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In this paper, we set the mathematical foundations of the Dynamical Low-Rank Approximation (DLRA) method for stochastic differential equations (SDEs). DLRA aims at approximating the solution as a linear combination of a small number of…

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In this work, we develop implicit rank-adaptive schemes for time-dependent matrix differential equations. The dynamic low rank approximation (DLRA) is a well-known technique to capture the dynamic low rank structure based on Dirac-Frenkel…

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Dose calculations in proton therapy require the fast and accurate solution of a high-dimensional transport equation for a large number of (pencil) beams with different energies and directions. Deterministically solving this transport…

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We consider flux-corrected finite element discretizations of 3D convection-dominated transport problems and assess the computational efficiency of algorithms based on such approximations. The methods under investigation include…

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In this paper, we develop an asymptotic-preserving dynamical low-rank method for the multiscale linear kinetic transport equation. The proposed scheme is unconditionally stable in the diffusive regime while preserving the correct asymptotic…

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Dynamical low-rank approximation (DLRA) is a widely used paradigm for solving large-scale matrix differential equations, as they arise, for example, from the discretization of time-dependent partial differential equations on tensorized…

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The radiative transfer equation models the interaction of radiation with scattering and absorbing media and has important applications in various fields in science and engineering. It is an integro-differential equation involving time,…

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The numerical solution of time-dependent radiative transfer problems is challenging, both, due to the high dimension as well as the anisotropic structure of the underlying integro-partial differential equation. In this paper we propose a…

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The radiative transfer equation is a fundamental equation in transport theory and applications, which is a 5-dimensional PDE in the stationary one-velocity case, leading to great difficulties in numerical simulation. To tackle this…

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In this paper, we propose a high-order energy-conserving semi-Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin(ECSLDG) method for the Vlasov-Ampere system. The method employs a semi-Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin scheme for spatial discretization of…

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We develop an unconditionally energy-stable tensor-product space-time discretization framework for the solution of a linear kinetic transport equation in one space dimension. The kinetic equation is a simplified model of radiative transfer…

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We present unconditionally energy stable Runge-Kutta (RK) discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes for solving a class of fourth order gradient flows. Our algorithm is geared toward arbitrarily high order approximations in both space and time,…

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Dynamical low-rank (DLR) approximation methods have previously been developed for time-dependent radiation transport problems. One crucial drawback of DLR is that it does not conserve important quantities of the calculation, which limits…

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Dynamic Low Rank (DLR) methods are a promising way to reduce the computational cost and memory footprint of the high-dimensional thermal radiative transfer (TRT) equations. The TRT equations are a system of nonlinear PDEs that model the…

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We present an energy conserving space discretisation based on a Poisson bracket that can be used to derive the dry compressible Euler as well as thermal shallow water equations. It is formulated using the compatible finite element method,…

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