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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 ...
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### Why minimizing with respect to A-norm?

Assume solving the linear system $A \textbf x = \textbf b$, with an $A$ so large that nothing but iterative methods may be employed. Assuming $A$ induces a norm, I realized that it is often desired to ...
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### What scale problem can be simulated on an PC using Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics?

I want to simulate tidal features in a large body of water using was smooth particle hydrodynamics. For a system composed of an incompressible fluid, what general scale of problem can be tackled with ...
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### How to determine global stiffness matrix is constrained or not

Background In solid fem, we often solve $$\mathbf{Ku}=\mathbf{p}$$ where $\mathbf{K}$ is global stiffness matrix, $\mathbf{u}$ is displacement, $\mathbf{p}$ is global load vector. If displacement not ...
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### Which Linux OS for computer science and numerical analysis

I am switching from OSX to Linux, which I am familiar with but have no greater experience. There are several different alternatives: archlinux, gnome, ubuntu etc. Which would you recommend for a PhD ...
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### Time step relationship with number of elements or material properties

When looking at the output file of my solver, I have been told that the time-step taken by the solver depends on parameters like the total number of elements and their relative size in my geometry, or ...
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### FEM Stiffness Matrix is always close to Singular or Badly Scaled

I am making a code for an 18-node (3x3x2) 3D element FEM. However, even though I am (pretty) sure that all the shape functions are correct and whatnot, whenever I try and invert the stiffness matrix ...
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### How to find closed form $C$ such that $CC^T = AA^T + BB^T$

How to find $C$ such that $CC^T = AA^T + BB^T$, $A$ and $B$ are known. $A = \left(\begin{matrix}X\\Y\end{matrix}\right)$, $B = \left(\begin{matrix}0\\cY\end{matrix}\right)$, $c$ is a constant. To ...
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### Confusion related to P and NP problems

I have this confusion related to P and NP problems. Why is P a subset of NP? I didn't get it. P problems can be solved in polynomial time. However, NP problems cannot but only verify if a solution is ...
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### Computing infinite series with iterated functions

I found this question (linked here) which asks to find what this infinite series converges to $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \int_0^{\pi} f_n(x) dx$$ where $f_{n+1}(x) = \sin(f_n(x))$ and $f_1 = \sin(x)$. ...
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### Matlab, Mathematica & LAPACK returning 3 different eigenvectors

(I'm not sure which of math.se / stackoverflow / scicomp.se is the right place to ask this question) I have a C++ code which generates a complex matrix and then calculates its eigenvalues and ...
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### Writing a non-square linear system in standard form $A\cdot{x}=b$

I have spend the last few days working my way through an interesting paper and I'm building a numerical model so I can apply the method. However, I am getting stuck at an "it can be shown" step. I am ...