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A novel orthogonalization-free method together with two specific algorithms are proposed to solve extreme eigenvalue problems. On top of gradient-based algorithms, the proposed algorithms modify the multi-column gradient such that earlier…

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We consider the convex minimization model with both linear equality and inequality constraints, and reshape the classic augmented Lagrangian method (ALM) by balancing its subproblems. As a result, one of its subproblems decouples the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-20 Bingsheng He , Xiaoming Yuan

We propose a numerical method for solving the multi-marginal Monge problem, which extends the classical Monge formulation to settings involving multiple target distributions. Our approach is based on the Hilbert space embedding of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Yumiharu Nakano , Takafumi Saito

Large optimal transport problems can be approached via domain decomposition, i.e. by iteratively solving small partial problems independently and in parallel. Convergence to the global minimizers under suitable assumptions has been shown in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Mauro Bonafini , Ismael Medina , Bernhard Schmitzer

Given a weighted graph $G(V,E)$ and $t \ge 1$, a subgraph $H$ is a \emph{$t$--spanner} of $G$ if the lengths of shortest paths in $G$ are preserved in $H$ up to a multiplicative factor of $t$. The \emph{subsetwise spanner} problem aims to…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-04-03 Reyan Ahmed , Keaton Hamm , Mohammad Javad Latifi Jebelli , Stephen Kobourov , Faryad Darabi Sahneh , Richard Spence

We propose a discrete time formulation of the semi-martingale optimal transport problem based on multi-marginal entropic transport. This approach offers a new way to formulate and solve numerically the calibration problem proposed by [17],…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Jean-David Benamou , Guillaume Chazareix , Grégoire Loeper

We study in detail the two main algorithms which have been considered for fitting constrained marginal models to discrete data, one based on Lagrange multipliers and the other on a regression model. We show that the updates produced by the…

Computation · Statistics 2013-05-28 Robin J. Evans , Antonio Forcina

Replacing positivity constraints by an entropy barrier is popular to approximate solutions of linear programs. In the special case of the optimal transport problem, this technique dates back to the early work of Schr\"odinger. This approach…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Guillaume Carlier , Vincent Duval , Gabriel Peyré , Bernhard Schmitzer

With the regular decomposition technique, we decompose the space $\mathbf{H}_0^s(\mathbf{curl}; \Omega)$ into the sum of a vector potential space and the gradient of a scalar space, both possessing higher regularity. Based on this new high…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Feiyi Liao , Haochen Liu , Hehu Xie

We rephrase Monge's optimal transportation (OT) problem with quadratic cost--via a Monge-Amp\`ere equation--as an infinite-dimensional optimization problem, which is in fact a convex problem when the target is a log-concave measure with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-29 Michael Lindsey , Yanir A. Rubinstein

The aim of this article is to show that the Monge-Kantorovich problem is the limit of a sequence of entropy minimization problems when a fluctuation parameter tends down to zero. We prove the convergence of the entropic values to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-02 Christian Léonard

In this work, we construct a novel numerical method for solving the multi-marginal optimal transport problems with Coulomb cost. This type of optimal transport problems arises in quantum physics and plays an important role in understanding…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Yukuan Hu , Huajie Chen , Xin Liu

In this paper we consider the convergence analysis of adaptive finite element method for elliptic optimal control problems with pointwise control constraints. We use variational discretization concept to discretize the control variable and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-31 Wei Gong , Ningning Yan

In this article, we give a unified theory for constructing boundary layer expansions for dis-cretized transport equations with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. We exhibit a natural assumption on the discretization under which the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Benjamin Boutin , Jean-François Coulombel

We consider within a finite element approach the usage of different adaptively refined meshes for different variables in systems of nonlinear, time-depended PDEs. To resolve different solution behaviours of these variables, the meshes can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-05-27 Thomas Witkowski , Axel Voigt

We develop a geometric version of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations for discrete mechanics and constrained discrete mechanics. The geometric approach consists of using suitable Lagrangian and isotropic submanifolds. We also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-09 María Barbero-Liñán , Marta Farré Puiggalí , Sebastián Ferraro , David Martín de Diego

We consider a boundary value problem involving a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in (3/2,2)$ on the unit interval $(0,1)$. The standard Galerkin finite element approximation converges slowly due to the presence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-02 Bangti Jin , Raytcho Lazarov , Xiliang Lu , Zhi Zhou

We prove convergence of the Maxwell eigenvalue problem using quadratic or higher Lagrange finite elements on Worsey-Farin splits in three dimensions. To do this, we construct two Fortin-like operators to prove uniform convergence of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Daniele Boffi , Sining Gong , Johnny Guzmán , Michael Neilan

The classical minimum principle is foundational in convex and complex analysis and plays an important role in the study of the real and complex Monge-Ampere equations. This note establishes a minimum principle in Lagrangian geometry. This…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Tamás Darvas , Yanir A. Rubinstein

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