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Lipschitz constants for the width and diameter functions of a convex body in $\mathbb R^n$ are found in terms of its diameter and thickness (maximum and minimum of both functions). Also, a dual approach to thickness is proposed.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Oleg Mushkarov , Nikolai Nikolov , Pascal J. Thomas

In this work, we explore the numerical solution of geometric shape optimization problems using neural network-based approaches. This involves minimizing a numerical criterion that includes solving a partial differential equation with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-08 Amaury Bélières--Frendo , Emmanuel Franck , Victor Michel-Dansac , Yannick Privat

We develop a method for optimization in shape spaces, i.e., sets of surfaces modulo re-parametrization. Unlike previously proposed gradient flows, we achieve superlinear convergence rates through a subtle approximation of the shape Hessian,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-04-15 J. Balzer , S. Soatto

Most 3D shape analysis methods use triangular meshes to discretize both the shape and functions on it as piecewise linear functions. With this representation, shape analysis requires fine meshes to represent smooth shapes and geometric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-30 V. Estellers , F. R. Schmidt , D. Cremers

In shape optimisation it is desirable to obtain deformations of a given mesh without negative impact on the mesh quality. We propose a new algorithm using least square formulations of the Cauchy-Riemann equations. Our method allows to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-09 José A. Iglesias , Kevin Sturm , Florian Wechsung

We consider discretized two-dimensional PDE-constrained shape optimization problems, in which shapes are represented by triangular meshes. Given the connectivity, the space of admissible vertex positions was recently identified to be a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Roland Herzog , Estefanía Loayza-Romero

An eigenvalue problem arising in optimal insulation related to the minimization of the heat decay rate of an insulated body is adapted to enforce a positive lower bound imposed on the distribution of insulating material. We prove the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-22 Sören Bartels , Giuseppe Buttazzo , Hedwig Keller

In this paper we are interested in "optimal" universal geometric inequalities involving the area, diameter and inradius of convex bodies. The term "optimal" is to be understood in the following sense: we tackle the issue of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-10 Alexandre Delyon , Antoine Henrot , Yannick Privat

In the recent paper "On a formula for sets of constant width in 2D", Comm. Pure Appl. Anal. 18 (2019), 2117-2131, we gave a constructive formula for all 2d sets of constant width. Based on this result we derive here a formula for the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Bernd Kawohl , Guido Sweers

We suggest a novel shape matching algorithm for three-dimensional surface meshes of disk or sphere topology. The method is based on the physical theory of nonlinear elasticity and can hence handle large rotations and deformations.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-07-29 Konrad Simon , Sameer Sheorey , David Jacobs , Ronen Basri

A shape optimization problem arising from the optimal reinforcement of a membrane by means of one-dimensional stiffeners or from the fastest cooling of a two-dimensional object by means of ``conducting wires'' is considered. The criterion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Francesco Paolo Maiale

Shape optimization models with one or more shapes are considered in this chapter. Of particular interest for applications are problems in which where a so-called shape functional is constrained by a partial differential equation (PDE)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-19 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

An application of dimensional reduction results for gradient constrained problems is provided for 3D-2D dimension reduction for supremal functionals, in the case when the domain is convex.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-13 Elvira Zappale

In this paper we study the covering numbers of the space of convex and uniformly bounded functions in multi-dimension. We find optimal upper and lower bounds for the $\epsilon$-covering number of $\C([a, b]^d, B)$, in the $L_p$-metric, $1…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-04-03 Adityanand Guntuboyina , Bodhisattva Sen

Generative models have attracted considerable attention for their ability to produce novel shapes. However, their application in mechanical design remains constrained due to the limited size and variability of available datasets. This study…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Yongmin Kwon , Namwoo Kang

In this paper, we consider the problem of improving 2D triangle meshes tessellating planar regions. We propose a new variational principle for improving 2D triangle meshes where the energy functional is a convex function over the angle…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-08-20 Jian Sun , Wei Chen , Junhui Deng , Jie Gao , Xianfeng Gu , Feng Luo

Although shape correspondence is a central problem in geometry processing, most methods for this task apply only to two-dimensional surfaces. The neglected task of volumetric correspondence--a natural extension relevant to shapes extracted…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-11-29 S. Mazdak Abulnaga , Oded Stein , Polina Golland , Justin Solomon

We are interested in the optimization of convex domains under a PDE constraint. Due to the difficulties of approximating convex domains in $\mathbb{R}^3$, the restriction to rotationally symmetric domains is used to reduce shape…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-13 Hedwig Keller , Sören Bartels , Gerd Wachsmuth

This article introduces a representation of dynamic meshes, adapted to some numerical simulations that require controlling the volume of objects with free boundaries, such as incompressible fluid simulation, some astrophysical simulations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-26 Bruno Lévy

We introduce a novel numerical framework for the exploration of Blaschke--Santal\'o diagrams, which are efficient tools characterizing the possible inequalities relating some given shape functionals. We introduce a parametrization of convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Eloi Martinet , Ilias Ftouhi