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In this paper we present the first known deterministic algorithm for the construction of multiple rank-1 lattices for the approximation of periodic functions of many variables. The algorithm works by converting a potentially large…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-24 Craig Gross , Mark A. Iwen , Lutz Kämmerer , Toni Volkmer

We propose a method for calculating Wannier functions of periodic solids directly from a modified variational principle for the energy, subject to the requirement that the Wannier functions are orthogonal to all their translations…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-28 Farzin Barekat , Ke Yin , Russel E. Caflisch , Stanley J. Osher , Rongjie Lai , Vidvuds Ozolins

A multiscale (micro-to-macro) analysis is proposed for the prediction of the finite strain behavior of composites with hyperelastic constituents and embedded localized damage. The composites are assumed to possess periodic microstructure…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-20 Nathan Perchikov , Jacob Aboudi

We have developed a method to construct a symmetry-adapted Wannier tight-binding model based on the closest Wannier formalism and the symmetry-adapted multipole theory. Since the symmetry properties of the closest Wannier functions are…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-11 Rikuto Oiwa , Akane Inda , Satoru Hayami , Takuya Nomoto , Ryotaro Arita , Hiroaki Kusunose

A robust, user-friendly, and automated method to determine quantum conductance in disordered quasi-one-dimensional systems is presented. The scheme relies upon an initial density- functional theory calculation in a specific geometry after…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Matthew Shelley , Nicolas Poilvert , Arash A Mostofi , Nicola Marzari

In this paper we use a unidirectional decomposition capable of furnishing localized wave pulses, with luminal and superluminal peak velocities, in exact form and totally free of backward components, which have been a chronic problem for…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michel Zamboni-Rached

We describe a robust method for determining Pipek-Mezey (PM) Wannier functions (WF), recently introduced by J\'onsson et al. (J. Chem. Theor. Chem. 2017, 13, 460), which provide some formal advantages over the more common Boys (also known…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-07-30 Marjory C. Clement , Xiao Wang , Edward F. Valeev

We introduce a Wannier-type formulation of periodic local vibrational mode theory that yields real-space-localized vibrational modes associated with individual internal coordinates in crystalline solids. These modes are constructed as…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-12 Mateusz Mojsak , Elfi Kraka , Adam A. L. Michalchuk

We present a first-principles scheme that allows the orbital magnetization of a magnetic crystal to be evaluated accurately and efficiently even in the presence of complex Fermi surfaces. Starting from an initial electronic-structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-02-03 M. G. Lopez , David Vanderbilt , T. Thonhauser , Ivo Souza

Local Fourier analysis is a useful tool for predicting and analyzing the performance of many efficient algorithms for the solution of discretized PDEs, such as multigrid and domain decomposition methods. The crucial aspect of local Fourier…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Jed Brown , Yunhui He , Scott MacLachlan , Matt Menickelly , Stefan M. Wild

The method used earlier for analysis of correlated nanoscopic systems is extended to infinite (periodic) s-band like systems described by the Hubbard model and its extensions. The optimized single-particle wave functions contained in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-02-18 Jan Kurzyk , Włodzimierz Wójcik , Jozef Spałek

We consider finite element methods of multiscale type to approximate solutions for two-dimensional symmetric elliptic partial differential equations with heterogeneous $L^\infty$ coefficients. The methods are of Galerkin type and follow the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Alexandre L. Madureira , Marcus Sarkis

We propose a single time-scale stochastic subgradient method for constrained optimization of a composition of several nonsmooth and nonconvex functions. The functions are assumed to be locally Lipschitz and differentiable in a generalized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Andrzej Ruszczynski

Eigenfunctions of 1d disordered Hamiltonian with constant imaginary vector potential are investigated. Even within the domain of complex eigenvalues the wave functions are shown to be strongly localized. However, this localization is of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. G. Silvestrov

A method to separate a Slater determinant wave function with a two-center neck structure into spatially localized subsystems is proposed, and its potential applications are presented. An orthonormal set of spatially localized…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-03 Yasutaka Taniguchi , Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo

We introduce a method for the selective preparation and detection of quasiparticle wave packets, based on creation operators that generate dressed, localized excitations on top of interacting vacua of (quasi-)one-dimensional quantum lattice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Mattia Morgavi , Peter Majcen , Marco Rigobello , Simone Montangero , Pietro Silvi

We consider collocated wireless sensor networks, where each node has a Boolean measurement and the goal is to compute a given Boolean function of these measurements. We first consider the worst case setting and study optimal block…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-09 Hemant Kowshik , P. R. Kumar

We develop an effective extended Hubbard model to describe the low-energy electronic properties of the twisted bilayer graphene. By using the Bloch states in the effective continuum model and with the aid of the maximally localized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-03 Mikito Koshino , Noah F. Q. Yuan , Takashi Koretsune , Masayuki Ochi , Kazuhiko Kuroki , Liang Fu

We present a study of the construction and spatial properties of localized Wannier orbitals in large supercells of insulating solids using plane waves as the underlying basis. The Pipek-Mezey (PM) functional in combination with intrinsic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Benjamin Wöckinger , Alexander Rumpf , Tobias Schäfer

The theory for the generation of Wannier functions within the generalized Pipek--Mezey approach [Lehtola, S.; J\'onsson, H. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2014, 10, 642] is presented and an implementation thereof is described. Results are…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-15 Elvar Ö. Jónsson , Susi Lehtola , Martti Puska , Hannes Jónsson
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