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Symmetry is an important composition feature by investigating similar sides inside an image plane. It has a crucial effect to recognize man-made or nature objects within the universe. Recent symmetry detection approaches used a smoothing…
Symmetries play an critical role in finding analytic solutions to nonlinear differential equations. A symmetry is a mapping of the solutions of the differential equation into the solutions and have been studied extensively for over a…
Many spectacular polarimetric images have been obtained in recent years with adaptive optics (AO) instruments at large telescopes because they profit significantly from the high spatial resolution. This paper summarizes some basic…
We derive a residual based a-posteriori error estimate for the outer normal flux of approximations to {the diffusion problem with variable coefficient}. By analyzing the solution of the adjoint problem, we show that error indicators in the…
The evolving landscape of electric power networks, influenced by the integration of distributed energy resources require the development of novel power system monitoring and control architectures. This paper develops algorithm to monitor…
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