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In a general setting, we study a posteriori estimates used in finite element analysis to measure the error between a solution and its approximation. The latter is not necessarily generated by a finite element method. We show that the error…

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This paper derives a discrete dual problem for a prototypical hybrid high-order method for convex minimization problems. The discrete primal and dual problem satisfy a weak convex duality that leads to a priori error estimates with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Ngoc Tien Tran

A new technique of residual-type a posteriori error analysis is developed for the lowest-order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element discretizations of convection-diffusion-reaction equations in two- or three-dimension. Both centered mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-26 Shaohong Du , Xiaoping Xie

We derive optimal order a posteriori error estimates for fully discrete approximations of the initial-boundary value problem for the heat equation. For the discretization in time we apply the fractional-step $\vartheta$-scheme and for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-03 Karakatsani Fotini

We investigate nonlinear eigenproblems for a broad class of proper, closed, convex functionals in reflexive Banach spaces. We develop a dual formulation of the nonlinear eigenproblem using the Fenchel conjugate and establish an equivalence…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Jonathan Laubmann , Manuel Friedrich , Daniel Tenbrinck

Dual first-order methods are powerful techniques for large-scale convex optimization. Although an extensive research effort has been devoted to studying their convergence properties, explicit convergence rates for the primal iterates have…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-24 Jie Lu , Mikael Johansson

We consider the differentiation of the value function for parametric optimization problems. Such problems are ubiquitous in Machine Learning applications such as structured support vector machines, matrix factorization and min-min or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Sheheryar Mehmood , Peter Ochs

We investigate the application of a posteriori error estimates to a fractional optimal control problem with pointwise control constraints. Specifically, we address a problem in which the state equation is formulated as an integral form of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Fangyuan Wang , Qiming Wang , Zhaojie Zhou

Variational models for image deblurring problems typically consist of a smooth term and a potentially non-smooth convex term. A common approach to solving these problems is using proximal gradient methods. To accelerate the convergence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-22 Stefano Aleotti , Marco Donatelli , Rolf Krause , Giuseppe Scarlato

We consider a Markov chain approximation scheme for utility maximization problems in continuous time, which uses, in turn, a piecewise constant policy approximation, Euler-Maruyama time stepping, and a Gauss-Hermite approximation of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-07 Athena Picarelli , Christoph Reisinger

This paper investigates general and generalized differentiation properties of the optimal value function associated with perturbed optimization problems. Fundamental results on nearly convex sets and functions in infinite-dimensional spaces…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-24 V. S. T. Long , B. S. Mordukhovich , N. M. Nam , L. White

We verify functional a posteriori error estimate proposed by S. Repin for a class of obstacle problems. The obstacle problem is formulated as a quadratic minimization problem with constrains equivalently formulated as a variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-27 Petr Harasim , Jan Valdman

We examine the duality theory for a class of non-convex functions obtained by composing a convex function with a continuous one. Using Fenchel duality, we derive a dual problem that satisfies weak duality under general assumptions. To…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Vittorio Latorre

For elliptic interface problems, this paper studies residual-based a posteriori error estimations for various finite element approximations. For the conforming and the Raviart-Thomas mixed elements in two-dimension and for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-04 Zhiqiang Cai , Cuiyu He , Shun Zhang

In this article we develop a duality principle suitable for a large class of problems in optimization. The main result is obtained through basic tools of convex analysis and duality theory. We establish a correct relation between the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Fabio Botelho

In this paper we propose distributed dual gradient algorithms for linearly constrained separable convex problems and analyze their rate of convergence under different assumptions. Under the strong convexity assumption on the primal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-04 Ion Necoara , Valentin Nedelcu

In this article we develop a new primal dual variational formulation suitable for a large class of non-convex problems in the calculus of variations. The results are obtained through basic tools of convex analysis, duality theory, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-05 Fabio Botelho

Multilevel methods represent a powerful approach in numerical solution of partial differential equations. The multilevel structure can also be used to construct estimates for total and algebraic errors of computed approximations. This paper…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-13 Petr Vacek , Jan Papež , Zdeněk Strakoš

In the present paper, we examine a Crouzeix-Raviart approximation for non-linear partial differential equations having a $(p,\delta)$-structure for some $p\in (1,\infty)$ and $\delta\ge 0$. We establish a priori error estimates, which are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-10 Alex Kaltenbach

In this paper, we study the "a posteriori" error estimate corresponding to the Brinkman-Darcy-Forchheimer problem. We introduce the variational formulation discretised by using the finite element method. Then, we establish an "a posteriori"…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Toni Sayah