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How to Run MPI-3.0 in shared memory mode like OpenMP

I am parallelizing code to numerically solve a 5 Dimensional population balance model. Currently I have a very good MPICH2 parallelized code in FORTRAN but as we increase parameter values the arrays ...
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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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Fast Eigenvalue and SVD Solver for Structured Matrices

I am looking for a fast Eigenvalue and SVD solver for small dense structured matrices (Hankel and Toeplitz). I have searched for efficient implementations in libraries like MKL but I am not able to ...
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Choosing how many iterations to use in VEGAS

I'm using VEGAS integration, specifically the GSL implementation, for some QCD calculations, and I've been investigating the behavior of the algorithm for various numbers of iterations in an attempt ...
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Is there a graphical interpretation or explanation of automatic differentiation compared to numerical differentiation

I have been looking at automatic differentiation for solving differential equations lately. I understand the basic ideas of using Dual numbers and such for finding derivatives, etc. However, I feel ...
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What algorithm does (or did?) Excel use for Bessel functions that is discontinuous at x=8?

Writing this comment reminded me of something I noticed years ago about evaluating Bessel functions of the first kind $J_n(x)$ in Excel. (BESSELJ) I don't use Excel now but at the time I'd checked ...
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What is the source of the error in the Sherman-Morrison formula application?

The Sherman-Morrison formula $$(A+uv^T)^{-1} = A^{-1} - \frac{A^{-1}uv^TA^{-1}}{1+v^TA^{-1}u}$$ results in small errors in relation to the standard matrix inverse operation after each application, ...
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FEM : energy minimization VS PDE solving

Engineering FEM When I studied engineering, I learned the traditional approach for finite elements for elasticity. The point was to solve the PDE $-div(\sigma)=f$ as: Multiply your PDE with a test ...
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What is the best method to do a MC Integration of a multidimensional integral where the integration limits depend upon other variables?

What is the best method to do a Monte Carlo Integration of a multidimensional integral where the integration limits depend upon other variables? I am interested in getting a numerical value of a 5 ...
Suppose we want to minimize some convex functional $J(u)$ where $u$ lives in some Banach space $V$. The classical Newton method $$\mathrm d^2J(u_n)(u_{n + 1} - u_n) = -\mathrm dJ(u_n)$$ can be viewed ...