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We demonstrate that the property of being Alexandrov immersed is preserved along mean curvature flow. Furthermore, we demonstrate that mean curvature flow techniques for mean convex embedded flows such as noncollapsing and gradient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-29 Ben Lambert , Elena Mäder-Baumdicker

We discuss structure-preserving numerical discretizations for repulsive and attractive Euler-Poisson equations that find applications in fluid-plasma and self-gravitation modeling. The scheme is fully discrete and structure preserving in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Matthias Maier , John N. Shadid , Ignacio Tomas

A general framework for the numerical approximation of evolution problems is presented that allows to preserve exactly an underlying Hamiltonian- or gradient structure. The approach relies on rewriting the evolution problem in a particular…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Herbert Egger

We propose a novel class of temporal high-order parametric finite element methods for solving a wide range of geometric flows of curves and surfaces. By incorporating the backward differentiation formulae (BDF) for time discretization into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Wei Jiang , Chunmei Su , Ganghui Zhang

We propose a novel structure preserving discretization for viscous and resistive magnetohydrodynamics. We follow the recent line of work on discrete least action principle for fluid and plasma equation, incorporating the recent advances to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Valentin Carlier

The fully discrete adjoint equations and the corresponding adjoint method are derived for a globally high- order accurate discretization of conservation laws on parametrized, deforming domains. The conservation law on the deforming domain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Matthew J. Zahr , Per-Olof Persson

We propose a structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) for discretizing the surface diffusion of a closed curve in two dimensions (2D) or surface in three dimensions (3D). Here the "structure-preserving" refers to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-02 Weizhu Bao , Quan Zhao

We introduce in this paper two time discretization schemes tailored for a range of Wasserstein gradient flows. These schemes are designed to preserve mass, positivity and to be uniquely solvable. In addition, they also ensure energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Shiheng Zhang , Jie Shen

We consider a sharp interface formulation for the multi-phase Mullins-Sekerka flow. The flow is characterized by a network of curves evolving such that the total surface energy of the curves is reduced, while the areas of the enclosed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Tokuhiro Eto , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

We establish convergence results for a spatial semidiscretization of Mean Curvature Flow (MCF) for surfaces with fixed boundaries. Our analysis is based on Huisken's evolution equations for the mean curvature and the normal vector, enabling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Bárbara Solange Ivaniszyn , Pedro Morin , M. Sebastián Pauletti

Diffeomorphic matching (only one of several names for this technique) is a technique for non-rigid registration of curves and surfaces in which the curve or surface is embedded in the flow of a time-series of vector fields. One seeks the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-11-13 C. J. Cotter

We propose higher-order isoparametric finite element approximations for mean curvature flow and surface diffusion. The methods are natural extensions of the piecewise linear finite element methods introduced by Barrett, Garcke, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Simon Praetorius , Ganghui Zhang

In this paper we propose a space-time framework for the computation of periodic flows. We employ the isogeometric analysis framework to achieve higher-order smoothness in both space and time. The discretization is performed using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-22 J. Lotz , M. ten Eikelder , I. Akkerman

This paper concerns the evolution of a closed hypersurface of dimension $n(\geq 2)$ in the Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$ under a mixed volume preserving flow. The speed equals a power $\beta (\geq 1)$ of homogeneous, either convex or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-27 Shunzi Guo

We investigate the formation of singularities for surfaces evolving by volume preserving mean curvature flow. For axially symmetric flows - surfaces of revolution - in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Neumann boundary conditions, we prove that the first…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Maria Athanassenas , Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi

We develop a structure-preserving computational framework for optimal mixing control in incompressible flows. Our approach exactly conserves the continuous system's key invariants (mass and $L^2$-energy), while also maintaining discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Weiwei Hu , Ziqian Li , Yubiao Zhang , Enrique Zuazua

In this paper, we first study the locally constrained curvature flow of hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space, which was introduced by Brendle, Guan and Li [7]. This flow preserves the $m$th quermassintegral and decreases $(m+1)$th…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Yingxiang Hu , Haizhong Li , Yong Wei

We revisit the well-known Curve Shortening Flow for immersed curves in the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space. We exploit a fundamental structure of the problem to derive a new global construction of a solution, that is, a construction that is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Patrick Guidotti

Incompressible two-dimensional flows such as the advection (Liouville) equation and the Euler equations have a large family of conservation laws related to conservation of area. We present two Eulerian numerical methods which preserve a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Robert I McLachlan

We study the asymptotic behavior of the volume preserving mean curvature and the Mullins-Sekerka flat flow in three dimensional space. Motivated by this we establish a 3D sharp quantitative version of the Alexandrov inequality for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Vesa Julin , Massimiliano Morini , Francesca Oronzio , Emanuele Spadaro