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We present a general shape optimisation framework based on the method of mappings in the $W^{1,\infty}$ topology. We propose steepest descent and Newton-like minimisation algorithms for the numerical solution of the respective shape…

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This paper explores the reconstruction of a space-dependent parameter in inverse diffusion problems, proposing a shape-optimization-based approach. We consider a Robin boundary condition, physically motivated in diffuse optical tomography…

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We introduce a new parabolic flow deforming any Riemannian metric on a spin manifold by following a constrained gradient flow of the total scalar curvature. This flow is built out of the well-known Dirac-Einstein functional. We prove local…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-20 Yannick Sire , Tian Xu

In shape optimisation it is desirable to obtain deformations of a given mesh without negative impact on the mesh quality. We propose a new algorithm using least square formulations of the Cauchy-Riemann equations. Our method allows to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-09 José A. Iglesias , Kevin Sturm , Florian Wechsung

In this paper, we introduce the notion of generalized $\epsilon$-stationarity for a class of nonconvex and nonsmooth composite minimization problems on compact Riemannian submanifold embedded in Euclidean space. To find a generalized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Zheng Peng , Weihe Wu , Jiang Hu , Kangkang Deng

In this paper, we solve the fractional anisotropic Calder\'on problem with external data in the Euclidean space, in dimensions two and higher, for smooth Riemannian metrics that agree with the Euclidean metric outside a compact set.…

The subgradient method for convex optimization problems on complete Riemannian manifolds with lower bounded sectional curvature is analyzed in this paper. Iteration-complexity bounds of the subgradient method with exogenous step-size and…

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We continue our study, initiated in our earlier paper, of Riemann surfaces with constant curvature and isolated conic singularities. Using the machinery developed in that earlier paper of extended configuration families of simple divisors,…

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In computational anatomy, the Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) framework has become a central tool for modeling smooth, invertible transformations between shapes such as curves or landmarks. In this paper, we extend…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Rayane Mouhli , Thomas Pierron

In this paper, we propose an unfitted finite element method to solve PDE-constrained shape optimization problems via shape gradient flow. The shape gradient flow system consists of the state equation, the adjoint equation, the velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Wei Gong , Chuwen Ma , Ziyi Zhang

Derivative-free Riemannian optimization (DFRO) aims to minimize an objective function using only function evaluations, under the constraint that the decision variables lie on a Riemannian manifold. The rapid increase in problem dimensions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Timothé Taminiau , Estelle Massart , Geovani Nunes Grapiglia

This paper proposes a generalized framework with joint normalization which learns lower-dimensional subspaces with maximum discriminative power by making use of the Riemannian geometry. In particular, we model the similarity/dissimilarity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-20 Tianci Liu , Zelin Shi , Yunpeng Liu

Diffeomorphic registration using optimal control on the diffeomorphism group and on shape spaces has become widely used since the development of the Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) algorithm. More recently, a series…

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Understanding how systems built out of modular components can be jointly optimized is an important problem in biology, engineering, and machine learning. The backpropagation algorithm is one such solution and has been instrumental in the…

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We study geodesic equations for a family of right-invariant Riemannian metrics on the group of diffeomorphisms of a compact manifold. The metrics descend to Fisher's information metric on the space of smooth probability densities. The right…

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A variational formulation for accelerated optimization on normed vector spaces was recently introduced in Wibisono et al., and later generalized to the Riemannian manifold setting in Duruisseaux and Leok. This variational framework was…

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The Euclidean space notion of convex sets (and functions) generalizes to Riemannian manifolds in a natural sense and is called geodesic convexity. Extensively studied computational problems such as convex optimization and sampling in convex…

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Riemann-Hilbert problems are jump problems for holomorphic functions along given interfaces. They arise in various contexts, e.g. in the asymptotic study of certain nonlinear partial differential equations and in the asymptotic analysis of…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Haakan Hedenmalm

Shape optimization based on the shape calculus is numerically mostly performed by means of steepest descent methods. This paper provides a novel framework to analyze shape-Newton optimization methods by exploiting a Riemannian perspective.…

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