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log-sum-exp trick for signed/complex numbers
I need to evaluate a sum of values that are on many different orders of magnitude in scale but might be signed. I’ve had great luck with the “log-sum-exp” trick for an unsigned version of my problem, ...
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existance of the solution of a PDE controlled by a value at spatially fixed point
I have a stable numerical solution for the equation shown below. However, using a simple separation of variables an instructor demonstrated non-existence of the solution for such problem. Could ...
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2-dimensional Gauss-Hermite quadrature in R
A similar question was asked here and the given answer is perfect for a unidimensional integration.
I need to make bidimensional integration in R with a Gauss-Hermite quadrature:
$$\int_{R^2} h(p1,p2)...
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A name for a numerical phenomena when using numerical methods
I have a nonlinear solver for equation $g= c_1f(x_1,y_1)+c_2f(x_2,y_2)$. Note that $c_1$ is much bigger than $c_2$. So after using Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm, I could only get $x_1$, $y_1$ and $...
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Type of Rosenbrock method by its coefficients
A Fortran code that solves stiff PDE systems contains the following arrays of Rosenbrock-Wanner method coefficients:
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evaluating $\coth(x) - 1/x$ for real $x$, on 2 “pieces”
The function $\coth(x) - 1/x$ has a removable singularity at 0.
Its Taylor series is:
$$
\coth(x) - 1/x = \frac{x}{3} - \frac{x^3}{45} + \frac{2x^5}{945} + \ldots
$$
I would like to evaluate the ...
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pdepe or Crank-Nicolson? How much is pdepe good?
I am beginner in MATLAB and similar. I sow and discussed with my professors doing simulations some times: they wrote down a lot of calculus, most of them using Crank-Nicolson Method and so implement ...
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Comparison of diffusion time - theoretical value vs computed
This is a follow up to my previous post
I've been trying to compare the diffusion time obtained from theoretical
derivation(answered in my previous post) and what is obtained computationally, for a ...
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mesh dependence of numerical adjoint solution
I am solving the steady, two-dimensional adjoint Euler equations, $$A_x^T \partial_x \Psi + A_y^T \partial_y \Psi = 0$$, where $A_x = \partial F_x/\partial U$ and $A_y= \partial F_y/\partial U$ are ...
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What are the most important theorems in computational science? [closed]
I was reading the book: The Finite Element Method: Theory, Implementation, and Applications by Mats Larson and Fredrik Bengzon, in page 140 of this book they say this:
"The Lax-Milgram Lemma is one ...
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How to account for a corner node with zero-flux condition at an extrapolated distance
I am trying to implement a numerical solver and am having troubles dealing with boundary conditions, especially in the corners.
I have a 2D mesh, and on the left I have a Dirichlet condition, on the ...
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Conserving Energy in Physics Simulation with imperfect Numerical Solver
I am creating a C++ Physics Simulation where I need to move an rigid body through an acting force field.
Problem: simulation does not conserve energy.
Quesiton: abstractly, how is conservation of ...
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Computing convolution of two characteristic function over a 1D Cartesian mesh
I am trying to compute the convolution of two characteristic functions over a Cartesian mesh. First, I define my Cartesian mesh of the interval $[0,1]$ as follows
$$
x_{i} = i \Delta x, i = 0, 1, 2\...
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Ising model simulation offset critical temperature and interal ernergy
I'm writing a code for the Ising model using WHAM (the weighted histogram analysis method)，But it seems to produce critical temperature and internal energy wrong.
(newest rewritten code is below)
<...
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Stably solve transport equation with source term
I am trying to solve a transport equation of the form for the variable $\psi(t,r)$
\begin{equation}
\partial_t\psi-\alpha(r)\partial_r\psi-\beta(r)^2\psi-f(t,r)=0
,
\end{equation}
where I am solving ...
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Solution of thermal analysis using finite element
I want to solve a thermal analysis using finite elements. The governing equation is $$C \frac{dT}{dt}+K T = Q$$.
When using backward differencing for time, the resulting equation is quite straight ...
