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This paper introduces the Runge-Kutta Chebyshev descent method (RKCD) for strongly convex optimisation problems. This new algorithm is based on explicit stabilised integrators for stiff differential equations, a powerful class of numerical…
In this paper, we propose a new methodology for state constrained stochastic optimal control (SOC) problems. The solution is based on past work in solving SOC problems using forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDE). Our…
The finite element method (FEM) is applied to obtain numerical solutions to a recently derived nonlinear equation for the shallow water wave problem. A weak formulation and the Petrov-Galerkin method are used. It is shown that the FEM gives…
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In this article, we analyze a two-level finite element method for the equations of motion arising in the flow of 2D Oldroyd model with non-smooth initial data. It involves solving the non-linear problem on a coarse grid of mesh-size $H$ and…
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