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Numerous applications require algorithms that can align partially overlapping point sets while maintaining invariance to geometric transformations (e.g., similarity, affine, rigid). This paper introduces a novel global optimization method…

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We consider a branching particle system where each particle moves as an independent Brownian motion and breeds at a rate proportional to its distance from the origin raised to the power $p$, for $p\in[0,2)$. The asymptotic behaviour of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-02-24 Julien Berestycki , Éric Brunet , John W. Harris , Simon C. Harris , Matthew I. Roberts

Widely used closed product-form networks have emerged recently as a primary model of stochastic growth of sub-cellular structures, e.g., cellular filaments. In the baseline model, homogeneous monomers attach and detach stochastically to…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-07-30 Predrag Jelenkovic , Jane Kondev , Lishibanya Mohapatra , Petar Momcilovic

We present a braided circuit topology framework for investigating topology and structural phase transitions in aggregates of semiflexible polymers. In the conventional approach to circuit topology, which specifically applies to single…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-27 Jonas Berx , Alireza Mashaghi

An infinite hierarchy of layering transitions exists for model polymers in solution under poor solvent or low temperatures and near an attractive surface. A flat histogram stochastic growth algorithm known as FlatPERM has been used on a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Krawczyk , A. L. Owczarek , T. Prellberg , A. Rechnitzer

An innovative method is proposed to generate configurations of coarse grained models for polymer melts. This method, largely inspired by chemical ``radical polymerization'', is divided in three stages: (i) nucleation of radicals (reacting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-12-24 Fabien Leonforte , Michel Perez , Olivier Lame , Jena-Louis Barrat

Random growth models are fundamental objects in modern probability theory, have given rise to new mathematics, and have numerous applications, including tumor growth and fluid flow in porous media. In this article, we introduce some of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-04-17 Michael Damron

Sampling configurations at thermodynamic equilibrium is a central challenge in statistical physics. Boltzmann Generators (BGs) tackle it by combining a generative model with a Monte Carlo (MC) correction step to obtain asymptotically…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-01-30 Louis Grenioux , Maxence Noble

Bayesian Model Mixing (BMM) is a statistical technique that can be used to combine models that are predictive in different input domains into a composite distribution that has improved predictive power over the entire input space. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-11-02 A. C. Semposki , R. J. Furnstahl , D. R. Phillips

We study a supposed model for branched polymers which was shown in two dimensions to be in the universality class of ordinary percolation. We confirm this by high statistics simulations and show that it is in the percolation universality…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Grassberger

We study impurity-induced particle growth and scrambling in clean one-dimensional free-fermion systems. We show that a single local impurity can act as a branching source: particle or operator weight propagates coherently into the free…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Qucheng Gao , Vikram Ravindranath , Xiao Chen

We introduce new versions of lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) for incompressible binary mixtures where fluctuations of total density are inhibited. As a test for the improved algorithms we consider the problem of phase separation of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Aiguo Xu , G. Gonnella , A. Lamura

This study proposes a new analytical model for grain boundary pinning by second phase particles in two-dimensional polycrystals. This approach not only considers how particles impede grain growth, but also elucidates their role in…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-23 Madeleine Bignon , Marc Bernacki

Accurate modeling of bacterial biofilm growth is essential for understanding their complex dynamics in biomedical, environmental, and industrial settings. These dynamics are shaped by a variety of environmental influences, including the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Lukas Fritsch , Hendrik Geisler , Jan Grashorn , Felix Klempt , Meisam Soleimani , Matteo Broggi , Philipp Junker , Michael Beer

In this paper we study a two-dimensional directed self-avoiding walk model of a random copolymer in a random emulsion. The copolymer is a random concatenation of monomers of two types, $A$ and $B$, each occurring with density 1/2. The…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Frank den Hollander , Nicolas Pétrélis

Grain boundary roughness can affect electronic and mechanical properties of two-dimensional materials. This roughness depends crucially on the growth process by which the two-dimensional material is formed. To investigate the key mechanisms…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-06 Fabio D. A. Aarão Reis , Bastien Marguet , Olivier Pierre-Louis

We describe a novel approach to statistical learning from particles tracked while moving in a random environment. The problem consists in inferring properties of the environment from recorded snapshots. We consider here the case of a fluid…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-06-09 Michael Chertkov , Lukas Kroc , Massimo Vergassola

Divergence is not only an important mathematical concept in information theory, but also applied to machine learning problems such as low-dimensional embedding, manifold learning, clustering, classification, and anomaly detection. We…

Computation · Statistics 2016-11-22 Kun Yang , Hao Su , Wing Hung Wong

We study a stochastic model of a copolymerization process that has been extensively investigated in the physics literature. The main questions of interest include: (i) what are the criteria for transience, null recurrence, and positive…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-12 David F. Anderson , Jingyi Ma , Praful Gagrani

This chapter deals with various aspects related to the adsorption of long chain-like macromolecules (polymers) onto solid surfaces. Physical aspects of the adsorption mechanism are elaborated mainly at thermodynamical equilibrium. The basic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 David Andelman , Roland R. Netz