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In the present paper, by approximating the derivatives in the Kou et al. \cite{Kou} fourth-order method by central difference quotient, we obtain new modification of this method free from derivatives. We prove the important fact that the…
In this article, we present an iterative method to find simple roots of nonlinear equations, that is, to solving an equation of the form $f(x) = 0$. Different from Newton's method, the method we purpose do not require evaluation of…
In this work we develop a class of high-order finite difference weighted essentially non-oscillatory (FD-WENO) schemes for solving the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in 2D and 3D. The philosophy of this work is to use efficient…
Derivative-free optimization (DFO) is vital in solving complex optimization problems where only noisy function evaluations are available through an oracle. Within this domain, DFO via finite difference (FD) approximation has emerged as a…
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This article generalizes a recently introduced procedure to solve nonlinear systems of equations, radically departing from the conventional Newton-Raphson scheme. The original nonlinear system is first unfolded into three simpler…
The secant method is a very effective numerical procedure used for solving nonlinear equations of the form $f(x)=0$. In a recent work [A. Sidi, Generalization of the secant method for nonlinear equations. {\em Appl. Math. E-Notes},…
Finding roots of equations is at the heart of most computational science. A well-known and widely used iterative algorithm is the Newton's method. However, its convergence depends heavily on the initial guess, with poor choices often…
We propose and analyze a versatile and general algorithm called nonlinear forward-backward splitting (NOFOB). The algorithm consists of two steps; first an evaluation of a nonlinear forward-backward map followed by a relaxed projection onto…
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A zero-finding technique for solving nonlinear equations more efficiently than they usually are with traditional iterative methods in which the order of convergence is improved is presented. The key idea in deriving this procedure is to…
Gradient-based methods are well-suited for derivative-free optimization (DFO), where finite-difference (FD) estimates are commonly used as gradient surrogates. Traditional stochastic approximation methods, such as Kiefer-Wolfowitz (KW) and…
We present a new step-size strategy based on the secant method for Frank-Wolfe algorithms. This strategy, which requires mild assumptions about the function under consideration, can be applied to any Frank-Wolfe algorithm. It is as…
We propose a high-order FDTD scheme based on the correction function method (CFM) to treat interfaces with complex geometry without increasing the complexity of the numerical approach for constant coefficients. Correction functions are…
Higher order finite difference Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory (WENO) schemes for conservation laws represent a technology that has been reasonably consolidated. They are extremely popular because, when applied to multidimensional…
Variational inequalities can in general support distinct solutions. In this paper we study an algorithm for computing distinct solutions of a variational inequality, without varying the initial guess supplied to the solver. The central idea…
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In this paper, we focus on the finite difference approximation of nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations, a special class of parabolic equations where the viscous term vanishes in certain regions. This vanishing gives rise to additional…
We propose a new method for constructing exact solutions to nonlinear delay reaction--diffusion equations of the form $$ u_t=ku_{xx}+F(u,w), $$ where $u=u(x,t)$, $w=u(x,t-\tau)$, and $\tau$ is the delay time. The method is based on…