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Which numerical method can I use to solve this system of hyperbolic PDEs?

Backround The mathematical model I am trying to numerically solve models wave propagation inside a cylinder with specific material properties suited for dynamic loading. The cylinder's upper base is ...
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references for optimization in the context of parameter identification with finite elements

i am performing parameter identification for a non-linear partial differential equation (elasticity) that I solve with finite elements. My optimization problem is a non-linear least squares data-...
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Solution to the Liouville-Gibbs equation

What would be the approach to numerically solve for $\rho(x,t)$ the following equation with some initial conditions $$\frac{\partial\rho}{\partial t} +\sum_{i=1}^n\left(\frac{\partial(\rho g_i)}{\...
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Why are systems with clustered eigenvalues easy to solve?

I came across the following slide by Theo Diamandis & Zachary Frangella on what makes the linear system $Ax=b$ easy to solve using the conjugate gradient method. Transcription: CG converges ...
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Closed formula to diagonalize discretized (perhaps randomized) Laplacians

I was wondering whether there is a closed formula for the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the discretized Laplacian in (edit) $[0,1]^n$ with a uniform grid, using what I imagine is a $2n+1$ stencil. ...
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References on the theory of Petrov-Galerkin methods for more "basic" problems

In my reading on various aspects of FEM, Petrov-Galerkin methods often arise in the study of solutions of convection-dominated systems, such as Hughes' work on Navier-Stokes, or systems where optimal ...
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Has the arithmetic for exotic (unsigned float with positive exponent) number format been solved?

The data type is a doubly unsigned float. This is where the value and exponent are both strictly positive. The range of this number should include $0$ and $[1, ~2^{\text{exponent}})$, skipping all ...
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Resource to learn assembly code

I'm a PhD student in mechanical engineering and I have to perform a lot of simulations for my project. In my lab we use several well-known libraries, from FEM to machine learning. As we're doing ...
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Efficient cutting of mesh edges

I am looking for efficient algorithms to cut a mesh along edges. I have a (half-edge) mesh and a list of inner edges that I want to cut, such that both are new boundary edges. At each vertex there can ...
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Could you recommend some books on FEM that explain various data-structures in FEM?

I want to understand the data structure of elements, elements around elements, and so on, and various other data structures in FEM, could you please recommend some books?
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Continuous vs discontinuous space-time FEM

What are some reasons for approximating a (e.g. parabolic) PDE using the space-time method, with continuous finite elements in time, vs discontinuous finite elements in time? Are there e.g. ...
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How to get an "optimal point" for refinement in FEM adaptive mesh refinement?

Consider the following 1D problem \begin{align*} \begin{cases} \displaystyle -\frac{d^2u}{dx^2} = f(x), \hspace{0.5cm} x\in (a,b) \\[4mm] u(a) = u_{a}, \ \ u(b) = u_{b} \end{cases} \end{align*} I ...
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Non-Uniform Grids: Approximation Quality: First Order Finite Difference vs. First Order Finite Volume

Consider the advection/transport equation in 1D with constant velocity $a(x) \equiv 1$ $$u_t(t,x) + u_x(t,x) = 0$$ on a, say, periodic domain. On uniform grids $$ \{x_i\}_{i = 1, \dots, N}, \quad x_{i ...
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Matrix-free FEM references

I've seen that many people are using matrix-free fem codes in my community (mechanical engineering). I have to admit that I googled a bit and I didn't manage to find a good reference for the subject. ...
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Solving L1 minimization problems in Eigen

I have an $m\times n$ dense matrix $\mathbf{M}$ and wish to solve $\mathbf{M}\mathbf{x} = \mathbf{b}$ via any of the "L1" methods using Eigen. By this I mean I'm happy with using basis ...
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Book recommendation on multiphysics

I want to learn multiphysics such as fluid-structure interaction where the simulation is performed for heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and electrodynamics. Could you please recommend some books about ...
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Automatic Differentiation using foward mode on matrices

Whilst googling I see reverse mode automatic differentiation (AD) tends to be used when optimising neural networks. Would it not be better to use forward mode and treat your input as a single variable,...
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Non-Temporal Weighted Graph Datasets

