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We propose deep learning methods for classical Monge's optimal mass transportation problems, where where the distribution constraint is treated as penalty terms defined by the maximum mean discrepancy in the theory of Hilbert space…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Takafumi Saito , Yumiharu Nakano

We propose a volumetric formulation for computing the Optimal Transport problem defined on surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$, found in disciplines like optics, computer graphics, and computational methodologies. Instead of directly tackling the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-16 Richard Tsai , Axel G. R. Turnquist

We present a continuous finite element method for some examples of fully nonlinear elliptic equation. A key tool is the discretisation proposed in Lakkis & Pryer (2011, SISC) allowing us to work directly on the strong form of a linear PDE.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Omar Lakkis , Tristan Pryer

This paper aims to investigate the numerical approximation of a general second order parabolic stochastic partial differential equation(SPDE) driven by multiplicative and additive noise. Our main interest is on such SPDEs where the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Jean Daniel Mukam , Antoine Tambue

Stochastic optimal principle leads to the resolution of a partial differential equation (PDE), namely the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. In general, this equation cannot be solved analytically, thus numerical algorithms are the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Christelle Dleuna Nyoumbi , Antoine Tambue

We prove a geometric linearisation result for minimisers of optimal transport problems where the cost-function is strongly p-convex and of p-growth. Initial and target measures are allowed to be rough, but are assumed to be close to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-08 Lukas Koch

We consider a vector-Laplace problem posed on a 2D surface embedded in a 3D domain, which results from the modeling of surface fluids based on exterior Cartesian differential operators. The main topic of this paper is the development and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Sven Groß , Thomas Jankuhn , Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken

In this paper we are concerned with the global minimization of a possibly non-smooth and non-convex objective function constrained on the unit hypersphere by means of a multi-agent derivative-free method. The proposed algorithm falls into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Massimo Fornasier , Hui Huang , Lorenzo Pareschi , Philippe Sünnen

The Monge-Amp\`{e}re equation arises in the theory of optimal transport. When more complicated cost functions are involved in the optimal transportation problem, which are motivated e.g. from economics, the corresponding equation for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Heiko Kröner

This paper investigates the semi-discrete optimal transport (OT) problem with entropic regularization. We characterize the solution using a governing, well-posed ordinary differential equation (ODE). This naturally yields an algorithm to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Luca Nenna , Daniyar Omarov , Brendan Pass

We consider the optimal transport problem over convex costs arising from optimal control of linear time-invariant(LTI) systems when the initial and target measures are assumed to be supported on the set of equilibrium points of the LTI…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Karthik Elamvazhuthi , Matt Jacobs

We formulate a class of velocity-free finite-particle methods for mass transport problems based on a time-discrete incremental variational principle that combines entropy and the cost of particle transport, as measured by the Wasserstein…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Anna Pandolfi , Laurent Stainier , Michael Ortiz

We consider the problem of optimally stopping a general one-dimensional stochastic differential equation (SDE) with generalised drift over an infinite time horizon. First, we derive a complete characterisation of the solution to this…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-09-26 Mihail Zervos , Neofytos Rodosthenous , Pui Chan Lon , Thomas Bernhardt

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

We present and analyze a multiscale method for wave propagation problems, posed on spatial networks. By introducing a coarse scale, using a finite element space interpolated onto the network, we construct a discrete multiscale space using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Morgan Görtz , Per Ljung , Axel Målqvist

The problem of optimal mass transport arises in numerous applications including image registration, mesh generation, reflector design, and astrophysics. One approach to solving this problem is via the Monge-Amp\`ere equation. While recent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-03-02 Brittany D. Froese

We investigate the properties of convex functions in the plane that satisfy a local inequality which generalizes the notion of sub-solution of Monge-Ampere equation for a Monge-Kantorovich problem with quadratic cost between non-absolutely…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-08 P. -E. Jabin , A. Mellet , M. Molina

The inverse reflector problem aims to design a freeform reflecting surface that can direct the light from a specified source to produce the desired illumination in the target area, which is significant in the field of geometrical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Gang Bao , Yixuan Zhang

In this article I present a fast and direct method for solving several types of linear finite difference equations (FDE) with constant coefficients. The method is based on a polynomial form of the translation operator and its inverse, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-03 S. Merino

We study solutions to the multi-marginal Monge-Kantorovich problem which are concentrated on several graphs over the first marginal. We first present two general conditions on the cost function which ensure, respectively, that any solution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-22 Abbas Moameni , Brendan Pass