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We aim at computing the derivative of the solution to a parametric optimization problem with respect to the involved parameters. For a class broader than that of strongly convex functions, this can be achieved by automatic differentiation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Sheheryar Mehmood , Peter Ochs

In this paper we develop a new approach to the design of direct numerical methods for multidimensional problems of the calculus of variations. The approach is based on a transformation of the problem with the use of a new class of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-04 M. V. Dolgopolik

In the present work, an attempted was made to develop a numerical algorithm by the use of new orthogonal hybrid functions formed from hybrid of piecewise constant orthogonal sample-and-hold functions and piecewise linear orthogonal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Seshu Kumar Damarla , Madhusree Kundu

We present a discretization of the dynamic optimal transport problem for which we can obtain the convergence rate for the value of the transport cost to its continuous value when the temporal and spatial stepsize vanish. This convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Sadashige Ishida , Hugo Lavenant

Most nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) solvers require the Jacobian matrix associated to the differential operator. In PETSc, this is typically achieved by either an analytic derivation or numerical approximation method such as…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2019-09-09 J. G. Wallwork , P. Hovland , H. Zhang , O. Marin

This study reexamines diffusive representations for fractional integrals with the goal of pioneering new variants of such representations. These variants aim to offer highly efficient numerical algorithms for the approximate computation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Renu Chaudhary , Kai Diethelm

Finite-difference methods are widely used for zeroth-order optimization in settings where gradient information is unavailable or expensive to compute. These procedures mimic first-order strategies by approximating gradients through function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Marco Rando , Cesare Molinari , Lorenzo Rosasco , Silvia Villa

For a discrete function $f\left( x\right) $ on a discrete set, the finite difference can be either forward and backward. However, we observe that if $ f\left( x\right) $ is a sum of two functions $f\left( x\right) =f_{1}\left( x\right)…

General Physics · Physics 2021-04-23 Q. H. Liu

Consider a sequence of real-valued functions of a real variable given by a homogeneous linear recursion with differentiable coefficients. We show that if the functions in the sequence are differentiable, then the sequence of derivatives…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Dávid Papp , Kolos Csaba Ágoston

Many important physical problems, such as fluid structure interaction or conjugate heat transfer, require numerical methods that compute boundary derivatives or fluxes to high accuracy. This paper proposes a novel alternative to calculating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-12 David Wells , Jeffrey Banks

The differentiable programming paradigm is a cornerstone of modern scientific computing. It refers to numerical methods for computing the gradient of a numerical model's output. Many scientific models are based on differential equations,…

Stochastic coordinate descent algorithms are efficient methods in which each iterate is obtained by fixing most coordinates at their values from the current iteration, and approximately minimizing the objective with respect to the remaining…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-04-02 Eméric Gbaguidi

The problem of recovering partial derivatives of high orders of bivariate functions with finite smoothness is studied. Based on the truncation method, a numerical differentiation algorithm was constructed, which is optimal by the order,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Y. V. Semenova , S. G. Solodky

In this paper we provide a definition of fractional gradient operators, related to directional derivatives. We develop a fractional vector calculus, providing a probabilistic interpretation and mathematical tools to treat multidimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-21 M. D'Ovidio , R. Garra

This paper presents a novel accelerated distributed algorithm for unconstrained consensus optimization over static undirected networks. The proposed algorithm combines the benefits of acceleration from momentum, the robustness of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-15 Eduardo Sebastián , Mauro Franceschelli , Andrea Gasparri , Eduardo Montijano , Carlos Sagüés

Variational Optimization forms a differentiable upper bound on an objective. We show that approaches such as Natural Evolution Strategies and Gaussian Perturbation, are special cases of Variational Optimization in which the expectations are…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-09-14 Thomas Bird , Julius Kunze , David Barber

We show that a substantial portion of stochastic calculus can be developed along similar lines to ordinary calculus, with derivative-based concepts driving the development. We define a notion of stopping derivative, which is a form of right…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Alex Simpson

Neural networks are increasingly used to construct numerical solution methods for partial differential equations. In this expository review, we introduce and contrast three important recent approaches attractive in their simplicity and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-15 Jan Blechschmidt , Oliver G. Ernst

A computational procedure is developed for the efficient calculation of derivatives of integrals over non-separable Gaussian-type basis functions, used for the evaluation of gradients of the total energy in quantum-mechanical simulations.…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-03 Jacques K. Desmarais , Alessandro De Frenza , Alessandro Erba