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A fast and efficient numerical-analytical approach is proposed for modeling complex behaviour in the BBGKY--hierarchy of kinetic equations. Our calculations are based on variational and multiresolution approaches in the basis of polynomial…
We consider the Euler system of compressible and entropic gaz dynamics in a bounded open domain with wall boundary condition. We prove the existence and the stability of families of solutions which correspond to a ground state plus a large…
This paper presents a new method for synthesizing stochastic control Lyapunov functions for a class of nonlinear stochastic control systems. The technique relies on a transformation of the classical nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial…
Lyapunov's indirect method is an attractive method for analyzing stability of non-linear systems since only the stability of the corresponding linearized system needs to be determined. Unfortunately, the proof for finite-dimensional systems…
First-order methods are often analyzed via their continuous-time models, where their worst-case convergence properties are usually approached via Lyapunov functions. In this work, we provide a systematic and principled approach to find and…
Under the assumption of a smooth full phase-space distribution function we prove that the nonequilibrium entropy S which is considered as a functional of the distribution vector for an N-body system possesses a lower bound and therefore can…
We present a method for linear stability analysis of systems with parametric uncertainty formulated in the stochastic Galerkin framework. Specifically, we assume that for a model partial differential equation, the parameter is given in the…
This paper presents a class of novel high-order fully-discrete entropy stable (ES) discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes with explicit time discretization. The proposed methodology exploits a critical observation from [4] that the cell…
Copositive linear Lyapunov functions are used along with dissipativity theory for stability analysis and control of uncertain linear positive systems. Unlike usual results on linear systems, linear supply-rates are employed here for…
This review concerns recent results on the quantitative study of convergence towards the stationary state for spatially inhomogeneous kinetic equations. We focus on analytical results obtained by means of certain probabilistic techniques…
This article presents a novel numerically tractable technique for synthesizing Lyapunov functions for equilibria of nonlinear vector fields. In broad strokes, corresponding to an isolated equilibrium point of a given vector field, a…
We consider space-periodic and inhomogeneous steady states of the one-dimensional electrostatic Vlasov-Poisson system, known as the Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) waves. We prove that there exists a large class of fixed background ion…
We establish $L^2$-exponential decay properties for linear dissipative kinetic equations, including the time-relaxation and Fokker-Planck models, in bounded spatial domains with general boundary conditions that may not conserve mass. Their…
The Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) model of the Boltzmann equation allows for efficient flow simulations, especially in the transition regime between continuum and high rarefaction. However, ensuring efficient performances for multiscale…
This paper focuses on applying entropic mirror descent to solve linear systems, where the main challenge for the convergence analysis stems from the unboundedness of the domain. To overcome this without imposing restrictive assumptions, we…
We construct and analyze a projection-free linearly implicit method for the approximation of flows of harmonic maps into spheres. The proposed method is unconditionally energy stable and, under a sharp discrete regularity condition,…
We consider the development of high order asymptotic-preserving linear multistep methods for kinetic equations and related problems. The methods are first developed for BGK-like kinetic models and then extended to the case of the full…
We introduce and analyze a stress-based formulation for Zener's model in linear viscoelasticity. The method is aimed to tackle efficiently heterogeneous materials that admit purely elastic and viscoelastic parts in their composition. We…
Combining analytical and numerical methods, we study within the framework of the homogeneous non-linear Boltzmann equation, a broad class of models relevant for the dynamics of dissipative fluids, including granular gases. We use the new…
In this work, we first develop a unified Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook lattice Boltzmann (BGK-LB) model for the $d$($d\geq 1$)-dimensional linear hyperbolic equation (L-HE), where the natural moments and the D$d$Q$(2d^2+1)$ [($2d^2+1$) discrete…