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Machine-learning (ML) based discretization has been developed to simulate complex partial differential equations (PDEs) with tremendous success across various fields. These learned PDE solvers can effectively resolve the underlying solution…

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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…

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We approximate the regular solutions of the incompressible Euler equation by the solution of ODEs on finite-dimensional spaces. Our approach combines Arnold's interpretation of the solution of Euler's equation for incompressible and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-03 Thomas Gallouët , Quentin Mérigot

This paper describes a novel numerical model aiming at solving moving-boundary problems such as free-surface flows or fluid-structure interaction. This model uses a moving-grid technique to solve the Navier--Stokes equations expressed in…

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Advective transport of scalar quantities through surfaces is of fundamental importance in many scientific applications. From the Eulerian perspective of the surface it can be quantified by the well-known integral of the flux density. The…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-06-30 Daniel Karrasch

Optimal transport is a geometrically intuitive, robust and flexible metric for sample comparison in data analysis and machine learning. Its formal Riemannian structure allows for a local linearization via a tangent space approximation. This…

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The transport of energetic particles in a spatially varying magnetic field is described by the focused transport equation. In the past two versions of this equation were investigated. The more commonly used standard form described a…

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We propose a dynamic domain semi-Lagrangian method for stochastic Vlasov equations driven by transport noises, which arise in plasma physics and astrophysics. This method combines the volume-preserving property of stochastic characteristics…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Jianbo Cui , Derui Sheng , Chenhui Zhang , Tau Zhou

The optimal mass transport problem gives a geometric framework for optimal allocation, and has recently gained significant interest in application areas such as signal processing, image processing, and computer vision. Even though it can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-07 Johan Karlsson , Axel Ringh

Dynamical systems often exhibit the emergence of long-lived coherent sets, which are regions in state space that keep their geometric integrity to a high extent and thus play an important role in transport. In this article, we provide a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-04-05 Ralf Banisch , Péter Koltai

In this work, we propose a new semi-Lagrangian (SL) finite difference scheme for nonlinear advection-diffusion problems. To ensure conservation, which is fundamental for achieving physically consistent solutions, the governing equations are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Silvia Preda , Walter Boscheri , Matteo Semplice , Maurizio Tavelli

Within finite element models of fluids, vector-valued fields such as velocity or momentum variables are commonly discretised using the Raviart-Thomas elements. However, when using the lowest-order quadrilateral Raviart-Thomas elements,…

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A new simple Lagrangian method with favorable stability and efficiency properties for computing general plane curve evolutions is presented. The method is based on the flowing finite volume discretization of the intrinsic partial…

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In the preceding paper, linear response methods have been applied to obtain formally exact expressions for the parameters of Navier-Stokes order hydrodynamics. The analysis there is general, applying to both normal and granular fluids with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Aparna Baskaran , James W. Dufty , J. Javier Brey

We propose an efficient semi-Lagrangian method for solving the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations with high precision on a coarse grid. The new approach evolves the flow map using the gradient-augmented level set method (GALSM).…

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In this paper we present a novel method for the numerical solution of linear transport equations, which is based on ridgelets. Such equations arise for instance in radiative transfer or in phase contrast imaging. Due to the fact that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-08 Philipp Grohs , Axel Obermeier

We compute approximate solutions to inverse problems for determining parameters in differential equation models with stochastic data on output quantities. The formulation of the problem and modeling framework define a solution as a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-16 Troy Butler , Don Estep , Simon Tavener , Timothy Wildey , Clint Dawson , Lindley Graham

In this paper we consider the semi-discretization in space of a first order scalar transport equation. For the space discretization we use standard continuous finite elements. To obtain stability we add a penalty on the jump of the gradient…

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This article introduces a new class of fast algorithms to approximate variational problems involving unbalanced optimal transport. While classical optimal transport considers only normalized probability distributions, it is important for…

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