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In the paper, we propose solving optimization problems (OPs) and understanding the Newton method from the optimal control view. We propose a new optimization algorithm based on the optimal control problem (OCP). The algorithm features…

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In this work, we develop a fully implicit Hybrid High-Order algorithm for the Cahn-Hilliard problem in mixed form. The space discretization hinges on local reconstruction operators from hybrid polynomial unknowns at elements and faces. The…

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We propose a hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method combined with convex-concave splitting for the temporal discretization of the convective Cahn-Hilliard equation. The convection term is discretized explicitly without…

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We propose a new practical adaptive refinement strategy for $hp$-finite element approximations of elliptic problems. Following recent theoretical developments in polynomial-degree-robust a posteriori error analysis, we solve two types of…

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In this paper, we establish the local superlinear convergence property of some polynomial-time interior-point methods for an important family of conic optimization problems. The main structural property used in our analysis is the…

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The distributed optimization problem is set up in a collection of nodes interconnected via a communication network. The goal is to find the minimizer of a global objective function formed by the addition of partial functions locally known…

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This work concerns the local convergence theory of Newton and quasi-Newton methods for convex-composite optimization: minimize f(x):=h(c(x)), where h is an infinite-valued proper convex function and c is C^2-smooth. We focus on the case…

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We study the convergence behavior of the stochastic heavy-ball method with a small stepsize. Under a change of time scale, we approximate the discrete method by a stochastic differential equation that models small random perturbations of a…

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We propose a hydridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for solving the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The temporal discretization can be based on either the backward Euler method or the convex-splitting method. We show that the fully…

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We present exponential error estimates and demonstrate an algebraic convergence rate for the homogenization of level-set convex Hamilton-Jacobi equations in i.i.d. random environments, the first quantitative homogenization results for these…

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