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We explore a new type of discretizations of lattice dynamical models of the Klein-Gordon type relevant to the existence and long-term mobility of nonlinear waves. The discretization is based on non-holonomic constraints and is shown to…
The enhanced continualization approach proposed in this paper is aimed to overcome some drawbacks observed in the homogenization of beam lattices. To this end an enhanced homogenization technique is proposed and formulated to obtain…
Hyperbolic systems under nonconservative form arise in numerous applications modeling physical processes, for example from the relaxation of more general equations (e.g. with dissipative terms). This paper reviews an existing class of…
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We develop a unified and easy to use framework to study robust fully discrete numerical methods for nonlinear degenerate diffusion equations $$ \partial_t u-\mathfrak{L}^{\sigma,\mu}[\varphi(u)]=f \quad\quad\text{in}\quad\quad…
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