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Let $S$ be a smooth del Pezzo surface over a field $k$ of characteristic $\neq 2, 3$. We define an invariant in the Grothendieck-Witt ring $GW(k)$ for "counting" rational curves in a curve class $D$ of fixed positive degree (with respect to…
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In this article, a posteriori error analysis of the elliptic obstacle problem is addressed using hybrid high-order methods. The method involve cell unknowns represented by degree-$r$ polynomials and face unknowns represented by degree-$s$…
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