I am searching for datasets to evaluate an algorithm designed for tasks such as node-classification (edge-prediction, etc.) on weighted and potentially directed graphs. The Stanford Network Analysis ...
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Nonlinear Hyperbolic PDEs: Known solutions

I would like to collect some test-problems for nonlinear hyperbolic PDEs (Euler Equations, Shallow Water Equations, Ideal MHD, Acoustic Perturbation, ...) for which analytical solutions are known. A ...
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Kolmogorov n-width

Could someone please point me to an understandable definition of the Kolmogorov n-width? I'm having a hard time figuring out what is the output of the definition - is it an integer? Edit: I realize ...
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Reference request: Philosophy of Computational Science

Do you suggest any references (papers, monographs, books) about the philosophy of computational science? Recently, I found out about the following two: Winsberg, E. (2009). Computer simulation and ...
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Stabilized Many Stage Runge-Kutta methods instead of Local/Multirate Time Stepping

Locally refined meshes are often inevitable for accurate, yet feasible computations. In the context of time-dependent PDEs, however, this comes at the cost that (due to the CFL condition) reducing the ...
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Finding optimal values from multiple parameter estimation runs

I've performed a parameter estimation repeat (i.e. 1000 parallel runs with the same initial values of parameters). I am trying to estimate ~20 parameters using measurements from experiments. After ...
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What are the prerequisites and resources to self-learn the Boundary Element Method for Contact Mechanics problems?

What are the prerequisites to learning BEM? In which order is it advisable to learn BEM and FEM - either one before the other, or does it not matter? What are some good resources to self-learn BEM? P....
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A priori estimates in finite elements for inhomogeneous heat equation

Consider the problem $$\partial_t u-\Delta u = f\\ u(\Sigma_1)=f_D\\ \partial_\nu u (\Sigma_2)=f_N\\u(0)=u_0$$ where the sides of the space-time cylinder $\Sigma_i$ are disjoint (one of them could be ...
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Dense least-squares with millions of variables

Suppose $X$ is a dense $m\times n$ data matrix and we seek to find $w$ by approximately iterating least-squares filter equation: $$w = w - \mu (X'X)^{-1}X'(Xw-b)$$ What are known approaches for $10^9&...
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Unconstrained convex optimization: correlation between dimensionality and Lipschitz constant

The author of the SIAM News article "Optimization Theory and Perspectives on the Field of Machine Learning" mentions: ... For unconstrained convex optimization, GD (gradient descent) ...
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A priori FEM estimates without $H^2$ regularity

In basic lectures on finite elements theory, people always assume $H^2$ regularity of the solution in order to derive $O(h^k)$ a priori estimates in the norms $H^{2-k}$, $k=1,2$. For simplicity let's ...
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Reference request for finite elements theory

Consider a domain $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^{2,3}$ which is non convex and with $C^2$ boundary. Could you recommend a good reference where it is explained how: without needing isoparametric ...
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Implementation of integration schemes for ordinary differential equations in Python and peformance comparison

I look for a book/manual where I can find implementations of different integration schemes for ordinary differential equations (like 4-th order Runge-Kutta) in Python with Numba. To be more specific, ...
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About using SOCP solvers to solve QCQP

I have noticed that some commercial solvers transform QCQPs into SOCPs and use SOCP algorithms to solve the resulting problem. I am wondering if there is a benefit to this approach over using a pure ...
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Requesting for Finite Difference Methods reference in Portuguese or English

Crossposted on Mathematics SE I have been assigned a group project for an introductory Linear Algebra subject on Finite Difference Methods and sparse matrices. Our professor advised we use Gilbert ...
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Mesh refinement in the Finite Element Method

I need some good references on how to implement programmatically the hp-refinement of meshes in the Finite Element Method in two/three-dimension. I've searched the web a lot and read many articles and ...
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Fast way of computing the action of a matrix power on a vector

