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We derive analytic series representation for the Neumann-Poincare operator using the exterior conformal mapping for general shape domains. We derive the formula by using the Faber polynomial basis for arbitrary Lipschitz domains. With the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-04 YoungHoon Jung , Mikyoung Lim

The present contribution investigates shape optimisation problems for a class of semilinear elliptic variational inequalities with Neumann boundary conditions. Sensitivity estimates and material derivatives are firstly derived in an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-16 Christian Heinemann , Kevin Sturm

This paper is devoted to the computation of transmission eigenvalues in the inverse acoustic scattering theory. This problem is first reformulated as a two by two boundary system of boundary integral equations. Next, utilizing the Schur…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Yunyun Ma , Fuming Ma , Yukun Guo , Jingzhi Li

We consider the method of mappings for performing shape optimization for unsteady fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. In this work, we focus on the numerical implementation. We model the optimization problem such that it takes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Johannes Haubner , Michael Ulbrich

We consider the minimization or maximization of the $J$th largest eigenvalue of an analytic and Hermitian matrix-valued function, and build on Mengi et al. (2014, SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 35, 699-724). This work addresses the setting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-19 Fatih Kangal , Karl Meerbergen , Emre Mengi , Wim Michiels

In this paper, a shape optimization problem constrained by a random elliptic partial differential equation with a pure Neumann boundary is presented. The model is motivated by applications in interface identification, where we assume…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza , Kathrin Welker

Given a square complex matrix $A$, we tackle the problem of finding the nearest matrix with multiple eigenvalues or, equivalently when $A$ had distinct eigenvalues, the nearest defective matrix. To this goal, we extend the general framework…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Vanni Noferini , Lauri Nyman , Federico Poloni

We study the optimization of the positive principal eigenvalue of an indefinite weighted problem, associated with the Neumann Laplacian in a box $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, which arises in the investigation of the survival threshold in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-26 Dario Mazzoleni , Benedetta Pellacci , Gianmaria Verzini

In this work, we present a novel approach for solving stochastic shape optimization problems. Our method is the extension of the classical stochastic gradient method to infinite-dimensional shape manifolds. We prove convergence of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-17 Daniel Luft , Volker H. Schulz , Kathrin Welker

This article is concerned with the solution of a time-dependent shape identification problem. Specifically we consider the heat equation in a domain, which contains a time-dependent inclusion of zero temperature. The objective is to detect…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Rahel Brügger , Helmut Harbrecht , Johannes Tausch

In this paper we prove the existence of an optimal set for the minimization of the $k$-th variational eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian among $p$-quasi open sets of fixed measure included in a box of finite measure. An analogous existence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-20 Marco Degiovanni , Dario Mazzoleni

We consider shape optimization problems with internal inclusion constraints, of the form $$\min\big\{J(\Omega)\ :\ \Dr\subset\Omega\subset\R^d,\ |\Omega|=m\big\},$$ where the set $\Dr$ is fixed, possibly unbounded, and $J$ depends on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-13 Dorin Bucur , Giuseppe Buttazzo , Bozhidar Velichkov

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the case where the input matrix is symmetric and its entries perturb in some given intervals. We present a characterization of some of the exact boundary points, which allows us to introduce an inner…

Robotics · Computer Science 2011-02-22 Milan Hladik , David Daney , Elias Tsigaridas

In this paper, a spectral method based on conformal mappings is proposed to solve Steklov eigenvalue problems and their related shape optimization problems in two dimensions. To apply spectral methods, we first reformulate the Steklov…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-08 Weaam Alhejaili , Chiu-Yen Kao

This paper addresses optimal design problems governed by multi-state stationary diffusion equations, aiming at the simultaneous optimization of the domain shape and the distribution of two isotropic materials in prescribed proportions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Marko Erceg , Petar Kunštek , Marko Vrdoljak

We present a new numerical technique to solve large-scale eigenvalue problems. It is based on the projection technique, used in strongly correlated quantum many-body systems, where first an effective approximate model of smaller complexity…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-19 Ralf Gamillscheg , Gundolf Haase , Wolfgang von der Linden

Eigenvalue estimates that are optimal in some sense have self-evident appeal and leave estimators with a sense of virtue and economy. So, it is natural that ongoing searches for effective strategies for difficult tasks such as estimating…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Christopher Beattie

Shapes do not define a linear space. This paper explores the linear structure of deformations as a representation of shapes. This transforms shape optimization to a variant of optimal control. The numerical challenges of this point of view…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Stephan Schmidt , Volker H. Schulz

We consider shape optimization problems for general integral functionals of the calculus of variations, defined on a domain $\Omega$ that varies over all subdomains of a given bounded domain $D$ of ${\bf R}^d$. We show in a rather…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Harish Shrivastava