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Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

Active matter is naturally out of equilibrium which results in the emergence of diverse dynamic steady states, including the omnipresent chaotic state known as the active turbulence. However, much less is known how active systems…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-04-07 Nika Kralj , Miha Ravnik , Žiga Kos

Although the theory of density evolution in maps and ordinary differential equations is well developed, the situation is far from satisfactory in continuous time systems with delay. This paper reviews some of the work that has been done…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Michael C. Mackey , Marta Tyran-Kamińska

A density-based topology optimization framework is developed to manipulate characteristic modes of conducting surfaces. The adjoint sensitivity analysis provides an efficient computation of the material gradient utilized by the local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Jonas Tucek , Miloslav Capek , Lukas Jelinek

Topology is a powerful tool for categorizing magnetization textures by defining a topological index in both two-dimensional (2D) systems, such as thin films or curved surfaces, and in 3D bulk systems. In the emerging field of 3D…

Subsystem Density-Functional Theory (DFT) is an emerging technique for calculating the electronic structure of complex molecular and condensed phase systems. In this topical review, we focus on some recent advances in this field related to…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Alisa Krishtal , Debalina Sinha , Alessandro Genova , Michele Pavanello

Identifying the regions responsible for plastic flow in amorphous solids remains an open problem, since structural disorder seems to prevent the direct application of concepts such as dislocations, topological defects that successfully…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-21 Xin Wang , Yang Xu , Jin Shang , Yi Xing , Jie Zhang , Yujie Wang , Walter Kob , Matteo Baggioli

Exact string solutions are presented, where moduli fields are varying with time. They provide examples where a dynamical change of the topology of space is occurring. Some other solutions give cosmological examples where some dimensions are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 E. Kiritsis , C. Kounnas

Advances in imaging techniques enable high resolution 3D visualisation of vascular networks over time and reveal abnormal structural features such as twists and loops, and their quantification is an active area of research. Here we showcase…

In this work, we consider the possibility that the dynamical dark energy hinted at by recent DESI data may be mimicked by the effects of additional components in the universe, potentially arising from topological defects. We find that the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-13 Haipeng An , Chengcheng Han , Borui Zhang

Dynamics of cylindrical and spherical relativistic domain walls is investigated with the help of a new method based on Taylor expansion of the scalar field in a vicinity of the core of the wall. Internal oscillatory modes for the domain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 H. Arodz , A. L. Larsen

Datasets such as images, text, or movies are embedded in high-dimensional spaces. However, in important cases such as images of objects, the statistical structure in the data constrains samples to a manifold of dramatically lower…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Stefano Recanatesi , Matthew Farrell , Madhu Advani , Timothy Moore , Guillaume Lajoie , Eric Shea-Brown

Extended objects (defects) in Quantum Field Theory exhibit rich, nontrivial dynamics describing a variety of physical phenomena. These systems often involve strong coupling at long distances, where the bulk and defects interact, making…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-14 Andrea Antinucci , Christian Copetti , Giovanni Galati , Giovanni Rizi

Topologically ordered materials may serve as a platform for new quantum technologies such as fault-tolerant quantum computers. To fulfil this promise, efficient and general methods are needed to discover and classify new topological phases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Yurui Ming , Chin-Teng Lin , Stephen D. Bartlett , Wei-Wei Zhang

The modeling of realistic magnetic materials requires the inclusion of defects. Based on the pseudospectral Landau-Lifshitz description of magnetisation dynamics, we propose a statistical model that takes into account defects, specifically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 C. Eagan , M. Copus , E. Iacocca

This chapter provides an overview of the different techniques and methods that exist for the analysis and visualization of dynamic networks. Basic definitions and formal notations are discussed and important references are cited. A major…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-09-18 Faraz Zaidi , Chris Muelder , Arnaud Sallaberry

We study a mean field model of a complex network, focusing on edge and triangle densities. Our first result is the derivation of a variational characterization of the entropy density, compatible with the infinite node limit. We then…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Charles Radin , Lorenzo Sadun

A procedure to characterize chaotic dynamical systems with concepts of complex networks is pursued, in which a dynamical system is mapped onto a network. The nodes represent the regions of space visited by the system, while edges represent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-20 Ernesto P. Borges , Daniel O. Cajueiro , Roberto F. S. Andrade

A diffusion process on complex networks is introduced in order to uncover their large scale topological structures. This is achieved by focusing on the slowest decaying diffusive modes of the network. The proposed procedure is applied to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ingve Simonsen , Kasper Astrup Eriksen , Sergei Maslov , Kim Sneppen

We introduce a theoretical framework for differentiable surface evolution that allows discrete topology changes through the use of topological derivatives for variational optimization of image functionals. While prior methods for inverse…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Ishit Mehta , Manmohan Chandraker , Ravi Ramamoorthi