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We consider a second order differential operator $A(\msx) = -\:\sum_{i,j=1}^d \partial_i a_{ij}(\msx) \partial_j \:+\: \sum_{j=1}^d \partial_j \big(b_j(\msx) \cdot \big)\:+\: c(\msx)$ on ${\bbR}^d$, on a bounded domain $D$ with Dirichlet…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-12-24 Nedzad Limić , Mladen Rogina

The main result establishes the existence of a solution in a generalized sense for a nonlinear Dirichlet problem driven by a competing operator and exhibiting a convection term composed with an intrinsic operator. A finite dimensional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Aldo H. S. Medeiros , Dumitru Motreanu

We investigate the general properties of the dimensional reduction of the Dirac theory, formulated in a Minkowski spacetime with an arbitrary number of spatial dimensions. This is done by applying Hadamard's method of descent, which…

We analyze rigorously error estimates and compare numerically spatial/temporal resolution of various numerical methods for the discretization of the Dirac equation in the nonrelativistic limit regime, involving a small dimensionless…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-21 Weizhu Bao , Yongyong Cai , Xiaowei Jiao , Qinglin Tang

Many statistical $M$-estimators are based on convex optimization problems formed by the combination of a data-dependent loss function with a norm-based regularizer. We analyze the convergence rates of projected gradient and composite…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2012-07-26 Alekh Agarwal , Sahand N. Negahban , Martin J. Wainwright

The proximal point algorithm is a widely used tool for solving a variety of convex optimization problems such as finding zeros of maximally monotone operators, fixed points of nonexpansive mappings, as well as minimizing convex functions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-19 Laurentiu Leustean , Adriana Nicolae , Andrei Sipos

We study a catching-up algorithm for a class of differential inclusions driven by maximal monotone operators with continuous perturbations. Using a decomposition of the monotone operator into the closed convex hull of its single-valued part…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Tan H. Cao , Hassan Saoud

A simple but successful strategy for building a discrete diffusion operator in finite volume schemes of industrial use is to correct the standard two-point flux approximation with a term accounting for the local mesh non-orthogonality.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-26 L. Bonaventura , A. Della Rocca

We consider mesh functions which are discrete convex in the sense that their central second order directional derivatives are positive. Analogous to the case of a uniformly bounded sequence of convex functions, we prove that the uniform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Gerard Awanou

In this paper we consider Dirac operators in $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geq2$, with a potential $V$. Under mild decay and continuity assumptions on $V$ and some spectral assumptions on the operator, we prove a limiting absorption principle for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-13 Burak Erdogan , Michael Goldberg , William R. Green

In the present paper, we prove an abstract functional analytic criterion for a class of linear partial differential operators acting on a domain $\Omega\subseteq\Bbb R^n$ which are elliptic in the interior to have compact resolvent. This…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2010-03-29 Klaus Gansberger

We construct in projective differential geometry of the real dimension $2$ higher symmetry algebra of the symplectic Dirac operator ${D}\kern-0.5em\raise0.22ex\hbox{/}_s$ acting on symplectic spinors. The higher symmetry differential…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Petr Somberg , Josef Šilhan

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is a structure-preserving numerical framework for partial differential equations solution, particularly suitable for simplicial meshes. A longstanding and widespread assumption has been that DEC requires…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Mamdouh S. Mohamed , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

In this article we consider regularizations of the Dirac delta distribution with applications to prototypical elliptic and hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs). We study the convergence of a sequence of distributions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-01 Bamdad Hosseini , Nilima Nigam , John M. Stockie

In this article, we prove the convergence of a semi-discrete numerical method applied to a general class of nonlocal nonlinear wave equations where the nonlocality is introduced through the convolution operator in space. The most important…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-04 H. A. Erbay , S. Erbay , A. Erkip

Firmly nonexpansive operators arise naturally as resolvents of monotone operators and as generalizations of projections and proximal mappings in convex optimization and fixed point theory. While their iterates are known to converge weakly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Heinz H. Bauschke , Tran Thanh Tung

Discrete rearranging patterns include cellular patterns, for instance liquid foams, biological tissues, grains in polycrystals; assemblies of particles such as beads, granular materials, colloids, molecules, atoms; and interconnected…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 François Graner , B. Dollet , Christophe Raufaste , Philippe Marmottant

We study the convergence of the new family of mimetic finite difference schemes for linear diffusion problems recently proposed in [38]. In contrast to the conventional approach, the diffusion coefficient enters both the primary mimetic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-07 G. Manzini , K. Lipnikov , J. D. Moulton , M. Shashkov

We investigate reductions of the two-dimensional Dirac equation imposed by the requirement of the existence of a differential operator $D_n$ of order $n$ mapping its eigenfunctions to adjoint eigenfunctions. For first order operators these…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 L. V. Bogdanov , E. V. Ferapontov

We correct two errors in our paper [4]. First error concerns the definition of the SVI solution, where a boundary term which arises due to the Dirichlet boundary condition, was not included. The second error concerns the discrete estimate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Ľubomír Baňas , Michael Röckner , André Wilke