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Modelling flow through pipe networks
I'm trying to educate myself on modelling solute flows through pipe networks.
This is a follow up of my previous post here
$$\frac{\partial C}{\partial t} = - v\frac{\partial C}{\partial x}$$
While ...
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Does mass balance hold in convective diffusion
I'm trying to understand how convection-diffusion equations are solved in pipe flow modules available in CFD solvers.
$$
\frac{\partial C}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot (\mathbf{v} C) = \nabla \cdot (D \...
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Solving differential equation in Python with discretized variable coefficients
I am trying to solve a differential equation with discretized variable coefficients which are calculated from a time serie.
In this case the Runge-Kutta step size is fixed by the frequency in the time ...
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Numerical integration with singularity term
In https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2012/02/21/care-and-treatment-of-singularities, the author explains the subtraction method to get rid of singularities when performing numerical integration.
The ...
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Runge-Kutta in the presence of an attractor
Suppose you are solving a system of equations numerically that possesses an attractor (no matter the initial conditions set, all the different solutions will approach a specific set of values that ...
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How to check if my stiffness matrix is correct
I built the stiffness matrix for the Poisson equation on a 2-dimensional domain with the shape of "almost" an octagon, using pyramid basis functions. I used almost to intend the fact that I have an "...
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Is the diffusion equation with Neumann and Dirichlet BCs well-posed?
I am considering the following diffusion equation:
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial t} = \frac{\partial}{\partial x}[D(x,t)\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}]$$
over a grid ...
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Numerical integration of the dataset of a function
The energy equation for a spherically symmetric system is given by
$$\mathscr{E}=\frac{v^2(r)}{2}+\frac{c_s^2(r)}{\gamma-1}+\phi(r)$$
where $\mathscr{E}$ is the total energy, $v$ is the velocity of ...
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Defining Current Density in a FEM model (MATLAB)
I'm attempting to solve the Poisson equation in 3D for a magnetic vector potential in the presence of a current source. To validate my code, I'm initially looking to reproduce the model described in ...
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Integrate using Composite Simpson's rule
In a question, we have been given the speed of a car at time t= 0,2,4,6,.......,20 minutes.But it asks us to approximate the distance travelled by the car in 30 minutes using Composite
Simpson's rule. ...
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Solve linear system with Newton-Raphson method
Is it possible to solve a linear matrix system $A x = b$ using the Newton-Raphson method? If yes, how can this be done? More special, how is the derivative build?
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Recursive Algorithm to Calculate Determinant via Expansion of Minors in C#
I have been recently trying to attempt to write an algorithm in C# that would calculate the determinant of a matrix via recursion using the expansion of minors method. I understand that there are ...
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What exactly is the cause(s) of blow-up for too-large step size in a method like RK4?
I have been working on creating a few home-made numerical methods, and I am using them to visualize text-book problems from my Strogatz dynamics textbook. It feels like a good way to learn numerical ...
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Interpreting results of using no-flux boundary condition
I am solving for solute transport in 1 D.
$$\frac{\partial C}{\partial t} = D\frac{\partial ^2 C}{\partial x^2} - v\frac{\partial C}{\partial x}$$
No-flux boundary condition is imposed at both the ...
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Implementing Robin Boundary condition (finite difference)
I'm interested in applying Robin boundary condition to a convection-diffusion problem in 1D.
In the following system,
$$\frac{\partial C}{\partial t} = D\frac{\partial ^2 C}{\partial x^2} - v\frac{\...
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Extracting FEM matrices in matlab pde toolbox
I am trying to follow the dynamic linear elasticity in Matlab, link here. My goal is to extract the FE Matrices using the function assembleFEMatrices in matlab and solve the resulting system of second-...
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Imposing periodic boundary condition for linear advection equation - Node problem
I've spent the whole day trying to figure out what is the correct way to impose (and implement) periodic boundary conditions $u(0,t)=u(1,t)$ for all $t>0$ for the simple advection equation $u_t + v ...
