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The coefficient of normal restitution (COR) in an oblique impact is theoretically studied. Using a two-dimensional lattice models for an elastic disk and an elastic wall, we investigate the dependency of COR on an incident angle and…
We establish the existence of weak solutions of a nonlinear radiation-type boundary value problem for elliptic equation on divergence form with discontinuous leading coefficient. Quantitative estimates play a crucial role on the real…
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In this paper, we present counterexamples showing that for any $p\in (1,\infty)$, $p\neq 2$, there is a non-divergence form uniformly elliptic operator with piecewise constant coefficients in $\mathbb{R}^2$ (constant on each quadrant in…
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Estimating individual-level treatment effect from observational data is a fundamental problem in causal inference and has attracted increasing attention in the fields of education, healthcare, and public policy.In this work, we concentrate…
Inspired by applications in optimal control of semilinear elliptic partial differential equations and physics-integrated imaging, differential equation constrained optimization problems with constituents that are only accessible through…
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We propose a nonparametric quantile regression method using deep neural networks with a rectified linear unit penalty function to avoid quantile crossing. This penalty function is computationally feasible for enforcing non-crossing…
Differential balancing theory for nonlinear model reduction relies on differential controllability and observability functions. In this paper, we further investigate them from two different perspectives. First, we establish novel…
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