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### simulation outputs differ across hardware platforms

We've recently ported our Python/Fortran simulation code to a new supercomputer. Some (not all) of the tests (simulations) that we've run on the new platform yield results that are significantly ...
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### Optimize multivariable function with interdependent variables

I have a cost function with 2 parameters. The variables are dependent on each other. So, if I just take a partial derivative with respect to one variable the slope is in terms of the other variable ...
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### The proper way to assess the error of Jacobi iteration (for 2D Poisson equation)?

Motivation: I'm using 2D regular grid (it's actually a quadtree but I can still treat it as a finite difference thing if I weight-average the solution over smaller scale cells for the purpose of ...
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### Fastest algorithm for pseudoinverse of skinny matrices

For a performance-sensitive problem, I need to compute the pseudoinverse of a skinny matrix (#rows = 1000–10000, #cols= 10–20). I already employ the traditional SVD econ method. For some problem ...
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### Why do many people use FDM method to solve Stokes equations, i.e., saddle point matrix?

For numerical methods of the Stokes equations, with appropriate boundary: $$-\nabla^{2} \vec{u}+\nabla p=\overrightarrow{0}$$ $$\nabla \cdot \vec{u}=0$$ one may use FDM (finite difference method) ...
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### Implementation of Jacobi iteration

I have implemented the Jacobi iteration in C++ using a dense vector and a sparse matrix in CSR format. The code is as follows: ...
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### Help with Fourier beam propagation method

I am working on implementing the Fourier beam propagation method in C++. I am really more of a programmer than a physicist but I think I have a good understanding of what I am trying to do. Here is ...
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### Inconsistent potential over a cylindrical surface in COMSOL

I made the following construction in COMSOL (This is a cut): Two cylinders, the inner one in the middle is a solid cylindrical conductor. The thick outer cylindrical shell, along with the two small ...
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### Cholesky for ill-conditioned/singular covariance matrices

Can someone suggest a way to get Cholesky factorization of a singular covariance matrix? I need it to match Cholesky on full-rank matrices, ie coordinate order should be preserved. My attempt below ...
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### Can I solve a model in GEKKO with Black Box, Simulated Annealing or GA solvers?

I'm trying to use my current GEKKO model with different solvers methodologies. I don't know if I can also use global optimisation solvers as GA, Simulated Annealing o Differential Evolution. I need ...
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### What is the exponential trick to include laplacian term in Rayleigh-Bernard simulation

I have come across a Rayleigh-Bernard simulation code which doesn't have the laplacian term but an integrating factor (in the exponential form) containing viscosity and diffusivity. I found out that ...
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### Grids for atmosphere simulation with finite volumes on the globe

I am currently in the early construction process of building a simple CFD model of a rotating planetary atmosphere. The planet should be allowed to tilt significantly, so that a time-dependent source ...
I have the following convolution as part of a numerical simulation. $$T(r)=\int \mathrm{d}^3r_2\, p(r_2)f(r_2)\alpha(r-r_2)\, .$$ My problem is that the analytical expressions for $f$ and $p$ do ...