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Lind, Martin. "Functions of bounded variation." Thesis, Karlstad University, Division for Engineering Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-209.
Full textThe paper begins with a short survey of monotone functions. The functions of bounded variation are introduced and some basic properties of these functions are given. Finally the jump function of a function of bounded variation is defined.
Lind, Martin. "Functions of Generalized Bounded Variation." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-26342.
Full textBaksidestext The classical concept of the total variation of a function has been extended in several directions. Such extensions find many applications in different areas of mathematics. Consequently, the study of notions of generalized bounded variation forms an important direction in the field of mathematical analysis. This thesis is devoted to the investigation of various properties of functions of generalized bounded variation. In particular, we obtain the following results: sharp relations between spaces of generalized bounded variation and spaces of functions defined by integral smoothness conditions (e.g., Sobolev and Besov spaces); optimal properties of certain scales of function spaces of frac- tional smoothness generated by functionals of variational type; sharp embeddings within the scale of spaces of functions of bounded p-variation; results concerning bivariate functions of bounded p-variation, in particular sharp estimates of total variation in terms of the mixed Lp-modulus of continuity, and Fubini-type properties.
Spear, Donald W. "The Mean Integral." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500820/.
Full textKlumpp, Stephan W. [Verfasser]. "Variation of Friction Drag in Wall-Bounded Flows / Stephan W Klumpp." Aachen : Shaker, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1101184388/34.
Full textQuinn, Eugene P. "On the boundedness character of third-order rational difference equations /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2006. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3225327.
Full textBellavia, Mark R. "Long term behavior or the positive solutions of the non-autonomous difference equation : x [subscript] n+1 = A [subscript] n [superscript] x [subscript] n-1 [divided by] 1+x [subscript] n, n=0,1,2... /." Link to online version, 2005. https://ritdml.rit.edu/dspace/handle/1850/1117.
Full textJohan, Filip Rindler Johan Filip. "Lower Semicontinuity and Young Measures for Integral Functionals with Linear Growth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c4736fa2-ab51-4cb7-b1d9-cbab0ede274b.
Full textReinwand, Simon [Verfasser], Jürgen [Gutachter] Appell, Daria [Gutachter] Bugajewska, and Gianluca [Gutachter] Vinti. "Functions of Bounded Variation: Theory, Methods, Applications / Simon Reinwand ; Gutachter: Jürgen Appell, Daria Bugajewska, Gianluca Vinti." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1232647632/34.
Full textReinhold, Küstner. "Asymptotic zero distribution of orthogonal polynomials with respect to complex measures having argument of bounded variation." Nice, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003NICE4054.
Full textWe determine the asymptotic pole distribution for three types of best approximants (Padé at infinity, rational in L2 on the unit circle, meromorphic in the unit disk in Lp on the unit circle, p>2) of the Cauchy transform of a complex measure under the hypothesis that the support S of the measure is of positive capacity and included in (-1 1), that the measure satisfies a density condition and that the argument of the measure is the restriction of a function of bounded variation ? The denominator polynomials of the approximants satisfay orthogonality relations ? By means of a theorem of Kestelman we obtain geometric constraints for the zeros which imply that every weak limit measure of the associated counting measures has support included in S. Then, with the help of results from potential theory in the plane, we show that the counting measures converge weakly to the logarithmic respectively hyperbolic equilibrium distribution of S
Fleischer, G., R. Gorenflo, and B. Hofmann. "On the Autoconvolution Equation and Total Variation Constraints." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 1998. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-199801196.
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Soneji, Parth. "Lower semicontinuity and relaxation in BV of integrals with superlinear growth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c7174516-588e-46ae-93dc-56d4a95f1e6f.
Full textCAMFIELD, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT. "Comparison of BV Norms in Weighted Euclidean Spaces and Metric Measure Spaces." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211551579.
Full textPiffet, Loïc. "Décomposition d’image par modèles variationnels : débruitage et extraction de texture." Thesis, Orléans, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ORLE2053/document.
