In this paper we consider a class of conjugate discrete-time Riccati equations (CDARE), arising originally from the linear quadratic regulation problem for discrete-time antilinear systems. Recently, we have proved the existence of the maximal solution to the CDARE with a nonsingular control weighting matrix under the framework of the constructive method. Our contribution in the work is to finding another meaningful Hermitian solutions, which has received little attention in this topic. Moreover, we show that some extremal solutions cannot be attained at the same time, and almost (anti-)stabilizing solutions coincide with some extremal solutions. It is to be expected that our theoretical results presented in this paper will play an important role in the optimal control problems for discrete-time antilinear systems.
The phenomenon of finite time blow-up in hydrodynamic partial differential equations is central in analysis and mathematical physics. While numerical studies have guided theoretical breakthroughs, it is challenging to determine if the observed computational results are genuine or mere numerical artifacts. Here we identify numerical signatures of blow-up. Our study is based on the complexified Euler equations in two dimensions, where instant blow-up is expected. Via a geometrically consistent spatiotemporal discretization, we perform several numerical experiments and verify their computational stability. We then identify a signature of blow-up based on the growth rates of the supremum norm of the vorticity with increasing spatial resolution. The study aims to be a guide for cross-checking the validity for future numerical experiments of suspected blow-up in equations where the analysis is not yet resolved.
The dynamics of magnetization in ferromagnetic materials are modeled by the Landau-Lifshitz equation, which presents significant challenges due to its inherent nonlinearity and non-convex constraint. These complexities necessitate efficient numerical methods for micromagnetics simulations. The Gauss-Seidel Projection Method (GSPM), first introduced in 2001, is among the most efficient techniques currently available. However, existing GSPMs are limited to first-order accuracy. This paper introduces two novel second-order accurate GSPMs based on a combination of the biharmonic equation and the second-order backward differentiation formula, achieving computational complexity comparable to that of solving the scalar biharmonic equation implicitly. The first proposed method achieves unconditional stability through Gauss-Seidel updates, while the second method exhibits conditional stability with a Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy constant of 0.25. Through consistency analysis and numerical experiments, we demonstrate the efficacy and reliability of these methods. Notably, the first method displays unconditional stability in micromagnetics simulations, even when the stray field is updated only once per time step.
Parameter inference is essential when interpreting observational data using mathematical models. Standard inference methods for differential equation models typically rely on obtaining repeated numerical solutions of the differential equation(s). Recent results have explored how numerical truncation error can have major, detrimental, and sometimes hidden impacts on likelihood-based inference by introducing false local maxima into the log-likelihood function. We present a straightforward approach for inference that eliminates the need for solving the underlying differential equations, thereby completely avoiding the impact of truncation error. Open-access Jupyter notebooks, available on GitHub, allow others to implement this method for a broad class of widely-used models to interpret biological data.
In this contribution we study the formal ability of a multi-resolution-times lattice Boltzmann scheme to approximate isothermal and thermal compressible Navier Stokes equations with a single particle distribution. More precisely, we consider a total of 12 classical square lattice Boltzmann schemes with prescribed sets of conserved and nonconserved moments. The question is to determine the algebraic expressions of the equilibrium functions for the nonconserved moments and the relaxation parameters associated to each scheme. We compare the fluid equations and the result of the Taylor expansion method at second order accuracy for bidimensional examples with a maximum of 17 velocities and three-dimensional schemes with at most 33 velocities. In some cases, it is not possible to fit exactly the physical model. For several examples, we adjust the Navier Stokes equations and propose nontrivial expressions for the equilibria.
We present a point set registration method in bounded domains based on the solution to the Fokker Planck equation. Our approach leverages (i) density estimation based on Gaussian mixture models; (ii) a stabilized finite element discretization of the Fokker Planck equation; (iii) a specialized method for the integration of the particles. We review relevant properties of the Fokker Planck equation that provide the foundations for the numerical method. We discuss two strategies for the integration of the particles and we propose a regularization technique to control the distance of the particles from the boundary of the domain. We perform extensive numerical experiments for two two-dimensional model problems to illustrate the many features of the method.
