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We propose a variational framework for accretive surface growth driven by an optimality principle. Rather than prescribing a kinetic law, the configuration at each time step is obtained, within a time-discrete setting, as the solution of a…

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We present a new method for constructing valid covariance functions of Gaussian processes for spatial analysis in irregular, non-convex domains such as bodies of water. Standard covariance functions based on geodesic distances are not…

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The main aim of this paper is to prove the existence of a new production function with variable elasticity of factor substitution. This production function is a more general form which includes the Cobb-Douglas production function and the…

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The existence of a positive linear functional acting on the space of (differences between) conformal blocks has been shown to rule out regions in the parameter space of conformal field theories (CFTs). We argue that at the boundary of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Sheer El-Showk , Miguel F. Paulos

Under the separability assumption on the augmented density, a distribution function can be always constructed for a spherical population with the specified density and anisotropy profile. Then, a question arises, under what conditions the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-01-31 J. An

The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a well-established framework for solving partial differential equations on polygonal and polyhedral meshes. In this paper, we introduce a novel hybrid VEM that integrates both conforming and nonconforming…

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We develop mathematical models for shape design and topology optimization in structural contact problems involving friction between elastic and rigid bodies. The governing mechanical constraint is a nonlinear, non-smooth, and non-convex…

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We present the second part of a paper series devoted to the study of the multi-loop effective potential evolution in $\varphi^4$-theory using the conformal symmetry. In this paper, we demonstrate that the conformal symmetry can still be…

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An important step in shape optimization with partial differential equation constraints is to adapt the geometry during each optimization iteration. Common strategies are to employ mesh-deformation or re-meshing, where one or the other…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Jorgen S. Dokken , Simon W. Funke , August Johansson , Stephan Schmidt

The paper explores the differential inclusion of a special form. It is supposed that the support function of the set in the right-hand side of an inclusion may contain the sum of the maximum and the minimum of the finite number of…

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We study a class of nonlinear elliptic problems driven by a double-phase operator with variable exponents, arising in the modeling of heterogeneous materials undergoing phase transitions. The associated Poisson problem features a…

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In this paper, a class of high order numerical schemes is proposed to solve the nonlinear parabolic equations with variable coefficients. This method is based on our previous work [10] for convection-diffusion equations, which relies on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-30 Kaipeng Wang , Andrew Christlieb , Yan Jiang , Mengping Zhang

Variational problems of splitting-type with mixed linear-superlinear growth conditions are considered. In the twodimensional case the minimizing problem is given by \[ J [w] = \int_{\Omega} \Big[f_1\big(\partial_1 w\big) +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-30 Michael Bildhauer , Martin Fuchs

We prove the applicability of the Weighted Energy-Dissipation (WED) variational principle [50] to nonlinear parabolic stochastic partial differential equations in abstract form. The WED principle consists in the minimization of a…

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The performance of evolutionary algorithms can be heavily undermined when constraints limit the feasible areas of the search space. For instance, while Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy is one of the most efficient algorithms…

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We use a time-relaxed linear grid generator of Winslow type to propose a new deterministic-stochastic domain decomposition approach to the generation of adaptive moving meshes. The method uses the probabilistic form of the exact solution of…

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This paper deals with a simple and straightforward procedure for automatic generation of finite-element or finite-volume meshes of spheroidal domains, consisting of tetrahedra. Besides the equation of the boundary, the generated meshes…

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A symmetry-preserving approach to the two valence-body continuum bound-state problem is used to calculate the elastic electromagnetic form factors of the $\rho$-meson and subsequently to study the evolution of vector-meson form factors with…

In this paper, we develop the constrained energy minimizing generalized multiscale finite element method (CEM-GMsFEM) with mixed boundary conditions (Dirichlet and Neumann) for the elasticity equations in high contrast media. By a special…

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This paper contains construction and analysis a finite element approximation for convection dominated diffusion problems with full coefficient matrix on general simplicial partitions in $R^d$, $d=2,3$. This construction is quite close to…

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