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Scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) methods are a class of linear schemes for solving gradient flows that are known for the stability of a `modified' energy. In this paper, we propose an improved SAV (iSAV) scheme that not only retains the…

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Sampling a target probability distribution with an unknown normalization constant is a fundamental challenge in computational science and engineering. Recent work shows that algorithms derived by considering gradient flows in the space of…

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Dual gradient descent combined with early stopping represents an efficient alternative to the Tikhonov variational approach when the regularizer is strongly convex. However, for many relevant applications, it is crucial to deal with…

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In this paper, we present a quadratic auxiliary variable approach to develop a new class of energy-preserving Runge-Kutta methods for the Korteweg-de Vries equation. The quadratic auxiliary variable approach is first proposed to reformulate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-29 Yue Chen , Yuezheng Gong , Qi Hong , Chuwu Wang

It is well known that for gradient systems in Euclidean space or on a Riemannian manifold, the energy decreases monotonically along solutions. In this letter we derive and analyse functionally fitted energy-diminishing methods to preserve…

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We present the hybridization of flux reconstruction methods for advection-diffusion problems. Hybridization introduces a new variable into the problem so that it can be reduced via static condensation. This allows the solution of implicit…

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The study of many-body quantum dynamics in strongly-correlated systems is extremely challenging. To date few numerical methods exist which are capable of simulating the non-equilibrium dynamics of two-dimensional quantum systems, in part…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 S. J. Thomson , J. Eisert

Kahan's method and a two-step generalization of the discrete gradient method are both linearly implicit methods that can preserve a modified energy for Hamiltonian systems with a cubic Hamiltonian. These methods are here investigated and…

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In recent years, deep learning methods, exemplified by Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), have been widely applied to the numerical solution of differential equations. However, these methods may suffer from limited accuracy, high…

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Discrete gradient methods are a powerful tool for the time discretization of dynamical systems, since they are structure-preserving regardless of the form of the total energy. In this work, we discuss the application of discrete gradient…

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Numerical simulations of compressible real-fluid flows are notoriously plagued by spurious pressure oscillations arising in regions of abrupt flow variations. As a possible remedy, several numerical formulations enforce the pressure…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-27 Gennaro Coppola , Alessandro Aiello , Carlo De Michele

This paper presents a novel structure-preserving scheme for Euler equations, focusing on the numerical conservation of entropy and kinetic energy. Explicit flux functions engineered to conserve entropy are introduced within the…

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The impact of different linearisation and iterative solution strategies for fully-coupled pressure-based algorithms for compressible flows at all speeds is studied, with the aim of elucidating their impact on the performance of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-07-16 Fabian Denner

This paper presents a new method for enhancing Alternating Current Power Flow (ACPF) analysis. The method integrates the Newton-Raphson (NR) method with Enhanced-Gradient Descent (GD) and computational graphs. The integration of renewable…

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The flow equation approach investigated by Wegner et al. is applied to an unbounded Hamiltonian system with a generalization. We show that a well-known quantized complex energy eigenvalues which is related to decay widths can be given with…

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We propose a hidden convexity-based method to address distributed optimal energy flow (OEF) problems for transmission-level integrated electricity-gas systems. First, we develop a node-wise decoupling method to de-compose an OEF problem…

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We investigate discretization strategies for a recently introduced class of energy-based models. The model class encompasses classical port-Hamiltonian systems, generalized gradient flows, and certain systems with algebraic constraints. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Robert Altmann , Attila Karsai , Philipp Schulze

We derive the system of differential equations for the gradient flow characterizing the training process of linear in-context learning in full generality. Next, we explore the geometric structure of the gradient flows in two instances,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Songtao Lu , Yingdong Lu , Tomasz Nowicki

We present a new temporal discretization paradigm for developing energy-production-rate preserving numerical approximations to thermodynamically consistent partial differential equation systems, called the supplementary variable method. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Yuezheng Gong , Qi Hong , Qi Wang

The notion of dissipative dynamical systems provides a formal description of processes that cannot generate energy internally. For these systems, changes in energy can only occur due to an external energy supply or dissipation effects.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Attila Karsai , Philipp Schulze