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Let $V_* : \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$ be some (possibly non-convex) potential function, and consider the probability measure $\pi \propto e^{-V_*}$. When $\pi$ exhibits multiple modes, it is known that sampling techniques based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-24 Carles Domingo-Enrich , Aram-Alexandre Pooladian

This paper systematically studies the asymptotics of Humbert's bivariate confluent hypergeometric function $\Phi_1[a,b;c;x, y]$. Specifically, we establish explicit asymptotic expansions in five distinct regimes: (i) $x\to\infty$; (ii)…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Peng-Cheng Hang , Liangjian Hu , Min-Jie Luo

By using the asymptotic theory of Pemantle and Wilson, exact asymptotic expansions of the free energy of the monomer-dimer model on rectangular $n \times \infty$ lattices in terms of dimer density are obtained for small values of $n$, at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-05-03 Yong Kong

The collisionless Boltzmann equation, also called free-streaming, is a convenient approximation. It is rather simple to implement numerically, and and it is effective at reducing the irregularities of rough initial conditions. It can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-04 Leonardo Tinti

We investigate the $\Gamma$-convergence of Ambrosio-Tortorelli type-functionals for circle valued functions, in the case of volume terms with linear growth. We show the emergence of a non-local $\Gamma$-limit, which is due to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Giovanni Bellettini , Roberta Marziani , Riccardo Scala

In this paper we propose a new diffuse interface model for the numerical simulation of inviscid compressible flows around fixed and moving solid bodies of arbitrary shape. The solids are assumed to be moving rigid bodies, without any…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-27 Friedemann Kemm , Elena Gaburro , Ferdinand Thein , Michael Dumbser

The linear response description for impurity diffusion in a granular fluid undergoing homogeneous cooling is developed in the preceeding paper. The formally exact Einstein and Green-Kubo expressions for the self-diffusion coefficient are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 James Lutsko , J. Javier Brey , James W. Dufty

The seminal results of Bourgain, Brezis, Mironescu and D\'avila show that the classical perimeter can be approximated by a family of nonlocal perimeter functionals. We consider a corresponding second order expansion for the nonlocal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Hans Knüpfer , Wenhui Shi

We derive a quantum kinetic model describing the dynamics of graphene electrons in phase space based on the Wigner--Weyl formalism. To take into account the quantum nature of the carriers, we make use of the quantum Liouville equation for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-26 J. L. Figueiredo , J. P. S. Bizarro , H. Terças

We study curve shortening flow in high codimension for arcs with free boundary meeting a fixed smooth barrier orthogonally. We prove dilation-invariant curvature and higher-derivative estimates up to the boundary using a Stahl-type…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Huy The Nguyen , Artemis A. Vogiatzi

Flow Matching has recently emerged as a popular class of generative models for simulating a target distribution $\mu_1$ from samples drawn from a source distribution $\mu_0$. This framework relies on a fixed coupling between $\mu_0$ and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Le-Tuyet-Nhi Pham , Giovanni Conforti , Zhenjie Ren , Alain Durmus

We study a class of two-phase inhomogeneous free boundary problems governed by elliptic equations in divergence form. In particular we prove that Lipschitz or flat free boundaries are $C^{1,\gamma}$. Our results apply to the classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-27 Daniela De Silva , Fausto Ferrari , Sandro Salsa

In this paper, we obtain the existence criteria for a geometic flow on noncompact affine Riemannian manifolds. Our results can be regarded as a real version of Lee-Tam [19]. As an application, we prove that a complete noncompact Hessian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Heming Jiao , Hanzhang Yin

We present a new approach to metric Diophantine approximation on manifolds based on the correspondence between approximation properties of numbers and orbit properties of certain flows on homogeneous spaces. This approach yields a new proof…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dmitry Kleinbock , Gregory Margulis

In this article we study the asymptotic behavior of incompressible, ideal, time-dependent two dimensional flow in the exterior of a single smooth obstacle when the size of the obstacle becomes very small. Our main purpose is to identify the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Iftimie , M. C. Lopes Filho , H. J. Nussenzveig Lopes

We prove convergence of the gradient flow of the Ginzburg-Landau energy functional on a Riemann surface in the self-dual Bogomolny case, in Coulomb gauge. The proof is direct and makes use of the associated nonlinear first order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Sophia Demoulini

We consider here asymptotic models that describe the propagation of one-dimensional internal waves at the interface between two layers of immiscible fluids of different densities, under the rigid lid assumption and with uneven bottoms. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-10 Samer Israwi , Ralph Lteif , Raafat Talhouk

Sampling a probability distribution with an unknown normalization constant is a fundamental problem in computational science and engineering. This task may be cast as an optimization problem over all probability measures, and an initial…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-09-12 Yifan Chen , Daniel Zhengyu Huang , Jiaoyang Huang , Sebastian Reich , Andrew M. Stuart

We prove Edgeworth type expansions for distribution functions of sums of free random variables under minimal moment conditions. The proofs are based on the analytic definition of free convolution. We apply these results to the expansion of…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-12-22 G. P. Chistyakov , F. Götze

This paper is devoted to the investigation of gradient flows in asymmetric metric spaces (for example, irreversible Finsler manifolds and Minkowski normed spaces) by means of discrete approximation. We study basic properties of curves and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Shin-ichi Ohta , Wei Zhao