liang Lin

In this article we study a controllability problem for a parabolic and a hyperbolic partial differential equations in which the control is the shape of the domain where the equation holds. The quantity to be controlled is the trace of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-07 Jonathan Touboul

The aim of this paper is to establish the framework of the enclosure method for some class of inverse problems whose governing equations are given by parabolic equations with discontinuous coefficients. The framework is given by considering…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-21 Masaru Ikehata

We introduce and study a new optimal transport problem on a bounded domain $\bar\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$, defined via a dynamical Benamou-Brenier formulation. The model handles differently the motion in the interior and on the boundary,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Léonard Monsaingeon

We establish sharp higher-order heat estimates with complete bound on the noncommutative tori \(\mathbb{T}_{\theta}^{n}\) and show the optimality in the small-time order. As an application in polynomial semilinear heat equations on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Fulin Yang , Zhipeng Yang

In this paper we study the boundary behavior of solutions of a divergence-form subelliptic heat equation in a time-varying domain \Omega in R^{n+1}, structured on a set of vector fields X = (X_1, ... X_m) with smooth coefficients satisfying…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-01-23 Marie Frentz , Elin Götmark

Measurements of an object's temperature are important in many disciplines, from astronomy to engineering, as are estimates of an object's spatial configuration. We present the quantum optimal estimator for the temperature of a distant body…

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We initiate a study of the following problem: Given a continuous domain $\Omega$ along with its convex hull $\mathcal{K}$, a point $A \in \mathcal{K}$ and a prior measure $\mu$ on $\Omega$, find the probability density over $\Omega$ whose…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-17 Jonathan Leake , Nisheeth K. Vishnoi

This paper deals with shape irregularity issues in discrete topology optimization algorithms whereby the design is created using the automated distribution of material in the design region. Graph theory is employed to derive appropriate…

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This paper addresses the inverse scattering problem in the domain Omega. The input data, measured outside Omega, involve the waves generated by the interaction of plane waves with various directions and unknown scatterers fully occluded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Phuong M. Nguyen , Loc H. Nguyen , Huong T. T. Vu

Our objective is to prove existence of a solution to the Dirichlet problem for an equation arising in the theory of radiation hydrodynamics to deal with the radiating energy in transparent media. We study its stationary equation with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Francesco Balducci , Sergio Segura de León

We present an efficient method for computing A-optimal experimental designs for infinite-dimensional Bayesian linear inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs). Specifically, we address the problem of optimizing the…

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