Full textThis thesis is devoted in a first part to the elaboration of a second order variational modelfor image denoising, using the BV 2 space of bounded hessian functions. We here take a leaf out of the well known Rudin, Osher and Fatemi (ROF) model, where we replace the minimization of the total variation of the function with the minimization of the second order total variation of the function, that is to say the total variation of its partial derivatives. The goal is to get a competitive model with no staircasing effect that generates the ROF model anymore. The model we study seems to be efficient, but generates a blurry effect. In order to deal with it, we introduce a mixed model that permits to get solutions with no staircasing and without blurry effect on details. In a second part, we take an interset to the texture extraction problem. A model known as one of the most efficient is the T V -L1 model. It just consits in replacing the L2 norm of the fitting data term with the L1 norm.We propose here an original way to solve this problem by the use of augmented Lagrangian methods. For the same reason than for the denoising case, we also take an interest to the T V 2-L1 model, replacing again the total variation of the function by the second order total variation. A mixed model for texture extraction is finally briefly introduced. This manuscript ends with a huge chapter of numerical tests
Roche, Thomas [Verfasser], Martin [Akademischer Betreuer] Brokate, Pavel [Akademischer Betreuer] Krejčí, and Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Mielke. "Rate independent evolution processes on functions of bounded variation / Thomas Roche. Gutachter: Pavel Krejci ; Alexander Mielke ; Martin Brokate. Betreuer: Martin Brokate." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1047883473/34.
Full textBedford, Stephen James. "Calculus of variations and its application to liquid crystals." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a2004679-5644-485c-bd35-544448f53f6a.
Full textRichter, Matthias, Hans-Jörg Starkloff, and Ralf Wunderlich. "Price models with weakly correlated processes." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2004. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:ch1-200401285.
Full textLima, Amanda de. "Cohomologia e propriedades estocásticas de transformações expansoras e observáveis lipschitzianos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55135/tde-08052007-135433/.
Full textWe prove the Central Limit Theorem for piecewise expanding interval transformations and observables with bounded variation, using the approach of J.Rousseau-Egele as described by A. Broise. This approach makes use of pertubations of the so-called Ruelle-Perron-Frobenius transfer operator. An original contribution is given in the last chapter, where we prove that for Markovian expanding interval maps all observables which are non constant, continuous and have bounded variation are not infinitely cohomologous with zero, generalizing a result by Bamón, Rivera-Letelier, Urzúa and Kiwi for Lipschitzian observables and the transformations \'z POT. n\' . Our demosntration uses the theory of Ruelle-Perron-Frobenius operators developed in the previos chapters
Polat, Faruk. "On The Generalizations And Properties Of Abramovich-wickstead Spaces." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610166/index.pdf.
Full textOssman, Hala. "Etude mathématique de la convergence de la PGD variationnelle dans certains espaces fonctionnels." Thesis, La Rochelle, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LAROS006/document.
Full textIn this thesis, we are interested in the PGD (Proper Generalized Decomposition), one of the reduced order models which consists in searching, a priori, the solution of a partial differential equation in a separated form. This work is composed of five chapters in which we aim to extend the PGD to the fractional spaces and the spaces of functions of bounded variation and to give theoretical interpretations of this method for a class of elliptic and parabolic problems. In the first chapter, we give a brief review of the litterature and then we introduce the mathematical notions and tools used in this work. In the second chapter, the convergence of rank-one alternating minimisation AM algorithms for a class of variational linear elliptic equations is studied. We show that rank-one AM sequences are in general bounded in the ambient Hilbert space and are compact if a uniform non-orthogonality condition between iterates and the reaction term is fulfilled. In particular, if a rank-one (AM) sequence is weakly convergent then it converges strongly and the common limit is a solution of the alternating minimization problem. In the third chapter, we introduce the notion of fractional derivatives in the sense of Riemann-Liouville and then we consider a variational problem which is a generalization of fractional order of the Poisson equation. Basing on the quadratic nature and the decomposability of the associated energy, we prove that the progressive PGD sequence converges strongly towards the weak solution of this problem. In the fourth chapter, we benefit from tensorial structure of the spaces BV with respect to the weak-star topology to define the PGD sequences in this type of spaces. The convergence of this sequence remains an open question. The last chapter is devoted to the d-dimensional heat equation, we discretize in time and then at each time step one seeks the solution of the elliptic equation using the PGD. Then, we show that the piecewise linear function in time obtained from the solutions constructed using the PGD converges to the weak solution of the equation
Ferreira, Rita Alexandra Gonçalves. "Spectral and homogenization problems." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7856.
