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The 1/r Coulomb potential is calculated for a two dimensional system with periodic boundary conditions. Using polynomial splines in real space and a summation in reciprocal space we obtain numerically optimized potentials which allow us…

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We introduce a novel geometric framework for optimal experimental design (OED). Traditional OED approaches, such as those based on mutual information, rely explicitly on probability densities, leading to restrictive invariance properties.…

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We implemented a coarse-graining procedure to construct mesoscopic models of complex molecules. The final aim is to obtain better results on properties depending on slow modes of the molecules. Therefore the number of particles considered…

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Many geometric optimization problems can be reduced to finding points in space (centers) minimizing an objective function which continuously depends on the distances from the centers to given input points. Examples are $k$-Means, Geometric…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Vladimir Shenmaier

We present a software suite for the analysis and optimization of ideal convex polyhedra in hyperbolic 3-space $\mathbb{H}^3$. Using Rivin's variational characterization of ideal polyhedra, we develop efficient algorithms for checking…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Igor Rivin

We present a simple, robust and efficient method for varying the parameters in a many-body wave function to optimize the expectation value of the energy. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by optimizing the parameters in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 C. J. Umrigar , Claudia Filippi

We consider the optimization of pairwise objective functions, i.e., objective functions of the form $H(\mathbf{x}) = H(x_1,\ldots,x_N) = \sum_{1\leq i<j \leq N} H_{ij}(x_i,x_j)$ for $x_i$ in some continuous state spaces $\mathcal{X}_i$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-21 Yian Chen , Yuehaw Khoo , Michael Lindsey

We identify optimal measurement strategies for phase estimation in different scenarios. For pure states of a single qubit, we show that optimal measurements form a broad set parametrized with a continuous variable. When the state is mixed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-11 T. Wasak , J. Chwedenczuk , L. Pezze , A. Smerzi

Researchers working with mathematical models are often confronted by the related problems of parameter estimation, model validation, and model selection. These are all optimization problems, well-known to be challenging due to…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2016-04-04 Elizabeth Gross , Brent Davis , Kenneth L. Ho , Daniel J. Bates , Heather A. Harrington

We use the geometry of suitably generalised potentials to solve risk-sensitive Markovian optimal stopping problems. As in the linear case due to Dynkin and Yushkievich (1967), the value function is the pointwise infimum of those functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-12 Tomasz Kosmala , John Moriarty

The emphasis of this course is on pluripotential methods in complex dynamics in higher dimension. They are based on the compactness properties of plurisubharmonic functions and on the theory of positive closed currents. Applications of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2008-10-07 Tien-Cuong Dinh , Nessim Sibony

We study energy minimization for pair potentials among periodic sets in Euclidean spaces. We derive some sufficient conditions under which a point lattice locally minimizes the energy associated to a large class of potential functions. This…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-23 Renaud Coulangeon , Achill Schürmann

In this letter we propose the use of physics techniques for entropy determination on constrained parameter optimization problems. The main feature of such techniques, the construction of an unbiased walk on energy space, suggests their use…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. R. Lima , M. Argollo de Menezes

We have developed a new simple method to build the exact analytical expression of the eigenenergy as a function of the potential. The idea of our method is mainly based on the partitioning of the potential curve, solving the Schr\"odinger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-23 F. Maiz , M. Nasr

Let $P$ be a set of at most $n$ points and let $R$ be a set of at most $n$ geometric ranges, such as for example disks or rectangles, where each $p \in P$ has an associated supply $s_{p} > 0$, and each $r \in R$ has an associated demand…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Sergio Cabello , Siu-Wing Cheng , Otfried Cheong , Christian Knauer

External potentials play a crucial role in modelling quantum systems, since, for a given inter- particle interaction, they define the system Hamiltonian. We use the metric space approach to quantum mechanics to derive, from the energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 P. M. Sharp , I. D'Amico

We study the energy-critical inhomogeneous Hartree equation in space dimensions three and higher. Previous local well-posedness results left open the parameter regime where the inhomogeneity exponent is small and the Riesz potential…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Seongyeon Kim , Tarek Saanouni , Ihyeok Seo

The central issue in quantum parameter estimation is to find out the optimal measurement setup that leads to the ultimate lower bound of an estimation error. We address here a question of whether a Gaussian measurement scheme can achieve…

We consider the effective potential in three-dimensional models with O(N) symmetry. For generic values of N, and in particular for the physically interesting cases N=0,1,2,3, we determine the six-point and eight-point renormalized coupling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Pelissetto , E. Vicari

A generalization of expectiles for d-dimensional multivariate distribution functions is introduced. The resulting geometric expectiles are unique solutions to a convex risk minimization problem and are given by d-dimensional vectors. They…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2018-01-19 Klaus Herrmann , Marius Hofert , Melina Mailhot