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Existing results on decomposition methods and algorithms for nonconvex problems are minimal. Parallel decomposition algorithms do not exist for nonconvex problems with coupling nonlinear equality constraints. Besides, decomposition…

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The efficient and reliable approximation of convection-dominated problems continues to remain a challenging task. To overcome the difficulties associated with the discretization of convection-dominated equations, stabilization techniques…

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This paper demonstrates a practical method for computing the solution of an expectation-constrained robust maximization problem with immediate applications to model-free no-arbitrage bounds and super-replication values for many financial…

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We show that a broad range of convex optimization algorithms, including alternating projection, operator splitting, and multiplier methods, can be systematically derived from the framework of subspace correction methods via convex duality.…

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This paper studies formulations of second-order elliptic partial differential equations in nondivergence form on convex domains as equivalent variational problems. The first formulation is that of Smears \& S\"uli [SIAM J.\ Numer.\ Anal.\…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-17 Dietmar Gallistl

This article is concerned with the numerical solution of convex variational problems. More precisely, we develop an iterative minimisation technique which allows for the successive enrichment of an underlying discrete approximation space in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-07 Paul Houston , Thomas P. Wihler

The numerical simulation of complex physical processes requires the use of economical discrete models. This lecture presents a general paradigm of deriving a posteriori error estimates for the Galerkin finite element approximation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Rolf Rannacher

The Morley finite element method (FEM) is attractive for semilinear problems with the biharmonic operator as a leading term in the stream function vorticity formulation of 2D Navier-Stokes problem and in the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Carsten Carstensen , Gouranga Mallik , Neela Nataraj

The alternating minimization (AM) method is a fundamental method for minimizing convex functions whose variable consists of two blocks. How to efficiently solve each subproblems when applying the AM method is the most concerned task. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-16 Hui Zhang , Lizhi Cheng

This paper presents a canonical dual approach to the problem of minimizing the sum of a quadratic function and the ratio of nonconvex function and quadratic functions, which is a type of non-convex optimization problem subject to an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-21 David Yang Gao , Ning Ruan

A new primal-dual algorithm is presented for solving a class of non-convex minimization problems. This algorithm is based on canonical duality theory such that the original non-convex minimization problem is first reformulated as a…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2013-01-01 Changzhi Wu , Chaojie Li , David Yang Gao

Convex duality has been leveraged in recent years to derive a posteriori error estimates and identities for a wide range of non-linear and non-smooth scalar problems. By employing remarkable compatibility properties of the Crouzeix-Raviart…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-05 P. A. Gazca-Orozco , A. Kaltenbach

The a posteriori analysis of the discretization error and the modeling error is studied for a compliance cost functional in the context of the optimization of composite elastic materials and a two-scale linearized elasticity model. A…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-14 Sergio Conti , Benedict Geihe , Martin Lenz , Martin Rumpf

We combine a systematic approach for deriving general a posteriori error estimates for convex minimization problems based on convex duality relations with a recently derived generalized Marini formula. The a posteriori error estimates are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-25 Sören Bartels , Alex Kaltenbach

Interpolation methods for nonlinear finite element discretizations are commonly used to eliminate the computational costs associated with the repeated assembly of the nonlinear systems. While the group finite element formulation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-24 Kevin Tolle , Nicole Marheineke

Dual decomposition approaches in nonconvex optimization may suffer from a duality gap. This poses a challenge when applying them directly to nonconvex problems such as MAP-inference in a Markov random field (MRF) with continuous state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-17 Hartmut Bauermeister , Emanuel Laude , Thomas Möllenhoff , Michael Moeller , Daniel Cremers

An a posteriori error estimator based on an equilibrated flux reconstruction is proposed for defeaturing problems in the context of finite element discretizations. Defeaturing consists in the simplification of a geometry by removing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Annalisa Buffa , Ondine Chanon , Denise Grappein , Rafael Vázquez , Martin Vohralík

We consider the problem of matching two shapes assuming these shapes are related by an elastic deformation. Using linearized elasticity theory and the finite element method we seek an elastic deformation that is caused by simple external…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-10-16 Konrad Simon , Ronen Basri

The convergence and optimality of adaptive mixed finite element methods for the Poisson equation are established in this paper. The main difficulty for mixed finite element methods is the lack of minimization principle and thus the failure…

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