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We prove error estimates for the semi-implicit numerical scheme of sphere-constrained high-index saddle dynamics, which serves as a powerful instrument in finding saddle points and constructing the solution landscapes of constrained systems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Lei Zhang , Pingwen Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng

Saddle dynamics is a time continuous dynamics to efficiently compute the any-index saddle points and construct the solution landscape. In practice, the saddle dynamics needs to be discretized for numerical computations, while the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-01 Yue Luo , Xiangcheng Zheng , Xiangle Cheng , Lei Zhang

We introduce a generalized numerical algorithm to construct the solution landscape, which is a pathway map consisting of all stationary points and their connections. Based on the high-index optimization-based shrinking dimer (HiOSD) method…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-11-11 Jianyuan Yin , Bing Yu , Lei Zhang

High-index saddle dynamics provides an effective means to compute the any-index saddle points and construct the solution landscape. In this paper we prove error estimates for Euler discretization of high-index saddle dynamics with respect…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-05 Lei Zhang , Pingwen Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng

This work presents a numerical analysis of computing transition states of semilinear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) via the index-1 saddle dynamics, or equivalently, the gentlest ascent dynamics. To establish clear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Lei Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng , Shangqin Zhu

We search saddle points for a large class of convex-concave Lagrangian. A generalized explicit iterative scheme based on Arrow-Hurwicz method converges to a saddle point of the problem. We also propose in this work, a convergent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-12 Minh Phan , Cedric Galusinski

We develop and analyze numerical discretization to the constrained high-index saddle dynamics, the dynamics searching for the high-index saddle points confined on the high-dimensional unit sphere. Compared with the saddle dynamics without…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Lei Zhang , Pingwen Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng

This paper presents a rigorous numerical framework for computing multiple solutions of semilinear elliptic problems by spatiotemporal high-index saddle dynamics (HiSD), which extends the traditional HiSD to the continuous-in-space setting,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Lei Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng , Shangqin Zhu

We present an improved high-index saddle dynamics (iHiSD) for finding saddle points and constructing solution landscapes, which is a crossover dynamics from gradient flow to traditional HiSD such that the Morse theory for gradient flow…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Hua Su , Haoran Wang , Lei Zhang , Jin Zhao , Xiangcheng Zheng

We present compact semi-implicit finite difference schemes on structured grids for numerical solutions of the advection by an external velocity and by a speed in normal direction that are applicable in level set methods. The most involved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Peter Frolkovič , Nikola Gajdošová

High-index saddle dynamics (HiSD) serves as a competitive instrument in searching the any-index saddle points and constructing the solution landscape of complex systems. The Lagrangian multiplier terms in HiSD ensure the Stiefel manifold…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Lei Zhang , Pingwen Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng

The high-index saddle dynamics (HiSD) method [J. Yin, L. Zhang, and P. Zhang, {\it SIAM J. Sci. Comput., }41 (2019), pp.A3576-A3595] serves as an efficient tool for computing index-$k$ saddle points and constructing solution landscapes.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-27 Yue Luo , Xiangcheng Zheng , Lei Zhang

The high-index saddle dynamics (HiSD) method provides a powerful framework for finding saddle points and constructing solution landscapes. While originally derived for nondegenerate critical points, HiSD has demonstrated empirical success…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Tao Luo , Jianyuan Yin , Lei Zhang , Shixue Zhang

Saddle points provide a hierarchical view of the energy landscape, revealing transition pathways and interconnected basins of attraction, and offering insight into the global structure, metastability, and possible collective mechanisms of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Baoming Shi , Lei Zhang , Qiang Du

In this paper a new semi-implicit relaxation scheme for the simulation of multi-scale hyperbolic conservation laws based on a Jin-Xin relaxation approach is presented. It is based on the splitting of the flux function into two or more…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Andrea Thomann

Non-convex optimal control arises from various applications but may contain multiple stationary points. Classical solvers usually perform a ``local'' search near a saddle point or a local minimum, thus rely on good initial guess to reach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Ning Du , Yanlin Liu , Lei Zhang , Xiangcheng Zheng

Many interfacial phenomena in physical and biological systems are dominated by high order geometric quantities such as curvature. Here a semi-implicit method is combined with a level set jet scheme to handle stiff nonlinear advection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-22 Guhan Velmurugan , Ebrahim M. Kolahdouz , David Salac

The high-index saddle dynamics (HiSD) method is a powerful approach for computing saddle points and solution landscape. However, its practical applicability is constrained by the need for the explicit energy function expression. To overcome…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Yuankai Liu , Lei Zhang , Jin Zhao

Here we present a multiscale method to calculate the saddle point associated with the effective dynamics arising from a stochastic system which couples slow deterministic drift and fast stochastic dynamics. This problem is motivated by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Shuting Gu , Xiang Zhou

Two semi-implicit Euler schemes for differential inclusions are proposed and analyzed in depth. An error analysis shows that both semi-implicit schemes inherit favorable stability properties from the differential inclusion. Their…

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