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### Usefulness of elements with mesh-dependent stability

After doing some mathematics related to the stability of elements in 3D Stokes problem I was slightly shocked to realize that $P_2-P_1$ is not stable for an arbitrary tetrahedral mesh. More precisely, ...
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### Why are Octrees used for Multipole space decomposition?

In most (all?) implementations of the Fast Multipole Method (FMM), octrees are used to decompose the relevant domain. Theoretically, octrees provide a simple volumetric bound, which is useful for ...
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### Comparing Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel methods for nonlinear iterations

It is well known that for certain linear systems Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel iterative methods have the same convergence behavior, e.g. Stein-Rosenberg Theorem. I am wondering if similar results exist for ...
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### Danger of complex arithmetics in scientific computing

The complex inner product $\langle u,v\rangle$ has two different definitions decided by conventions: $\bar{u}^Tv$ or $u^T\bar{v}$. In BLAS, I found the routines cdotu, zdotu, and cdotc, zdotc. The ...
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### Operator Splitting methods for DAEs

After doing some research, I've found that most of the literature on operator splitting methods (e.g. Strang Splitting, Fractional Step, etc.) are specifically designed for a standard problem type of ...
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### scale invariance for line-search and trust region algorithms

In Nocedal & Wright's book on Numerical Optimization, there is a statement in section 2.2 (page 27), "Generally speaking, it is easier to preserve scale invariance for line search algorithms than ...
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### Verification in Eigenvalue problems

Let us start with a problem of the form $$(\mathcal{L} + k^2) u=0$$ with a set of given boundary conditions (Dirichlet, Neumann, Robin, Periodic, Bloch-Periodic). This corresponds with finding the ...
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### Guidelines for nested preconditioners

Consider the situation where you want to solve a linear system using a preconditioned Krylov method, but applying the preconditioner itself involves solving an auxiliary system, which is done with ...
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### Fast computation of component-wise $\exp(-XY^T)G$ for random $G$

I have the following question: Suppose I have two matrices $X,Y$ both of size $m\times p$ and a random i.i.d Gaussian matrix $G$ of size $m \times k$, $m\gg p>k$. Is there a fast way to compute ...
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### Time advance in Adaptive Mesh Refinement method

I am working on solving complex system of 2D PDEs governing the behaviour of plasma in a gas lamp during discharge. Recent tests have shown that because of steep gradients in temperature field and ...
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### Are there any standardized file formats for point group character tables?

Character tables are an important tool for symmetry analysis in many computational chemistry software packages. Are there any standardized file formats for point group character tables? This may seem ...
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### Boundary conditions Chebyshev differentiation

I was wondering if anyone has any experience dealing with boundaries when implementing chebyshev differentiation. I am currently trying to implement a no slip boundary condition to solve the ...
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### Simple turbulence model appropriate for buoyancy-driven cavity like problem

Which turbulence model is suitable for resolving incompressible buoyancy-driven flow of a fluid within an cylindrical ampoule? I prefer turbulence model which is sufficiently simple so that fully ...