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We prove existence results for optimization problems for the $k$th Laplace eigenvalue on closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension $m \geq 3$, depending on the choice of normalization. One such normalization leads to eigenvalue optimization…
The goal of this paper is to describe a method to solve a class of time optimal control problems which are equivalent to finding the sub-Riemannian minimizing geodesics on a manifold M. In particular, we assume that the manifold M is acted…
In this paper, we study the problem of minimizing the first eigenvalue of the $p-$Laplacian plus a potential with weights, when the potential and the weight are allowed to vary in the class of rearrangements of a given fixed potential $V_0$…
Time-spectral solution of ordinary and partial differential equations is often regarded as an inefficient approach. The associated extension of the time domain, as compared to finite difference methods, is believed to result in…
In this paper we study the conditioning of optimal control problems constrained by linear parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions. While we concentrate on a given end-time target function the results hold also when the target…
The aim of this paper is to obtain a posteriori error bounds of optimal order in time and space for the linear second-order wave equation discretized by the Newmark scheme in time and the finite element method in space. Error estimates are…
We revisit the problem of finding optimal strategies for deterministic Markov Decision Processes (DMDPs), and a closely related problem of testing feasibility of systems of $m$ linear inequalities on $n$ real variables with at most two…
We study methods based on reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces for estimating the value function of an infinite-horizon discounted Markov reward process (MRP). We study a regularized form of the kernel least-squares temporal difference (LSTD)…
In this paper we analyze an eigenvalue problem related to the nonlocal $p-$laplace operator plus a potential. After reviewing some elementary properties of the first eigenvalue of these operators (existence, positivity of associated…
We present a unified framework to construct well-posed formulations for large classes of linear operator equations including elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations. This general approach incorporates known weak…
We investigate shape optimization for the principal eigenvalue of the Pucci extremal operator \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\mathcal{M}^+_{\lambda,\Lambda}(D^{2}u)&=\mu^{+}_{1}(\Omega)u &&\text{in }\Omega,\\ u &=0 &&\text{on }\partial\Omega,…
We shall develop a fully discrete space-time adaptive method for linear parabolic problems based on new reliable and efficient a posteriori analysis for higher order dG(s) finite element discretisations. The adaptive strategy is motivated…
In applications of linear algebra including nuclear physics and structural dynamics, there is a need to deal with uncertainty in the matrices. We focus on matrices that depend on a set of parameters $\omega$ and we are interested in the…
We investigate the bang-bang property for fairly general classes of $L^\infty-L^1$ constrained bilinear optimal control problems in two cases: that of the one-dimensional torus, in which case we consider parabolic equations, and that of…
This work presents, analyzes and tests stabilized space-time finite element methods on fully unstructured simplicial space-time meshes for the numerical solution of space-time tracking parabolic optimal control problems with the standard…
The time periodic circuit theory is exploited to introduce an appropriate translation operator that is invariant under the change of the spatial unit cell. Useful properties of the operator are derived. By casting the problem in an…
In [1], the authors have studied stability of certain causal properties of space-times in general relativity. As a continuation of this work, in the present paper, we review and discuss, some more aspects of stability which occur in various…
This paper discusses the practical development of space-time boundary element methods for the wave equation in three spatial dimensions. The employed trial spaces stem from simplex meshes of the lateral boundary of the space-time cylinder.…
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ be an open bounded domain and $m\in \mathbb{N}$. Given $k_1,\ldots,k_m\in \mathbb{N}$, we consider a wide class of optimal partition problems involving Dirichlet eigenvalues of elliptic operators, of the…
In this article, we consider the minimization problem for the first eigenvalue of the fractional Laplacian with respect to the weight functions lying in the rearrangement classes of fixed weight functions. We prove the existence of…