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In this work we consider the generalized Navier-Stoke equations with the presence of a damping term in the momentum equation. % The problem studied here derives from the set of equations which govern the isothermal flow of incompressible,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-27 Hermenegildo Borges de Oliveira

Normalizing flows are exact-likelihood generative neural networks which approximately transform samples from a simple prior distribution to samples of the probability distribution of interest. Recent work showed that such generative models…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-10-27 Jonas Köhler , Leon Klein , Frank Noé

We present a novel theoretical framework for understanding the expressive power of normalizing flows. Despite their prevalence in scientific applications, a comprehensive understanding of flows remains elusive due to their restricted…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Felix Draxler , Stefan Wahl , Christoph Schnörr , Ullrich Köthe

This paper proposes novel gradient-flow schemes that yield convergence to the optimal point of a convex optimization problem within a \textit{fixed} time from any given initial condition for unconstrained optimization, constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-27 Kunal Garg , Dimitra Panagou

I give an overview over some work on rigorous renormalization theory based on the differential flow equations of the Wilson-Wegner renormalization group. I first consider massive Euclidean $\phi_4^4$-theory. The renormalization proofs are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Christoph Kopper

Recently, the connections between gradient flow and renormalization group have been explored analytically and numerically. Gradient flow (when modified by a field rescaling) can be characterized as a continuous blocking transformation. In…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-12-05 Andrea Carosso , Anna Hasenfratz , Ethan T. Neil

We present a new kind of normalization theorem: linearization theorem for skew products. The normal form is a skew product again, with the fiber maps linear. It appears, that even in the smooth case, the conjugacy is only H\"older…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-08-28 Yulij Ilyashenko , Olga Romaskevich

We develop a general formalism to describe the Renormalization Group Flow of Schur indices and fusion algebras of BPS line defects in four-dimensional ${\cal N}=2$ Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories. The formalism includes and extends…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-24 Federico Ambrosino , Davide Gaiotto

In this paper, we propose normalizing flows (NF) as a novel probability density function (PDF) turbulence model (NF-PDF model) for the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations. We propose to use normalizing flows in two different…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-12 Deniz A. Bezgin , Nikolaus A. Adams

Lefschetz thimbles and complex Langevin dynamics both provide a means to tackle the numerical sign problem prevalent in theories with a complex weight in the partition function, e.g. due to nonzero chemical potential. Here we collect some…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-22 Gert Aarts , Lorenzo Bongiovanni , Erhard Seiler , Denes Sexty

The need to blend observational data and mathematical models arises in many applications and leads naturally to inverse problems. Parameters appearing in the model, such as constitutive tensors, initial conditions, boundary conditions, and…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2010-09-16 J. Nolen , G. A. Pavliotis , A. M. Stuart

We study the heavy-dense limit of QCD on the lattice with heavy quarks at high density. The effective three dimensional theory has a sign problem which is alleviated by sign optimization where the path integration domain is deformed in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-14 Gokce Basar , Joseph Marincel

We consider a class of abstract quasilinear parabolic problems with lower--order terms exhibiting a prescribed singular structure. We prove well--posedness and Lipschitz continuity of associated semiflows. Moreover, we investigate global…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-06 Jeremy LeCrone , Gieri Simonett

Nowadays the term 'sign problem' is used to identify two different problems. The ideas to overcome the first type of the 'sign problem' of strongly oscillating complex valued imtegrand in the Feynman path integrals comes from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-03-04 Vladimir Filinov , Alexander Larkin

Normalizing flows are a class of flexible deep generative models that offer easy likelihood computation. Despite their empirical success, there is little theoretical understanding of their expressiveness. In this work, we study residual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Zhifeng Kong , Kamalika Chaudhuri

We investigate normalized solutions for doubly nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations on the real line with a defocusing standard nonlinearity and a focusing nonlinear point interaction of $\delta$-type at the origin. We provide a complete…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Daniele Barbera , Filippo Boni , Simone Dovetta , Lorenzo Tentarelli

We introduce `atomic flows': they are graphs obtained from derivations by tracing atom occurrences and forgetting the logical structure. We study simple manipulations of atomic flows that correspond to complex reductions on derivations.…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-07-01 Alessio Guglielmi , Tom Gundersen

We examine the renormalization group flow in the vicinity of the free-field fixed point for effective field theories in the presence of a constant, nondynamical vector potential background. The interaction with this vector potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 B. Altschul

The matching between Schrodinger Functional renormalization schemes and conventional perturbative schemes is usually done using an intermediate lattice scheme. We propose to do the matching directly. This requires the perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-09-01 Eduardo Obeso

Gravity inversion is a commonly applied data analysis technique in the field of geophysics. While machine learning methods have previously been explored for the problem of gravity inversion, these are deterministic approaches returning a…