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Papafitsoros, Konstantinos. "Novel higher order regularisation methods for image reconstruction." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/246692.
Full textGoncalves-Ferreira, Rita Alexandria. "Spectral and Homogenization Problems." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2011. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/83.
Full textJalalzai, Khalid. "Regularization of inverse problems in image processing." Phd thesis, Ecole Polytechnique X, 2012. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00787790.
Full textGalerne, Bruno. "Stochastic image models and texture synthesis." Phd thesis, École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00595283.
Full textSilva, Letícia dos Santos [UNESP]. "Resultados de existência de solução para problemas elípticos no espaço das funções de variação limitada." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/152881.
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Neste trabalho mostra-se a existência de solução de variação limitada para um problema envolvendo o operador 1− Laplaciano em um domínio exterior com condição de fronteira de Dirichlet. Para isso, será usada uma versão do Teorema do Passo da Montanha adequada a funcionais localmente lipschitzianos. As dificuldades na implementação de métodos variacionais no espaço das funções de variação limitada são múltiplas, entre elas, a falta de reflexividade, dificuldade de se usar condições de compacidade como a de Palais-Smale e ainda a falta de regularidade do funcional energia.
In this work we prove existence of bounded variation solution for a problem involving the 1-Laplacian operator in an exterior domain with Dirichlet boundary condition. For this, a version of the Mountain Pass Theorem to locally Lipschitz functionals is used. There are many difficulties in implementing variational methods in the space of limited variation functions, among them, lack of reflexivity, difficulty in using compactness conditions such as Palais-Smale and the lack of regularity of the functional energy.
Modenesi, Bernardo Andrade Lyrio. "Bounds on policy relevant parameters with discrete policy variation." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/13857.
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When estimating policy parameters, also known as treatment effects, the assignment to treatment mechanism almost always causes endogeneity and thus bias many of these policy parameters estimates. Additionally, heterogeneity in program impacts is more likely to be the norm than the exception for most social programs. In situations where these issues are present, the Marginal Treatment Effect (MTE) parameter estimation makes use of an instrument to avoid assignment bias and simultaneously to account for heterogeneous effects throughout individuals. Although this parameter is point identified in the literature, the assumptions required for identification may be strong. Given that, we use weaker assumptions in order to partially identify the MTE, i.e. to stablish a methodology for MTE bounds estimation, implementing it computationally and showing results from Monte Carlo simulations. The partial identification we perfom requires the MTE to be a monotone function over the propensity score, which is a reasonable assumption on several economics' examples, and the simulation results shows it is possible to get informative even in restricted cases where point identification is lost. Additionally, in situations where estimated bounds are not informative and the traditional point identification is lost, we suggest a more generic method to point estimate MTE using the Moore-Penrose Pseudo-Invese Matrix, achieving better results than traditional methods.
A estimação de parâmetros relevantes no contexto de intervenções políticas, também conhecidos como efeitos de tratamento, enfrenta diversos problemas práticos como o viés relacionado ao mecanismo de atribuição do status de tratamento. Adicionalmente, efeitos heterogênos na literatura de Avaliação de Impactos é mais comum que efeitos homogêneos. Em situações nas quais estes problemas estão presentes, a estimação do Efeito Marginal de Tratamento (MTE) emprega o método de variáveis instrumentais para contornar o viés de seleção ao tratamento, obtendo ao mesmo tempo efeitos heterogêneos. Mesmo que a literatura identifique pontualmente este parâmetro, as hipóteses por trás da identificação são costumeiramente restritivas. Neste trabalho pretende-se afrouxar as hipóteses vigentes na literatura de modo a obter identificação parcial do MTE, requerendo apenas monotonicidade do mesmo ao longo das diferentes propensões ao tratamento, o que é comum em diversos exemplos da literatura econômica. Simulações de Monte Carlo são performadas, resultando em limites para o MTE que se mostram informativos, mesmo em situações restritas nas quais a tradicional identificação pontual é perdida. Complementarmente, em situações quando a identificação parcial não é informativa e a tradicional ponto identificação é perdida, propomos a ponto identificação utilizando a matrix pseudo inversa de Moore-Penrose. Esta metodologia prescinde da hipótese de monotonicidade e resulta em melhores estimativas quando comparada aos métodos tradicionais.
