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We consider fully discrete numerical approximations for axisymmetric Willmore flow that are unconditionally stable and work reliably without remeshing. We restrict our attention to surfaces without boundary, but allow for spontaneous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao

We study the well-established problem of finding an optimal routing of unsplittable flows in a graph. While by now there is an extensive body of work targeting the problem on graph classes such as paths and trees, we aim at using the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Robert Ganian , Mathis Rocton , Daniel Unterberger

This work studies Willmore flows of tori and their singularities via a dimension reduction approach. We introduce a Willmore flow that preserves the degenerate constraint of prescribed conformal class and, for rotationally symmetric initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Anna Dall'Acqua , Marius Müller , Fabian Rupp , Manuel Schlierf

We introduce a novel unit-time ordinary differential equation (ODE) flow called the preconditioned F\"{o}llmer flow, which efficiently transforms a Gaussian measure into a desired target measure at time 1. To discretize the flow, we apply…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-11-08 Zhao Ding , Yuling Jiao , Xiliang Lu , Zhijian Yang , Cheng Yuan

We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (PFEM) for the planar Willmore flow and establish its unconditional energy stability of the full discretization scheme. The key lies in the introduction of two novel geometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

This paper focuses on a one-dimensional fourth-order nonlinear dispersive partial differential equation for curve flows on a K\"ahler manifold. The equation arises as a fourth-order extension of the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger flow…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-02 Eiji Onodera

We consider a scalar valued elliptic partial differential equation on a sufficiently smooth domain $\Omega$, subject to a regularized Tresca friction-type boundary condition on a subset $\Gamma$ of $\partial \Omega$. The friction threshold,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Erik Burman , Marvin Knöller , Lauri Oksanen , Andreas Rupp

We consider obstacle problems for the Willmore functional in the class of graphs of functions and surfaces of revolution with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove the existence of minimisers of the obstacle problems under the assumption…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Hans-Christoph Grunau , Shinya Okabe

Kuwert and Sch\"atzle showed in 2001 that the Willmore flow converges to a standard round sphere, if the initial energy is small. In this situation, we prove stability estimates for the barycenter and the quadratic moment of the surface.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Ernst Kuwert , Julian Scheuer

In this paper, we introduce a new framework for approximately solving flow problems in capacitated, undirected graphs and apply it to provide asymptotically faster algorithms for the maximum $s$-$t$ flow and maximum concurrent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-24 Jonathan A. Kelner , Yin Tat Lee , Lorenzo Orecchia , Aaron Sidford

We introduce an ordinary differential equation (ODE) based deep generative method for learning conditional distributions, named Conditional F\"ollmer Flow. Starting from a standard Gaussian distribution, the proposed flow could approximate…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-14 Jinyuan Chang , Zhao Ding , Yuling Jiao , Ruoxuan Li , Jerry Zhijian Yang

In this paper we consider generalized flow problems where there is an $m$-edge $n$-node directed graph $G = (V,E)$ and each edge $e \in E$ has a loss factor $\gamma_e >0$ governing whether the flow is increased or decreased as it crosses…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Shunhua Jiang , Michael Kapralov , Lawrence Li , Aaron Sidford

We consider the solution of initial value problems within the context of hybrid systems and emphasise the use of high precision approximations (in software for exact real arithmetic). We propose a novel algorithm for the computation of…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2010-06-03 Norbert Th. Müller , Margarita Korovina

We consider the area-preserving Willmore evolution of surfaces that are close to a half-sphere with a small radius, sliding on the boundary S of a domain while meeting it orthogonally. We prove that the flow exists for all times and keeps a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Jan-Henrik Metsch

We consider the Willmore flow equation for complete, properly immersed surfaces in Rn. Given bounded geometry on the initial surface, we extend the result by Kuwert and Sch\"atzle in 2002 and prove short time existence and uniqueness of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Long-Sin Li

The paper presents a dynamic solution method for dynamic minimum parametric networks flow. The solution method solves the problem for a special parametric dynamic network with linear lower bound functions of a single parameter. Instead…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-09-15 Mircea Parpalea , Nicoleta Avesalon , Eleonor Ciurea

We extend thresholding methods for numerical realization of mean curvature flow on obstacles to the anisotropic setting where interfacial energy depends on the orientation of the interface. This type of schemes treats the interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Siddharth Gavhale , Karel Svadlenka

The well-posedness of a phase-field approximation to the Willmore flow with volume constraint is established. The existence proof relies on the underlying gradient flow structure of the problem: the time discrete approximation is solved by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-04-05 Pierluigi Colli , Philippe Laurençot

It is well known that classical formulations resembling the Horn and Schunck model are still largely competitive due to the modern implementation practices. In most cases, these models outperform many modern flow estimation methods. In view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-22 Hirak Doshi , N. Uday Kiran

The purpose of the present work is to expand substantially the type of control and estimation problems that can be addressed following the paradigm of Schr\"odinger bridges, by incorporating termination (killing) of stochastic flows.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-24 Asmaa Eldesoukey , Olga Movilla Miangolarra , Tryphon T. Georgiou