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Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-28 Jakob Vandergrift , Matthew J. Zahr

We consider (stochastic) convex-concave saddle point (SP) problems with high-dimensional decision variables, arising in various applications including machine learning problems. To contend with the challenges in computing full gradients, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani , Afrooz Jalilzadeh , Necdet Serhat Aybat

Topology optimization problems generally support multiple local minima, and real-world applications are typically three-dimensional. In previous work [I. P. A. Papadopoulos, P. E. Farrell, and T. M. Surowiec, Computing multiple solutions of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Ioannis P. A. Papadopoulos , Patrick E. Farrell

In this paper, we execute the shift-splitting preconditioner for asymmetric saddle point problems with its (1,2) block's transposition unequal to its (2,1) block under the removed minus of its (2,1) block. The proposed preconditioner is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-13 Shi-Liang Wu , Davod Khojasteh Salkuyeh

We present a simple way to discretize and precondition mixed variational formulations. Our theory connects with, and takes advantage of, the classical theory of symmetric saddle point problems and the theory of preconditioning symmetric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-18 Constantin Bacuta , Jacob Jacavage

In this paper, we design robust and efficient block preconditioners for the two-field formulation of Biot's consolidation model, where stabilized finite-element discretizations are used. The proposed block preconditioners are based on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-25 James H. Adler , Francisco J. Gaspar , Xiaozhe Hu , Carmen Rodrigo , Ludmil T. Zikatanov

The focus of this work is on the construction and analysis of optimal-order multigrid preconditioners to be used in the Newton-Krylov method for a distributed optimal control problem constrained by the stationary Navier-Stokes equations. As…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-22 Ana Maria Soane , Andrei Draganescu

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for invertibility of symmetric three-by-three block matrices having a double saddle-point structure \fb{that guarantee the unique solvability of double saddle-point systems}. We consider…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-04 Fatemeh P. A. Beik , Chen Greif , Manfred Trummer

Poroelasticity problems play an important role in various engineering, geophysical, and biological applications. Their full discretization results in a large-scale saddle-point system at each time step that is becoming singular for locking…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Weizhang Huang , Zhuoran Wang

We present a new hybrid direct/iterative approach to the solution of a special class of saddle point matrices arising from the discretization of the steady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on an Arakawa C-grid. The two-level method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-06-10 Fred Wubs , Jonas Thies

We consider convex-concave saddle point problems with a separable structure and non-strongly convex functions. We propose an efficient stochastic block coordinate descent method using adaptive primal-dual updates, which enables flexible…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-11-24 Zhanxing Zhu , Amos J. Storkey

In this paper, we propose a preconditioner based on the shift-splitting method for generalized saddle point problems with nonsymmetric positive definite (1,1)-block and symmetric positive semidefinite $(2,2)$-block. The proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-16 Davod Khojasteh Salkuyeh , Mohsen Masoudi , Davod Hezari

The phase separation processes are typically modeled by Cahn-Hilliard equations. This equation was originally introduced to model phase separation in binary alloys, where phase stands for concentration of different components in alloy. When…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-01-14 Pawan Kumar

This paper proposes a new preconditioning scheme for a linear system with a saddle-point structure arising from a hybrid approximation scheme on the sphere, an approximation scheme that combines (local) spherical radial basis functions and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-09-23 Q. T. Le Gia , Ian H. Sloan , Andrew J. Wathen

We consider block preconditioners for double saddle-point systems, and investigate the effect of approximating the nested Schur complement associated with the trailing diagonal block on the eigenvalue distribution of the preconditioned…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Chen Greif

We use the practical framework for abstract perturbed saddle point problems recently introduced by Hong et al. to analyze the mixed formulation of the Hodge Laplace problem. We compose two parameter-dependent norms in which the uniform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Wietse M. Boon , Johannes Kraus , Tomáš Luber , Maria Lymbery

We consider iterative methods for solving the linearised Navier-Stokes equations arising from two-phase flow problems and the efficient preconditioning of such systems when using mixed finite element methods. Our target application is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-18 Niall Bootland , Alistair Bentley , Christopher Kees , Andrew Wathen

We investigate several robust preconditioners for solving the saddle-point linear systems that arise from spatial discretization of unsteady and steady variable-coefficient Stokes equations on a uniform staggered grid. Building on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 M. Cai , A. J. Nonaka , J. B. Bell , B. E. Griffith , A. Donev

A DualTPD method is proposed for solving nonlinear partial differential equations. The method is characterized by three main features. First, decoupling via Fenchel--Rockafellar duality is achieved, so that nonlinear terms are discretized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Long Chen , Ruchi Guo , Jingrong Wei , Jun Zou

This paper concerns robust numerical treatment of an elliptic PDE with high contrast coefficients, for which classical finite-element discretizations yield ill-conditioned linear systems. This paper introduces a procedure by which the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-03 Yuliya Gorb , Vasiliy Kramarenko , Yuri Kuznetsov