Larsson, David. "Generalized Riemann Integration : Killing Two Birds with One Stone?" Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Matematik och tillämpad matematik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-96661.
Full textÄnda sedan Cauchys tid har integrationsteori i huvudsak varit ett försök att åter finna Newtons Eden. Under den idylliska perioden [. . . ] var derivator och integraler [. . . ] olika sidor av samma mynt.-Peter Bullen, citerad i [24] Under de senaste århundradena har integrationsteori genomgått många förändringar och framförallt har det funnits en spänning mellan Riemanns och Lebesgues respektive angreppssätt till integration. Riemanns definition är ofta den första integral som möter en student pa grundutbildningen, medan Lebesgues integral är kraftfullare. Eftersom Lebesgues definition är mer komplicerad introduceras den först i forskarutbildnings- eller avancerade grundutbildningskurser. Integralen som framställs i det här examensarbetet utvecklades av Ralph Henstock och Jaroslav Kurzweil. Genom att på ett enkelt sätt ändra kriteriet for integrerbarhet i Riemanns definition finner vi en kraftfull integral med många av Lebesgueintegralens egenskaper. Vidare utvidgar den generaliserade Riemannintegralen klassen av integrerbara funktioner i jämförelse med Lebesgueintegralen, medan vi samtidigt erhåller en karaktärisering av Lebesgueintegralen i termer av absolutintegrerbarhet. Eftersom klassen av generaliserat Riemannintegrerbara funktioner är större än de absolutintegrerbara funktionerna blir vissa satser mer omständiga att bevisa i jämforelse med eleganta resultat i Lebesgues teori. Därtill förloras vissa viktiga egenskaper vid sammansättning av funktioner och även möjligheten till abstraktion försvåras. Integralen ska alltså ses som ett komplement till Lebesgues definition och inte en ersättning.
Marmorino, Matthew G. "Lower bounds to eigenvalues by the method of arbitrary choice without truncation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79725.
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Ding, Bingfeng. "Variational particle-antiparticle bound states in the scalar Yukawa model." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ59128.pdf.
Full textNewman, Steven Paul. "Spatial and temporal variation in diet and prey preference of nursery-bound juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at Bimini, Bahamas." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2757.
Full textNgo, Quang Tien. "Thermo-elasto-plastic uncoupling model of width variation for online application in automotive cold rolling process." Thesis, Paris Est, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PEST1063/document.
Full textIn order to save material yields in cold rolling process, the thesis aims at developing a predictive width variation model accurate and fast enough to be used online. Many efforts began in the 1960s in developing empirical formula. Afterward, the Upper Bound Method (UBM ) became more common. [Oh 1975]'s model with 3D "simple" velocity field estimates well the width variation for finishing mill rolling conditions. [Komori 2002] proposed a combination of fundamental ones to obtain a computer program depending minimally on the assumed velocity fields. However, only two fundamental fields were introduced and formed a subset of the "simple" family. [Serek 2008] studied a quadratic velocity family that includes the "simple" one and leads to better results with a higher computing time. Focusing on UBM , the first result of the thesis is a 2D model with an oscillating velocity field family. The model results to an optimum velocity that oscillates spatially throughout the roll-bite. The optimum power and the velocity field are closer to Lam3-Tec3 results than the "simple" one. For 3D modelling, we chose the 3D "simple" UBM and carried a comparison to the experiments performed at Arcelor Mittal using narrow strips [64]. A very good agreement is obtained. Further, a new UBM model is developed for a crowned strip with cylindrical work-rolls. It shows that the width variation decreases as a function of the strip crown and the results match well those of Lam3-Tec3 . However, the UBM considers only a rigid-plastic behaviour while in large strip rolling, the elastic and thermal deformations have important impacts on the plastic one. There exist some models considering these phenomena [23,64] but they are all time-consuming. Thus, the idea is to decompose the plastic width variation into three terms : total, elastic and thermal width variations through the plastic zone that are determined by three new models. The simplified roll-bite entry & exit models allow estimating the elastic and plastic width variations before and after the roll-bite. They give equally the longitudinal stresses defining the boundary conditions for the roll-bite model which is indeed the 3D "simple" UBM approximating the total width variation term. Moreover, with the plastic deformation and friction dissipation powers given by the same model, the thermal width variation term is also obtained. The width variation model, called UBM-Slab combined is very fast (0.05s) and predicts accurately the width variation in comparison with Lam3-Tec3 (<6%)
Pedercini, Matteo. "Variational-bound finite-element methods for three-dimensional low-Reynolds-number porous media and sedimentation flows." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35467.
