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We prove the convergence of an implicit time discretization for the one-phase Mullins-Sekerka equation, possibly with additional non-local repulsion, proposed in [F. Otto, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 141 (1998) 63--103]. Our simple argument…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Antonin Chambolle , Tim Laux

We present a framework enabling variational data assimilation for gradient flows in general metric spaces, based on the minimizing movement (or Jordan-Kinderlehrer-Otto) approximation scheme. After discussing stability properties in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Jan-F. Pietschmann , Matthias Schlottbom

This paper proves error estimates for $H^2$ conforming finite elements for equations which model the flow of surfaces by different powers of the mean curvature (this includes mean curvature flow). for an adapted scheme originally proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Axel Kröner , Heiko Kröner

We study first-order optimality conditions for constrained optimization in the Wasserstein space, whereby one seeks to minimize a real-valued function over the space of probability measures endowed with the Wasserstein distance. Our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-03 Nicolas Lanzetti , Saverio Bolognani , Florian Dörfler

In this paper we examine two opposite scenarios of energy behavior for solutions of the Euler equation. We show that if $u$ is a regular solution on a time interval $[0,T)$ and if $u \in L^rL^\infty$ for some $r\geq \frac{2}{N}+1$, where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Roman Shvydkoy

This paper is concerned with the numerical analysis of the explicit Euler scheme for ordinary differential equations with non-Lipschitz vector fields. We prove the convergence of the Euler scheme to regular lagrangian flow (Diperna-Lions…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-09-26 Juan D. Londoño , Christian Olivera

We define new differential structures on the Wasserstein spaces $\mathcal{W}_p(M)$ for $p > 2$ and a general Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. We consider a very general and possibly degenerate second order partial differential flow equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Arthur Schichl

We show the $L^2$-Wasserstein contraction for the transition kernel of a discretised diffusion process, under a contractivity at infinity condition on the drift and a sufficiently high diffusivity requirement. This extends recent results…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Linshan Liu , Mateusz B. Majka , Pierre Monmarché

This chapter describes how gradient flows and nonlinear power methods in Banach spaces can be used to solve nonlinear eigenvector-dependent eigenvalue problems, and how convergence of (discretized) approximations can be verified. We review…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Leon Bungert , Martin Burger

The fate of small particles in turbulent flows depends strongly on the surrounding fluid's velocity gradient properties such as rotation and strain-rates. For non-inertial (fluid) particles, the Restricted Euler model provides a simple,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-05 Perry L. Johnson , Charles Meneveau

This paper focusses on finite volume schemes for solving multilayer diffusion problems. We develop a finite volume method that addresses a deficiency of recently proposed finite volume/difference methods, which consider only a limited…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-16 Nathan G. March , Elliot J. Carr

We present an algorithm for solving stochastic heat equations, whose key ingredient is a non-uniform time discretization of the driving Brownian motion $W$. For this algorithm we derive an error bound in terms of its number of evaluations…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thoms Mueller-Gronbach , Klaus Ritter

For a Keller-Segel model for chemotaxis in two spatial dimensions we consider a modification of a positivity preserving fully discrete scheme using a local extremum diminishing flux limiter. We discretize space using piecewise linear finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Panagiotis Chatzipantelidis , Christos Pervolianakis

We study the Wasserstein gradient flow of the Sinkhorn divergence when both the source and the target are Gaussian distributions. We prove the existence of a flow that stays in the class of Gaussian distributions, and is unique in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Mathis Hardion , Théo Lacombe

We show that the standard discrete update rule of transformer layers can be naturally interpreted as a forward Euler discretization of a continuous dynamical system. Our Transformer Flow Approximation Theorem demonstrates that, under…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Jacob Fein-Ashley

One of the most remarkable features of known nonstationary solutions to the incompressible Euler equations is the phenomenon known as the Taylor hypothesis, which predicts that coarse scale averages of the velocity carry the fine scale…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-15 Philip Isett

In this paper we introduce a randomized version of the backward Euler method, that is applicable to stiff ordinary differential equations and nonlinear evolution equations with time-irregular coefficients. In the finite-dimensional case, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Monika Eisenmann , Mihály Kovács , Raphael Kruse , Stig Larsson

Obtaining stable diffusion-based samplers in high- and infinite-dimensional settings is challenging because errors can accumulate across high-frequency coordinates and make the dynamics unstable under refinement of the finite-dimensional…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-19 Lorenzo Baldassari , Josselin Garnier , Knut Solna , Maarten V. de Hoop

On the example of two-phase continua experiencing stress induced solid-fluid phase transitions we explore the use of the Euler structure in the formulation of the governing equations. The Euler structure guarantees that solutions of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-12-02 Ilya Peshkov , Miroslav Grmela , Evgeniy Romenski

We study a semilinear fractional-in-time Rayleigh-Stokes problem for a generalized second-grade fluid with a Lipschitz continuous nonlinear source term and initial data $u_0\in\dot{H}^\nu(\Omega)$, $\nu\in[0,2]$. We discuss stability of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Mariam Al-Maskari , Samir Karaa