We propose and analyze a space--time finite element method for Westervelt's quasilinear model of ultrasound waves in second-order formulation. The method combines conforming finite element spatial discretizations with a discontinuous-continuous Galerkin time stepping. Its analysis is challenged by the fact that standard Galerkin testing approaches for wave problems do not allow for bounding the discrete energy at all times. By means of redesigned energy arguments for a linearized problem combined with Banach's fixed-point argument, we show the well-posedness of the scheme, a priori error estimates, and robustness with respect to the strong damping parameter $\delta$. Moreover, the scheme preserves the asymptotic preserving property of the continuous problem; more precisely, we prove that the discrete solutions corresponding to $\delta>0$ converge, in the singular vanishing dissipation limit, to the solution of the discrete inviscid problem. We use several numerical experiments in $(2 + 1)$-dimensions to validate our theoretical results.
We consider the discretization of a class of nonlinear parabolic equations by discontinuous Galerkin time-stepping methods and establish a priori as well as conditional a posteriori error estimates. Our approach is motivated by the error analysis in [9] for Runge-Kutta methods for nonlinear parabolic equations; in analogy to [9], the proofs are based on maximal regularity properties of discontinuous Galerkin methods for non-autonomous linear parabolic equations.
In this paper we combine the principled approach to modalities from multimodal type theory (MTT) with the computationally well-behaved realization of identity types from cubical type theory (CTT). The result -- cubical modal type theory (Cubical MTT) -- has the desirable features of both systems. In fact, the whole is more than the sum of its parts: Cubical MTT validates desirable extensionality principles for modalities that MTT only supported through ad hoc means. We investigate the semantics of Cubical MTT and provide an axiomatic approach to producing models of Cubical MTT based on the internal language of topoi and use it to construct presheaf models. Finally, we demonstrate the practicality and utility of this axiomatic approach to models by constructing a model of (cubical) guarded recursion in a cubical version of the topos of trees. We then use this model to justify an axiomatization of L\"ob induction and thereby use Cubical MTT to smoothly reason about guarded recursion.
We consider the vorticity formulation of the Euler equations describing the flow of a two-dimensional incompressible ideal fluid on the sphere. Zeitlin's model provides a finite-dimensional approximation of the vorticity formulation that preserves the underlying geometric structure: it consists of an isospectral Lie--Poisson flow on the Lie algebra of skew-Hermitian matrices. We propose an approximation of Zeitlin's model based on a time-dependent low-rank factorization of the vorticity matrix and evolve a basis of eigenvectors according to the Euler equations. In particular, we show that the approximate flow remains isospectral and Lie--Poisson and that the error in the solution, in the approximation of the Hamiltonian and of the Casimir functions only depends on the approximation of the vorticity matrix at the initial time. The computational complexity of solving the approximate model is shown to scale quadratically with the order of the vorticity matrix and linearly if a further approximation of the stream function is introduced.
This paper introduces a new pseudodifferential preconditioner for the Helmholtz equation in variable media with absorption. The pseudodifferential operator is associated with the multiplicative inverse to the symbol of the Helmholtz operator. This approach is well-suited for the intermediate and high-frequency regimes. The main novel idea for the fast evaluation of the preconditioner is to interpolate its symbol, not as a function of the (high-dimensional) phase-space variables, but as a function of the wave speed itself. Since the wave speed is a real-valued function, this approach allows us to interpolate in a univariate setting even when the original problem is posed in a multidimensional physical space. As a result, the needed number of interpolation points is small, and the interpolation coefficients can be computed using the fast Fourier transform. The overall computational complexity is log-linear with respect to the degrees of freedom as inherited from the fast Fourier transform. We present some numerical experiments to illustrate the effectiveness of the preconditioner to solve the discrete Helmholtz equation using the GMRES iterative method. The implementation of an absorbing layer for scattering problems using a complex-valued wave speed is also developed. Limitations and possible extensions are also discussed.