Full textTang, Wenbo. "What can variational calculus tell us about ocean turbulence : rigorous bounds on mixing and dissipation in geophysical flows /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3189211.
Full textHafiene, Yosra. "Continuum limits of evolution and variational problems on graphs." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMC254/document.
Full textThe non-local p-Laplacian operator, the associated evolution equation and variational regularization, governed by a given kernel, have applications in various areas of science and engineering. In particular, they are modern tools for massive data processing (including signals, images, geometry), and machine learning tasks such as classification. In practice, however, these models are implemented in discrete form (in space and time, or in space for variational regularization) as a numerical approximation to a continuous problem, where the kernel is replaced by an adjacency matrix of a graph. Yet, few results on the consistency of these discretization are available. In particular it is largely open to determine when do the solutions of either the evolution equation or the variational problem of graph-based tasks converge (in an appropriate sense), as the number of vertices increases, to a well-defined object in the continuum setting, and if yes, at which rate. In this manuscript, we lay the foundations to address these questions.Combining tools from graph theory, convex analysis, nonlinear semigroup theory and evolution equa- tions, we give a rigorous interpretation to the continuous limit of the discrete nonlocal p-Laplacian evolution and variational problems on graphs. More specifically, we consider a sequence of (determin- istic) graphs converging to a so-called limit object known as the graphon. If the continuous p-Laplacian evolution and variational problems are properly discretized on this graph sequence, we prove that the solutions of the sequence of discrete problems converge to the solution of the continuous problem governed by the graphon, as the number of graph vertices grows to infinity. Along the way, we provide a consistency/error bounds. In turn, this allows to establish the convergence rates for different graph models. In particular, we highlight the role of the graphon geometry/regularity. For random graph se- quences, using sharp deviation inequalities, we deliver nonasymptotic convergence rates in probability and exhibit the different regimes depending on p, the regularity of the graphon and the initial data
Frolov, Alexei M. "Quantum-mechanical study of few-body systems, a variational study of bound state spectra in three- and four-body systems." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0005/NQ38308.pdf.
Full textCherief-Abdellatif, Badr-Eddine. "Contributions to the theoretical study of variational inference and robustness." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Institut polytechnique de Paris, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020IPPAG001.
Full textThis PhD thesis deals with variational inference and robustness. More precisely, it focuses on the statistical properties of variational approximations and the design of efficient algorithms for computing them in an online fashion, and investigates Maximum Mean Discrepancy based estimators as learning rules that are robust to model misspecification.In recent years, variational inference has been extensively studied from the computational viewpoint, but only little attention has been put in the literature towards theoretical properties of variational approximations until very recently. In this thesis, we investigate the consistency of variational approximations in various statistical models and the conditions that ensure the consistency of variational approximations. In particular, we tackle the special case of mixture models and deep neural networks. We also justify in theory the use of the ELBO maximization strategy, a model selection criterion that is widely used in the Variational Bayes community and is known to work well in practice.Moreover, Bayesian inference provides an attractive online-learning framework to analyze sequential data, and offers generalization guarantees which hold even under model mismatch and with adversaries. Unfortunately, exact Bayesian inference is rarely feasible in practice and approximation methods are usually employed, but do such methods preserve the generalization properties of Bayesian inference? In this thesis, we show that this is indeed the case for some variational inference algorithms. We propose new online, tempered variational algorithms and derive their generalization bounds. Our theoretical result relies on the convexity of the variational objective, but we argue that our result should hold more generally and present empirical evidence in support of this. Our work presents theoretical justifications in favor of online algorithms that rely on approximate Bayesian methods. Another point that is addressed in this thesis is the design of a universal estimation procedure. This question is of major interest, in particular because it leads to robust estimators, a very hot topic in statistics and machine learning. We tackle the problem of universal estimation using a minimum distance estimator based on the Maximum Mean Discrepancy. We show that the estimator is robust to both dependence and to the presence of outliers in the dataset. We also highlight the connections that may exist with minimum distance estimators using L2-distance. Finally, we provide a theoretical study of the stochastic gradient descent algorithm used to compute the estimator, and we support our findings with numerical simulations. We also propose a Bayesian version of our estimator, that we study from both a theoretical and a computational points of view
Merdon, Christian. "Aspects of guaranteed error control in computations for partial differential equations." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16818.
