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One of the main results of Scale Relativity as regards the foundation of quantum mechanics is its explanation of the origin of the complex nature of the wave function. The Scale Relativity theory introduces an explicit dependence of…
We develop a new least squares method for solving the second-order elliptic equations in non-divergence form. Two least-squares-type functionals are proposed for solving the equations in two steps. We first obtain a numerical approximation…
Several recent works have explored stochastic gradient methods for variational inference that exploit the geometry of the variational-parameter space. However, the theoretical properties of these methods are not well-understood and these…
Using a simple geometrical construction based upon the linear action of the Heisenberg--Weyl group we deduce a new nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation that provides an exact dynamic and energetic model of any classical system whatsoever, be…
This work considers the non-convex finite sum minimization problem. There are several algorithms for such problems, but existing methods often work poorly when the problem is badly scaled and/or ill-conditioned, and a primary goal of this…
We develop a variational minimax method for detecting maximal saddle-node bifurcations in abstract nonlinear equations. Unlike continuation and path-following techniques, the method identifies the critical parameter directly as an extremal…
The nonlinear, cubic Schrodinger (NLS) equation has numerous physical applications, but in general is very difficult to solve. Nonetheless, under certain circumstances parameters quantifying the width, momentum and energy of the…
We discuss a numerical scheme to solve the continuum Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation in generic spatial dimensions. It is based on a momentum-space discretization of the continuum equation and on a pseudo-spectral approximation of the…
We discuss a method based on a segmentary approximation of solutions of the Schr\"odinger by quadratic splines, for which the coefficients are determined by a variational method that does not require the resolution of complicated algebraic…
In this paper, we propose a scaled gradient modified non-monotone line search method for solving constrained minimization problems, and explore several specific properties of this method, namely, its convergence analysis. We discuss the…
For a real valued function, a point is critical if its derivatives are zero, and a critical point is a saddle point if it is not a local extrema. In this paper, we study algorithms to find saddle points of general Morse index. Our approach…
We focus on nonlinear Function-on-Scalar regression, where the predictors are scalar variables, and the responses are functional data. Most existing studies approximate the hidden nonlinear relationships using linear combinations of basis…
In some cases, solutions to nonlinear PDEs happen to be asymptotically (for large $x$ and/or $t$) invariant under a group $G$ which is not a symmetry of the equation. After recalling the geometrical meaning of symmetries of differential…
This paper proposes a new gradient method to solve the large-scale problems. Theoretical analysis shows that the new method has finite termination property for two dimensions and converges R-linearly for any dimensions. Experimental results…
A novel overlapping domain decomposition splitting algorithm based on a Crank-Nisolson method is developed for the stochastic nonlinear Schroedinger equation driven by a multiplicative noise with non-periodic boundary conditions. The…
We apply pseudo-spectral methods to construct global solutions of functional renormalisation group equations in field space to high accuracy. For this, we introduce a basis to resolve both finite as well as asymptotic regions of effective…
Local scale invariance for lattice models is studied using new realizations of the Schr\"odinger algebra. The two-point function is calculated and it turns out that the result can be reproduced from exact two-point correlation functions…
Biadjoint scalar field theories appear in the study of scattering amplitudes and classical solutions in gauge, gravity and related theories. In this paper, we present new exact solutions of biadjoint scalar field theory, showing that…
We employ quantum variational methods to investigate a single-site interacting fermion-boson system -- an example of a minimal supersymmetric model that can exhibit spontaneous supersymmetry breaking. Our study addresses the challenges…
The Meta-Schr\"odinger algebra arises as the dynamical symmetry in transport processes which are ballistic in a chosen `parallel' direction and diffusive and all other `transverse' directions. The time-space transformations of this Lie…