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Optical flow estimation is one of the most studied problems in computer vision, yet recent benchmark datasets continue to reveal problem areas of today's approaches. Occlusions have remained one of the key challenges. In this paper, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-18 Junhwa Hur , Stefan Roth

The paper is concerned with the error analysis of a numerical scheme for the approximation of parametric mean curvature flow. The scheme we study is based on a reparametrization using the DeTurck trick and was proposed by Elliott and Fritz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Vanessa Styles

We present a convergence analysis of a finite difference scheme for the time dependent partial different equation called gradient flow associated with the Rudin-Osher-Fatemi model. We devise an iterative algorithm to compute the solution of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-22 Qianying Hong , Ming-Jun Lai , Jingyue Wang

We present a particle method for estimating the curvature of interfaces in volume-of-fluid simulations of multiphase flows. The method is well suited for under-resolved interfaces, and it is shown to be more accurate than the parabolic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-23 Petr Karnakov , Sergey Litvinov , Petros Koumoutsakos

This article presents a new finite element method for convection-diffusion equations by enhancing the continuous finite element space with a flux space for flux approximations that preserve the important mass conservation locally on each…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Yujie Liu , Junping Wang , Qingsong Zou

We introduce a new notion of viscosity solutions for the level set formulation of the motion by crystalline mean curvature in three dimensions. The solutions satisfy the comparison principle, stability with respect to an approximation by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-11 Yoshikazu Giga , Norbert Požár

In this paper we look for the convex hull of a set using the geometric evolution by minimal curvature of a hypersurface that surrounds the set. To find the convex hull, we study the large time behavior of solutions to an obstacle problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Irene Gonzálvez , Alfredo Miranda , Julio D. Rossi , Jorge Ruiz-Cases

Elastic flow for closed curves can involve significant deformations. Mesh-based approximation schemes require tangentially redistributing vertices for long-time computations. We present and analyze a method that uses the Dirichlet energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-09 Paola Pozzi , Björn Stinner

Despite recent advances, estimating optical flow remains a challenging problem in the presence of illumination change, large occlusions or fast movement. In this paper, we propose a novel optical flow estimation framework which can provide…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-12 Inchul Choi , Arunava Banerjee

Microswimmers in turbulent flows often navigate complex, heterogeneous, and obstacle-rich environments, where they exhibit intricate behaviors such as trapping at and escape from obstacles. We generalize recent $\mathcal{Q}-$learning…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Vaishnavi Gajendragad , Akanksha Gupta , Nadia Bihari Padhan , Rahul Pandit

In this article we consider viscous flow in the exterior of an obstacle satisfying the standard no-slip boundary condition at the surface of the obstacle. We seek conditions under which solutions of the Navier-Stokes system in the exterior…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-02-17 D. Iftimie , M. C. Lopes Filho , H. J. Nussenzveig Lopes

Optical flow estimation is a widely known problem in computer vision introduced by Gibson, J.J(1950) to describe the visual perception of human by stimulus objects. Estimation of optical flow model can be achieved by solving for the motion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-05-03 Noranart Vesdapunt , Utkarsh Sinha

The evolution by horizontal mean curvature flow (HMCF) is a partial differential equation in a sub-Riemannian setting with application in IT and neurogeometry (see Citti-Franceschiello-Sanguinetti-Sarti, 2016). Unfortunately this equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-14 Raffaele Grande

This paper aims at building a unified framework to deal with a wide class of local and nonlocal translation-invariant geometric flows. First, we introduce a class of generalized curvatures, and prove the existence and uniqueness for the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Antonin Chambolle , Massimiliano Morini , Marcello Ponsiglione

This work introduces the framed curvature flow, a generalization of both the curve shortening flow and the vortex filament equation. Here, the magnitude of the velocity vector is still determined by the curvature, but its direction is given…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Jiří Minarčík , Michal Beneš

We present a hybrid method combining a minimizing movement scheme with neural operators for the simulation of phase field-based Willmore flow. The minimizing movement component is based on a standard optimization problem on a regular grid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Martin Rumpf , Josua Sassen , Christoph Smoch

The goal of this paper is to relax convexity assumption on some classical results in mean curvature flow. In the first half of the paper, we prove a generalized version of Hamilton's differential Harnack inequality which holds for mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-15 Junyoung Park

In the domain of computer vision, optical flow stands as a cornerstone for unraveling dynamic visual scenes. However, the challenge of accurately estimating optical flow under conditions of large nonlinear motion patterns remains an open…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Chanuka Algama , Kasun Amarasinghe

Finite volume methods are proposed for computing approximate pathwise entropy/kinetic solutions to conservation laws with a rough path dependent flux function. For a convex flux, it is demonstrated that rough path oscillations may lead to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-05 Håkon Hoel , Kenneth Hvistendahl Karlsen , Nils Henrik Risebro , Erlend Briseid Storrøsten

Conventional mathematical models for simulating incompressible fluid flow problems are based on the Navier-Stokes equations expressed in terms of pressure and velocity. In this context, pressure-velocity coupling is a key issue, and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Ricardo Costa , Stéphane Clain , Gaspar J. Machado , João M. Nóbrega