Full textThis thesis studies guaranteed error control for elliptic partial differential equations on the basis of the Poisson model problem, the Stokes equations and the obstacle problem. The error control derives guaranteed upper bounds for the energy error between the exact solution and different finite element discretisations, namely conforming and nonconforming first-order approximations. The unified approach expresses the energy error by dual norms of one or more residuals plus computable extra terms, such as oscillations of the given data, with explicit constants. There exist various techniques for the estimation of the dual norms of such residuals. This thesis focuses on equilibration error estimators based on Raviart-Thomas finite elements, which permit efficient guaranteed upper bounds. The proposed postprocessing in this thesis considerably increases their efficiency at almost no additional computational costs. Nonconforming finite element methods also give rise to a nonconsistency residual that permits alternative treatment by conforming interpolations. A side aspect concerns the explicit residual-based error estimator that usually yields cheap and optimal refinement indicators for adaptive mesh refinement but not very sharp guaranteed upper bounds. A novel variant of the residual-based error estimator, based on the Luce-Wohlmuth equilibration design, leads to highly improved reliability constants. A large number of numerical experiments compares all implemented error estimators and provides evidence that efficient and guaranteed error control in the energy norm is indeed possible in all model problems under consideration. Particularly, one model problem demonstrates how to extend the error estimators for guaranteed error control on domains with curved boundary.
Batista, Alex de Moura. "Sobre um Sistema do tipo Schrödinger-Poisson." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2012. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/7369.
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In this dissertation, we study the existence of two types of non-negative weak solutions for a class of problems of Schrodinger-Poisson type. This kind of problem models, for example, several physical phenomena in quantum mechanics. Initially, by minimization arguments, Splitting Lemma and the Variational Principle of Ekeland we find a weak solution that minimizes the minimum energy level associated to the variety of Nehari N. This is the so-called ground state solution. Afterwards we will find, by using the Linking Theorem, a strictly positive weak solution which is not a ground state solution: the so-called bound state solution.
Nesta dissertação, estudaremos a existência de dois tipos de soluções fracas não negativas para uma classe de problemas do tipo Schrödinger-Poisson, os quais modelam fenômenos físicos, por exemplo, em Mecânica Quântica. Inicialmente, encontraremos através de argumentos de minimização, do Lema Splitting e do Princípio Variacional de Ekeland, uma solução fraca que minimiza o nível de energia mínima associado a variedade de Nehari N. Tal solução é denominada do tipo ground state. Em seguida, encontraremos através do Teorema de Linking, uma solução fraca estritamente positiva que não é do tipo ground state. Tal solução é denominada do tipo bound state.
Boiger, Wolfgang Josef. "Stabilised finite element approximation for degenerate convex minimisation problems." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16790.
