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This paper considers optimization problems on Riemannian manifolds and analyzes iteration-complexity for gradient and subgradient methods on manifolds with non-negative curvature. By using tools from the Riemannian convex analysis and…

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We investigate the construction of approximated exchange-correlation functionals by interpolating locally along the adiabatic connection between the weak- and the strong-coupling regimes, focussing on the effect of using approximate…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Stefan Vuckovic , Lucas O. Wagner , Andrew M. Teale , Paola Gori-Giorgi

This is the first part of our study of inertial manifolds for the system of 1D reaction-diffusion-advection equations which is devoted to the case of Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. Although this problem does not initially possess…

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The problem of incompressible fluid mixing arises in numerous engineering applications and has been well-studied over the years, yet many open questions remain. This paper aims to address the question "what do efficient flow fields for…

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In this paper, a descent method for nonsmooth multiobjective optimization problems on complete Riemannian manifolds is proposed. The objective functions are only assumed to be locally Lipschitz continuous instead of convexity used in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Chunming Tang , Hao He , Jinbao Jian , Miantao Chao

In this paper, we propose a method to learn a minimizing geodesic within a data manifold. Along the learned geodesic, our method can generate high-quality interpolations between two given data samples. Specifically, we use an autoencoder…

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Dynamical systems studies of differential equations often focus on the behavior of solutions near critical points and on invariant manifolds, to elucidate the organization of the associated flow. In addition, effective methods, such as the…

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Dueling optimization considers optimizing an objective with access to only a comparison oracle of the objective function. It finds important applications in emerging fields such as recommendation systems and robotics. Existing works on…

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The classical phase-field modeling approaches for multiphase problems represent each phase using a regularized characteristic function, which necessarily introduces a simplex constraint for the phase-field variables. Additionally, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Lun Zhang , Chenxi Wang , Nan Lu , Zhen Zhang

We prove that ideal sub-Riemannian manifolds (i.e., admitting no non-trivial abnormal minimizers) support interpolation inequalities for optimal transport. A key role is played by sub-Riemannian Jacobi fields and distortion coefficients,…

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Optimization with constraints is a typical problem in quantum physics and quantum information science that becomes especially challenging for high-dimensional systems and complex architectures like tensor networks. Here we use ideas of…

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Continuous interpolates are described for classical dynamical systems defined by discrete time-steps. Functional conjugation methods play a central role in obtaining the interpolations. The interpolates correspond to particle motion in an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-08-19 Thomas Curtright

In this paper, we consider a class of nonconvex-linear minimax problems on Riemannian manifolds, which find wide applications in machine learning and signal processing. For solving this class of problems, we develop a flexible Riemannian…

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Optimization of DR-submodular functions has experienced a notable surge in significance in recent times, marking a pivotal development within the domain of non-convex optimization. Motivated by real-world scenarios, some recent works have…

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Stochastic interpolants are efficient generative models that bridge two arbitrary probability density functions in finite time, enabling flexible generation from the source to the target distribution or vice versa. These models are…

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We consider the problem of minimizing the supplied energy of infinite-dimensional linear port-Hamiltonian systems and prove that optimal trajectories exhibit the turnpike phenomenon towards certain subspaces induced by the dissipation of…

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Compliant robotics have seen successful applications in energy efficient locomotion and cyclic manipulation. However, exploitation of variable physical impedance for energy efficient sequential movements has not been extensively addressed.…

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This paper proposes an integrated approach for the safe and efficient control of mobile robots in dynamic and uncertain environments. The approach consists of two key steps: one-shot multimodal motion prediction to anticipate motions of…

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In this article, we introduce the interval optimization problems (IOPs) on Hadamard manifolds as well as study the relationship between them and the interval variational inequalities. To achieve the theoretical results, we build up some new…

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