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In this paper, we use probabilistic approach to prove that there exists a unique weak solution to the Dirichlet boundary value problem for second order elliptic equations whose coefficients are signed measures, and we will give a…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-04-06 Saisai Yang , Tusheng Zhang

We consider a linear-quadratic optimization problem with pointwise bounds on the state for which the constraint is given by the Laplace-Beltrami equation (to have uniqueness we add an lower order term) on a two-dimensional surface . By…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-10 Ahmad Ahmad Ali , Michael Hinze , Heiko Kröner

This article describes the extension of recent methods for a posteriori error estimation such as dual-weighted residual methods to node-centered finite volume discretizations of second order elliptic boundary value problems including upwind…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Lutz Angermann

The purpose of this paper is to develop a unified a posteriori method for verifying the positivity of solutions of elliptic boundary value problems by assuming neither $H^2$-regularity nor $ L^{\infty} $-error estimation, but only $ H^1_0…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-01 Kazuaki Tanaka , Taisei Asai

This paper directly builds upon previous work where we introduced new reduced basis a posteriori error bounds for parametrized saddle point problems based on Brezzi's theory. We here sharpen these estimates for the special case of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-06 Anna-Lena Gerner , Karen Veroy

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of some semilinear elliptic boundary value problems involving the Laplace operator with linear and nonlinear highest order boundary conditions involving the Laplace-Beltrami…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-14 Ciprian G. Gal , Gisele Ruiz Goldstein , Jerome A. Goldstein , Silvia Romanelli , Mahamadi Warma

A wide variety of articles, starting with the famous paper (Gidas, Ni and Nirenberg in Commun. Math. Phys. 68, 209-243 (1979)) is devoted to the uniqueness question for the semilinear elliptic boundary value problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-23 Patrick J. McKenna , Filomena Pacella , Michael Plum , Dagmar Roth

We discuss the $\zeta-$regularized determinant of elliptic boundary value problems on a line segment. Our framework is applicable for separated and non-separated boundary conditions.

dg-ga · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Matthias Lesch , Jürgen Tolksdorf

In this paper, we investigate the existence of nontrivial weak solutions for the Prandtl-Batchelor type free boundary value elliptic problem driven by a power nonlinearity. The algebraic topology approach will be used to establish the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Debajyoti Choudhuri , Jiabin Zuo

We prove existence of strong solutions to a family of some semilinear parabolic free boundary problems by means of elliptic regularization. Existence of solutions is obtained in two steps: we first show some uniform energy estimates and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Alessandro Audrito , Tomás Sanz-Perela

In the first part of the article, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of a class of nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems with nonlinear boundary conditions involving the q-Laplace-Beltrami operator. In the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-05-20 Ciprian G. Gal , Mahamadi Warma

This paper investigates the so-called reward-balancing methods, a novel class of algorithms for solving discounted-return reinforcement learning (RL) problems. These methods consist of iteratively adjusting the reward function to transform…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Simone Baroncini , Bahman Gharesifard , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We study the finite element approximation of problems involving the weighted $\Phi$-Laplacian, where $\Phi$ is an $N$-function and the weight belongs to the class $A_\Phi$. In particular, we consider a boundary value problem and an obstacle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado

Pareto efficiency for robust linear programs was introduced by Iancu and Trichakis in [9]. We generalize their approach and theoretical results to robust optimization problems in Euclidean spaces with affine uncertainty. Additionally, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-22 Dennis Adelhuette , Christian Biefel , Martina Kuchlbauer , Jan Rolfes

In this paper, we study a maximization and a minimization problem associated with a Poisson boundary value problem. Optimal solutions in a set of rearrangements of a given function define stationary and stable flows of an ideal fluid in two…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-01-07 Seyyed Abbas Mohammadi

The paper is concerned with parabolic time-periodic boundary value problems which are of theoretical interest and arise in different practical applications. The multiharmonic finite element method is well adapted to this class of parabolic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-12 Ulrich Langer , Sergey Repin , Monika Wolfmayr

For elliptic systems with block structure in the upper half-space and t-independent coefficients, we settle the study of boundary value problems by proving compatible well-posedness of Dirichlet, regularity and Neumann problems in optimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Pascal Auscher , Moritz Egert

A reinforcement algorithm solves a classical optimization problem by introducing a feedback to the system which slowly changes the energy landscape and converges the algorithm to an optimal solution in the configuration space. Here, we use…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-11-08 A. Ramezanpour

A free boundary problem arising from the optimal reinforcement of a membrane or from the reduction of traffic congestion is considered; it is of the form $$\sup_{\int_D\theta\,dx=m}\ \inf_{u\in H^1_0(D)}\int_D\Big(\frac{1+\theta}{2}|\nabla…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-02 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Edouard Oudet , Bozhidar Velichkov

We consider two eliiptic overdetermined boundary value problems. There are variants on J. Serrin's 1971 classical results and having the same conclusion that the domains should be forcibly Euclidean balls.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tewodros Amdeberhan