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Robin Boundary Condition with Implicit Upwind - Finite Difference Method for 2D Convection-Diffusion Equation
I am trying to solve a problem with 2D Convection-Diffusion equation with U = Concentration ($mg/m^{2}$) using Implicit Upwind Finite Difference Method like this
$$
\frac{\partial U}{\partial t} + ...
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Runge-Kutta fourth order method. Integrating backwards
I am using a Runge-Kutta fourth order method to solve numerically the usual equation of motion of a background scalar field in curved spacetime with a quartic potential:
$\phi^{''}=-3\left(1+\frac{H^{...
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How to Break Coupled ODEs down to first order for Runge-Kutta
My question might seem a bit simple. I am trying to solve a system of ODEs using Runge-Kutta method. I am having difficulty breaking down the equations into a system of first order ones required ...
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How to robustly and numerically expand a $k$-order polynomial in two variables defined on a polygon domain?
Given a $k$-order polynomial in two variable $p(x, y)$ defined on a polygon domain $K$. And I want to numerically expand it to the following form
$$
p(x, y) = c_0 + c_1 x + c_2 y + c_3 x^2 + c_4 xy + ...
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Numerical Method for Equation System of two depending Equation Systems
I am searching a solution method for the following equation system of equation systems:
Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ be an invertible Matrix, $f, b_1, b_2 \in\mathbb{R}^n$ given vectors and $ ...
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Computing square root of diag(u)-uu'?
I need an efficient way to take square root of a matrix which is a sum of diagonal matrix and rank-1 matrix.
More specifically it's the following matrix
$$A=D-uu'=\text{diag}(u)-uu'$$
Where entries ...
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Numerical integral with symbolic integral in exponent
Many times in fourier approximation we come across integrals such as
$$\int_0^1 e^{-\gamma\int_0^xu_0(\eta)d\eta}dx$$ where $\gamma$ is a constant and the data for $u_0$ is provided as a discretely ...
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Bounding error of float32 matrix multiplication
Some numerical debugging led me to the minimal example below. I'm observing relative error of 0.75 on individual elements.
Is there a way to estimate/bound this error without resorting to higher ...
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Passing data as arguments in ODE45
I need to import data from file in order to describe the structure of a network.
I used the following:
weights = readtable('weights192.txt');
W = weights{:,:};
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Numerical integration of SDE: choice of $dt$ and algorithm
I am working on the following Stochastic Differential Equation (SDE) in the Quantum Mechanics context:
$$dX_{t} = a X_{t} dt + b X_{t} dW$$
where $X_{t}$ is my stochastic varible, $dt$ is my ...
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Weighted moving variance
i have a time-series and, in analogy with exponentially weighted moving average, i would like to compute the exponentially weighted moving standard deviation or variance in an efficient, numerically ...
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Inverses of many standard subspaces of one large matrix
i have a large rectangular invertible matrix M (about 5000x5000) and i have a loop in which i do the following for each iteration i (there are about 6000 iterations):
i am given a subspace S_i (which ...
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Runge-Kutta for PID and system in separate calculations without filter
I need to calculate a closed-loop system in Python; specifically, obtain the PID response and then use the output to obtain the system response sample-by-sample with my own loop.
For this, I am ...
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How to implement the following Finite Element method for Burgers' equation?
I am trying to replicate this result.
It involves using the Galerkin finite element approach onto the viscous Burgers' equation. However, my implementation (in R) seems to be giving me wrong results....
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Well-posedness of Navier-Stokes equation
Before running a simulation for turbulence (e.g Rayleigh-Benard Convection), how do we check for well-posedness of Navier-Stokes with other equations for a given boundary condition??
Can someone ...
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Numerically estimating expected value of f(x) when x is normally distributed
I need to estimate
$$
\mathbb{E}_x[f_i(x)] = \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} f_i(x) p(x) dx
$$
for many functions $f_i(x)$, where $p(x)$ is the density of a normal distribution. The evaluation of all the ...
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Evaluate Nth root of a rational to a correctly rounded float
Excuse my lack of vocabulary for I have no formal training in this field, which is also why I ask this question - it may be trivial or it may be impossible.
I want to evaluate an expression in the ...
