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We propose a new Lagrange Multiplier approach to design unconditional energy stable schemes for gradient flows. The new approach leads to unconditionally energy stable schemes that are as accurate and efficient as the recently proposed SAV…
We propose a new numerical technique to deal with nonlinear terms in gradient flows. By introducing a scalar auxiliary variable (SAV), we construct efficient and robust energy stable schemes for a large class of gradient flows. The SAV…
Two primary scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approaches are widely applied for simulating gradient flow systems, i.e., the nonlinear energy-based approach and the Lagrange multiplier approach. The former guarantees unconditional energy…
Recently, a new Lagrange multiplier approach was introduced by Cheng, Liu and Shen in \cite{cheng2020new}, which has been broadly used to solve various challenging phase field problems. To design original energy stable schemes, they have to…
In recent years, the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach has become very popular and hot in the design of linear, high-order and unconditional energy stable schemes of gradient flow models. However, the nature of SAV-based numerical…
For the past few years, scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) and SAV-type approaches became very hot and efficient methods to simulate various gradient flows. Inspired by the new SAV approach in \cite{huang2020highly}, we propose a novel…
We develop several efficient numerical schemes which preserve exactly the global constraints for constrained gradient flows. Our schemes are based on the SAV approach combined with the Lagrangian multiplier approach. They are as efficient…
In this paper, we propose a modification of an acoustic-transport operator splitting Lagrange-projection method for simulating compressible flows with gravity. The original method involves two steps that respectively account for acoustic…
This paper deals with the geometric numerical integration of gradient flow and its application to optimization. Gradient flows often appear as model equations of various physical phenomena, and their dissipation laws are essential.…
In this paper, we propose a regularized auxiliary variable (RAV) approach and construct accurate and robust time-discrete schemes for a large class of gradient flows. By introducing an auxiliary variable $r=0$ and constructing an auxiliary…
Mathematical Programs with Vanishing Constraints (MPVCs) are a notoriously challenging class of problems owing to their lack of constraint qualification. Therefore, to tackle these problems, relaxation-based approaches are typically used.…
In this paper, we consider a novel auxiliary variable method to obtain energy stable schemes for gradient flows. The auxiliary variable based on energy bounded above does not limited to the hypothetical conditions adopted in previous…
We propose novel algorithms combining accelerated gradient flows with linearized projection-free treatments of non-convex constraints and BDF pseudo-temporal discretization for quadratic energy minimization. A general framework is developed…
In the paper, we propose a class of accelerated stochastic gradient-free and projection-free (a.k.a., zeroth-order Frank-Wolfe) methods to solve the constrained stochastic and finite-sum nonconvex optimization. Specifically, we propose an…
In this paper, we generalize the normalized gradient flow method which was first applied to computing the least energy ground state to compute the least action ground state. A continuous normalized gradient flow (CNGF) will be presented and…
A new formulation of the immersed boundary method, which facilitates accurate simulation of incompressible isothermal and natural convection flows around immersed bodies and which may be applied for accurate linear stability analysis of the…
The unique solvability and error analysis of the original Lagrange multiplier approach proposed in [8] for gradient flows is studied in this paper. We identify a necessary and sufficient condition that must be satisfied for the nonlinear…
We introduce a class of unconditionally energy stable, high order accurate schemes for gradient flows in a very general setting. The new schemes are a high order analogue of the minimizing movements approach for generating a time discrete…
We consider a class of optimal power flow (OPF) applications where some loads offer a modulation service in exchange for an activation fee. These applications can be modeled as multi-period formulations of the OPF with discrete variables…
We develop in this paper a new regularized flow dynamic approach to construct efficient numerical schemes for Wasserstein gradient flows in Lagrangian coordinates. Instead of approximating the Wasserstein distance which needs to solve…