Related papers: Shape optimization problems for nonlocal operators
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The derivation of nonlocal strong forms for many physical problems remains cumbersome in traditional methods. In this paper, we apply the variational principle/weighted residual method based on nonlocal operator method for the derivation of…
We optimize a selection of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions by adjusting the shape of the domain on which the eigenvalue problem is considered. Here, a phase-field function is used to…
We propose a nonlocal operator method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). The nonlocal operator is derived from the Taylor series expansion of the unknown field, and can be regarded as the integral form "equivalent" to the…
We derive a closed equation for the shape of the free surface of a magnetic fluid subject to an external magnetic field. The equation is strongly non-local due to the long range character of the magnetic interaction. We develop a systematic…
In this article, we propose a shape optimization algorithm which is able to handle large deformations while maintaining a high level of mesh quality. Based on the method of mappings we introduce a nonlinear extension operator, which links a…
The definition of metastable states is an ubiquitous task in the design and analysis of molecular simulations, and is a crucial input in a variety of acceleration methods for the sampling of long configurational trajectories. Although…
In general, standard necessary optimality conditions cannot be formulated in a straightforward manner for semi-smooth shape optimization problems. In this paper, we consider shape optimization problems constrained by variational…
We consider linear and obstacle problems driven by a nonlocal integral operator, for which nonlocal interactions are restricted to a ball of finite radius. These type of operators are used to model anomalous diffusion and, for a special…
The variation of spectral subspaces for linear self-adjoint operators under an additive bounded off-diagonal perturbation is studied. To this end, the optimization approach for general perturbations in [J. Anal. Math., to appear;…
We derive necessary conditions for locally optimal shapes of a design problem governed by a non-smooth PDE. The main particularity of the state system is the lack of differentiability of the nonlinearity. We work in the framework of the…
This paper is concerned with a shape optimization problem governed by a non-smooth PDE, i.e., the nonlinearity in the state equation is not necessarily differentiable. We follow the functional variational approach of [40] where the set of…
We study problems in which a local model is coupled with a nonlocal one. We propose two energies: both of them are based on the same classical weighted $H^1$-semi norm to model the local part, while two different weighted $H^s$-semi norms,…
This article is devoted to the study of certain models for phase transitions involving nonlocal energies. A first part is concerned with to the asymptotic analysis of a system of fractional elliptic equations of Allen-Cahn type as a…
Using the theory of evolutionary equations, we consider abstract differential equations including non-local integral operators. After providing a condition for the well-posedness of the addressed equation we consider a numerical method of…
In this paper we analyze a shape optimization problem, with Stokes equations as the state problem, defined on a domain with a part of the boundary that is described as the graph of the control function. The state problem formulation is…
In this paper we analyze the relaxed form of a shape optimization problem with state equation $\{{array}{ll} -div \big(a(x)Du\big)=f\qquad\hbox{in}D \hbox{boundary conditions on}\partial D. {array}.$ The new fact is that the term $f$ is…
This work presents a unified framework that combines global approximations with locally built models to handle challenging nonconvex and nonsmooth composite optimization problems, including cases involving extended real-valued functions. We…
Recently, great attention has been focused on the study of fractional and non-local operators of elliptic type, both for pure mathematical research and in view of concrete real-world applications. Our problem is related to the fractional…
Some systems of parabolic equations with nonlocal initial conditions are studied. The systems arise when considering steady-state solutions to diffusive age-structured cooperative or competing species. Local and global bifurcation…