For integer $k>0$, it is well-known that one can use binary exponentiation to evaluate the matrix power $\mathbf A^k$, where $\mathbf A$ is an $n\times n$ matrix. However, it is not clear to me if ...
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How to Impose nonhomogeneous Neumann Boundary Condition in the DG Formulation

Consider the following partial differential equation \begin{align} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial x} &= g(x,t), \ \ x\in \Omega = [x_{L},x_{R}] \\ u(x,0) &= u_{0}(x) ...
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FEM for vector valued problems: reference request

I'm a PhD working in a computational mechanics lab. I come from a Math department, and I have a good background for what concerns the basics of finite elements, like inf-sup conditions, DG, non-...
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DG method for solving Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equation with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions

Consider the following partial differential equation \begin{align} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial x} &= g(x,t), \ \ x\in \Omega = [x_{L},x_{R}] \\ u(x,0) &= u_{0}(x) ...
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Searching for recent code source for "Parallel scientific computing in C++ and MPI "

I am learning C++ scientific computing with "Parallel scientific computing in C++ and MPI A Seamless Approach to Parallel Algorithms and their Implementation" since it kept coming up a lot ...
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Discrete model of cell - cell communication

I am trying to understand how cell to cell communication is studied using a discrete modelling framework. Could someone please suggest suitable references or libraries which already have ...
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Two-dimensional ordering issue – alternate sort order ascending/descending to reduce fluctuations - trivial?

I have a solution in search of a problem that some of you could perhaps help me with. Let $L$ be a list of elements. Each element has two inherent properties/attributes ($a$, $b$) that can each be ...
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Finite Difference Approximation for the Laplacian in 2D that produces a nonsymmetric matrix

Consider the following PDE \begin{align} -\Delta u &= f \ \ \text{en} \ \ (0,1)\times (0,1) \label{P1} \\ u &= 0 \ \ \text{en} \ \partial ((0,1)\times (0,1)) \label{P2} \end{align} if we ...
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Finding the source of numerical instability in a electrostatic problem solved by conformal mapping

I'm using conformal mapping to solve a 2D electrostatic problem (calculating the potential $u(x,y)$ in the plane). Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be two circles at an electric potential $U_1$ and $U_2$, ...
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Tensor product representation for the 9-point finite difference approximations for the Poisson equation

If we use 5-point finite difference approximations in a uniform rectangular grid to solve the Poisson PDE \begin{align} -\Delta u &= f \ \ \text{en} \ \ (0,1)\times (0,1) \label{P1} \\ u &= ...
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Stable finite elements for the mixed form of the elasticity equations

The mixed form of the elasticity equations is to find the unique critical point of the Hellinger-Reissner functional $$J(u, \sigma) = \int_\Omega\left\{\frac{1}{2}A\sigma : \sigma + u\cdot\left(\nabla\...
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Scientific computing code development hands on introduction

I have a background in Computational Mechanics but my knowledge remains very user-oriented. What I mean by that is that I have a fairely good knowledge about how to use a commercial engineering ...
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How important is learning hardware/architecture for scientific computing?

Apologies if this is a bit of a soft, unclear, or opinion-based question. I'm a relatively new PhD student in a (computational) quantum chemistry group. My group develops and maintains a few software ...
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Help me choose a book on the numerical integration of PDEs

For ODEs I have these books: Griffiths, David, Higham, Desmond J., Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations, 2010 Alfio Quarteroni, Riccardo Sacco, Fausto Saleri, Numerical Mathematics, ...
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HLLC Riemann solver with shock test 2 - extension to low densities

I am currently using the HLLC solver to solve a 1-D system of Euler equations with very satisfactory results. However, there are cases where my solution produces low-density, high velocity states, ...
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What is the best cooling and flippling schedule in simulated annealing?

I've noticed that some heuristics for it on my problem which work surprisingly well. I guess it ought to be systematically studied although I cannot find guides or overviews for it.
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A priori error estimates - finite element method - mixed boundary conditions

Consider the problem $$ \left\{\begin{array} {rcl} -\Delta u & = 0 & \text{ in } \Omega \\ u & = 0 & \text{ on } \Gamma_D \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial n} &= g &\text{ on } \...
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