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For shape optimization problems, governed by elliptic equations with Dirichlet boundary condition and random coefficients, we utilize a penalization technique to get the approximate problem. We consider that uncertainties exists in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Xiaowei Pang

We present a general numerical approach to shape optimization with state constraints for 2-dimensional geometries, without relaxing the constraints. To do this we reformulate the problem on a fixed reference domain using a conformal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Christian Leithäuser , René Pinnau , Robert Feßler

Coupled 3D-1D problems arise in many practical applications, in an attempt to reduce the computational burden in simulations where cylindrical inclusions with a small section are embedded in a much larger domain. Nonetheless the resolution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-10 Stefano Berrone , Denise Grappein , Stefano Scialò , Fabio Vicini

PDE-constrained optimal control problems require regularisation to ensure well-posedness, introducing small perturbations that make the solutions challenging to approximate accurately. We propose a finite element approach that couples both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Jenny Power , Tristan Pryer

Minimizing a convex function of a measure with a sparsity-inducing penalty is a typical problem arising, e.g., in sparse spikes deconvolution or two-layer neural networks training. We show that this problem can be solved by discretizing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-04 Lenaic Chizat

We study computational and statistical consequences of problem geometry in stochastic and online optimization. By focusing on constraint set and gradient geometry, we characterize the problem families for which stochastic- and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Chen Cheng , Daniel Levy , John C. Duchi

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

Computational approaches to PDE-constrained optimization under uncertainty may involve finite-dimensional approximations of control and state spaces, sample average approximations of measures of risk and reliability, smooth approximations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-01 Peng Chen , Johannes O. Royset

Many problems of theoretical and practical interest involve finding a convex or concave function. For instance, optimization problems such as finding the projection on the convex functions in $H^k(\Omega)$, or some problems in economics. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-04-11 Néstor Aguilera , Pedro Morin

We consider the problem of approximating a two-dimensional shape contour (or curve segment) using discrete assembly systems, which allow to build geometric structures based on limited sets of node and edge types subject to edge length and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Andreas M. Tillmann , Leif Kobbelt

We investigate the numerical approximation of an elliptic optimal control problem which involves a nonconvex local regularization of the $L^q$-quasinorm penalization (with $q\in(0,1)$) in the cost function. Our approach is based on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-26 Pedro Merino , Alexander Nenjer

A common representation of a three dimensional object in computer applications, such as graphics and design, is in the form of a triangular mesh. In many instances, individual or groups of triangles in such representation need to satisfy…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Valentin R. Koch , Hung M. Phan

The Convex Envelope of a given function was recently characterized as the solution of a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE). In this article we study a modified problem: the Dirichlet problem for the underlying PDE. The main…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-07 Luis Silvestre , Adam M. Oberman

A numerical scheme for computing arc-length parametrized curves of low bending energy that are confined to convex domains is devised. The convergence of the discrete formulations to a continuous model and the unconditional stability of an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-18 Sören Bartels , Pascal Weyer

In information theory, some optimization problems result in convex optimization problems on strictly convex functionals of probability densities. In this note, we study these problems and show conditions of minimizers and the uniqueness of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Tomohiro Nishiyama

The space mapping technique is used to efficiently solve complex optimization problems. It combines the accuracy of fine model simulations with the speed of coarse model optimizations to approximate the solution of the fine model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sebastian Blauth

In this work, the problem of shape optimization, subject to PDE constraints, is reformulated as an $L^p$ best approximation problem under divergence constraints to the shape tensor introduced in Laurain and Sturm: ESAIM Math. Model. Numer.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Gerhard Starke

We obtain some sharp estimates for the $p$-torsion of convex planar domains in terms of their area, perimeter, and inradius. The approach we adopt relies on the use of web functions (i.e. functions depending only on the distance from the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-22 Ilaria Fragalà , Filippo Gazzola , Jimmy Lamboley

This paper is concerned with finite element error estimates for Neumann boundary control problems posed on convex and polyhedral domains. Different discretization concepts are considered and for each optimal discretization error estimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-18 Johannes Pfefferer , Boris Vexler

This paper is concerned with the regularity of shape optimizers of a class of isoperimetric problems under convexity constraint. We prove that minimizers of the sum of the perimeter and a perturbative term, among convex shapes, are C…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Jimmy Lamboley , Raphaël Prunier