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We present and mathematically analyze an online adjoint algorithm for the optimization of partial differential equations (PDEs). Traditional adjoint algorithms would typically solve a new adjoint PDE at each optimization iteration, which…

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The Schwarz domain decomposition method can be used for approximately solving a Laplace equation on a domain formed by the union of two overlapping discs. We consider an inexact variant of this method in which the subproblems on the discs…

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