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Variational analysis provides the theoretical foundations and practical tools for constructing optimization algorithms without being restricted to smooth or convex problems. We survey the central concepts in the context of a concrete but…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Johannes O. Royset

Linear systems of equations can be found in various mathematical domains, as well as in the field of machine learning. By employing noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, variational solvers promise to accelerate finding solutions for…

This work studies a variational formulation and numerical solution of a regularized morphoelasticity problem of shape evolution. The foundation of our analysis is based on the governing equations of linear elasticity, extended to account…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Ziqin Zhou

In the setting of continuum elasticity, phase transformations involving martensitic variants are modeled by a free energy density function that is non-convex in strain space. Here, we adopt an existing mathematical model in which we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Koki Sagiyama , Shiva Rudraraju , Krishna Garikipati

Evolutionary computation offers a variety of tools to solve complex real-world optimization problems. However, research often focuses on smaller, simplified problems and optimization algorithms that sometimes miss expectations in real-world…

Many steady-state transport problems in condensed matter physics can be reduced to a set of coupled diffusion equations. This is true in particular when relaxation processes are sufficiently fast that the system is in the diffusive…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 Iacopo Torre

We present a stability result for a wide class doubly nonlinear equations, featuring general maximal monotone operators, and (possibly) nonconvex and nonsmooth energy functionals. The limit analysis resides on the reformulation of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-19 Thomas Roche , Riccarda Rossi , Ulisse Stefanelli

We present a class of nonconforming virtual element methods for general fourth order partial differential equations in two dimensions. We develop a generic approach for constructing the necessary projection operators and virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-28 Andreas Dedner , Alice Hodson

Convex variational problems arise in many fields ranging from image processing to fluid and solid mechanics communities. Interesting applications usually involve non-smooth terms which require well-designed optimization algorithms for their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Jeremy Bleyer

The variational multiscale (VMS) formulation formally segregates the evolution of the coarse-scales from the fine-scales. VMS modeling requires the approximation of the impact of the fine scales in terms of the coarse scales. In linear…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-11-16 Aniruddhe Pradhan , Karthik Duraisamy

The dynamics of real-world applications and systems require efficient methods for improving infeasible solutions or restoring corrupted ones by making modifications to the current state of a system in a restricted way. We propose a new…

This paper considers a general framework for the study of the existence of quasi-variational and variational solutions to a class of nonlinear evolution systems in convex sets of Banach spaces describing constraints on a linear combination…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-07 Fernando Miranda , José Francisco Rodrigues , Lisa Santos

Recently, computational modelling became a very important research tool that enables us to study problems that for decades evaded scientific analysis. Evolutionary systems are certainly examples of such problems: they are composed of many…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2009-07-04 Adam Lipowski , Dorota Lipowska

Variational principles play a fundamental role in deriving evolution equations of physics. They are working well in case of nondissipative evolution but for dissipative systems they are not unique, not predictive and not constructive. With…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-02 Péter Ván , Róbert Kovács

We characterize the behavior of the solutions of linear evolution partial differential equations on the half line in the presence of discontinuous initial conditions or discontinuous boundary conditions, as well as the behavior of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-26 Gino Biondini , Thomas Trogdon

The invariant subspace method is refined to present more unity and more diversity of exact solutions to evolution equations. The key idea is to take subspaces of solutions to linear ordinary differential equations as invariant subspaces…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-04 Wen-Xiu Ma

This paper presents an evolvable conditional diffusion method such that black-box, non-differentiable multi-physics models, as are common in domains like computational fluid dynamics and electromagnetics, can be effectively used for guiding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Zhao Wei , Chin Chun Ooi , Abhishek Gupta , Jian Cheng Wong , Pao-Hsiung Chiu , Sheares Xue Wen Toh , Yew-Soon Ong

Discretizations of infinite-dimensional variational inequalities lead to linear and nonlinear complementarity problems with many degrees of freedom. To solve these problems in a parallel computing environment, we propose two active-set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Steven J. Benson , Todd S. Munson

In this work, we consider fracture propagation in nearly incompressible and (fully) incompressible materials using a phase-field formulation. We use a mixed form of the elasticity equation to overcome volume locking effects and develop a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Timo Heister , Katrin Mang , Thomas Wick

A system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations with forcing function is developed to model evolution processes in complex systems. In this system R, C, and P are the resource, consumption, and production functions correspondingly. F…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2017-11-01 Lev A Maslov