Full textInfimising sequences of nonconvex variational problems often do not converge strongly in Sobolev spaces due to fine oscillations. These oscillations are physically meaningful; finite element approximations, however, fail to resolve them in general. Relaxation methods replace the nonconvex energy with its (semi)convex hull. This leads to a macroscopic model which is degenerate in the sense that it is not strictly convex and possibly admits multiple minimisers. The lack of control on the primal variable leads to difficulties in the a priori and a posteriori finite element error analysis, such as the reliability-efficiency gap and no strong convergence. To overcome these difficulties, stabilisation techniques add a discrete positive definite term to the relaxed energy. Bartels et al. (IFB, 2004) apply stabilisation to two-dimensional problems and thereby prove strong convergence of gradients. This result is restricted to smooth solutions and quasi-uniform meshes, which prohibit adaptive mesh refinements. This thesis concerns a modified stabilisation term and proves convergence of the stress and, for smooth solutions, strong convergence of gradients, even on unstructured meshes. Furthermore, the thesis derives the so-called flux error estimator and proves its reliability and efficiency. For interface problems with piecewise smooth solutions, a refined version of this error estimator is developed, which provides control of the error of the primal variable and its gradient and thus yields strong convergence of gradients. The refined error estimator converges faster than the flux error estimator and therefore narrows the reliability-efficiency gap. Numerical experiments with five benchmark examples from computational microstructure and topology optimisation complement and confirm the theoretical results.
Reinwand, Simon. "Functions of Bounded Variation: Theory, Methods, Applications." Doctoral thesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-23515.
Full textFunktionen beschränkter Variation sind in vielen Bereichen der Mathematik besonders wichtig. Diese Dissertation untersucht Räume von Funktionen einer Variable von beschränkter Variation unterschiedlichen Typs, vergleicht sie mit klassischen Funktionenräumen und enthüllt natürliche „Lebensräume“ von BV-Funktionen. Neue und umfassende Ergebnisse über Abbildungseigenschaften wie Surjektivität und Injektivität, verschiedene Arten von Stetigkeit und Kompaktheit von linearen und nichtlinearen Operatoren zwischen solchen Räumen werden präsentiert. Eine neue Theorie über verschiedene Konvergenzarten von solchen Operatoren wird entwickelt und schließlich auf einen neuen Beweis für die Stetigkeit des Kompositionsoperators im klassischen BV-Raum angewendet. Diese abstrakten Ergebnisse dienen als Zutat für die Lösung von Hammerstein- und Volterra-Integralgleichungen mithilfe von Fixpunktsätzen. Diese liefern viele Kriterien, welche die Existenz und Eindeutigkeit von Lösungen garantieren, die sodann auf Anfangs- und Randwertprobleme in einem nichtklassischen Setting angewendet werden. Besonders Augenmerk liegt auf einer klaren und detaillierte Darstellung. Viele Abbildungen und Tabellen helfen, die wichtigsten Ideen zu visualisieren und zusammenzufassen. Über 160 Beispiele und Gegenbeispiele illustrieren die abstrakten Ergebnisse und zeigen deren Grenzen
"Functions of bounded variation and the isoperimetric inequality." 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5884417.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-80).
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Morgante, Anthony. "Functions of bounded variation, wavelets, and applications to image processing." Thesis, 2006. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/8994/1/MR20730.pdf.
Full textYa-Hui, Hua, and 花雅惠. "Pointwise approximation of functions of locally bounded variation via some integral operators." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11028063423873410706.
Full textLukic, Milivoje. "Spectral Theory for Generalized Bounded Variation Perturbations of Orthogonal Polynomials and Schrödinger Operators." Thesis, 2011. https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/6460/1/Lukic_thesis_print.pdf.
Full textThe purpose of this text is to present some new results in the spectral theory of orthogonal polynomials and Schrodinger operators.
These results concern perturbations of the free Schrodinger operator and of the free case for orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle (which corresponds to Verblunsky coefficients equal to 0) and the real line (which corresponds to off-diagonal Jacobi coefficients equal to 1 and diagonal Jacobi coefficients equal to 0).
The condition central to our results is that of generalized bounded variation. This class consists of finite linear combinations of sequences of rotated bounded variation with an L¹ perturbation.
This generalizes both usual bounded variation and expressions of the form λ(x) cos(φx + α) with λ(x) of bounded variation (and, in particular, with λ(x) = xγ, Wigner-von Neumann potentials) as well as their finite linear combinations.
Assuming generalized bounded variation and an Lp condition (with any finite p) on the perturbation, our results show preservation of absolutely continuous spectrum, absence of singular continuous spectrum, and that embedded pure points in the continuous spectrum can only occur in an explicit finite set.
Chou, Yi-Ming, and 周義銘. "On inequality of Ostrowski''s type for mapping of bounded variation." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61126086281539217087.
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In this dissertation, it consists of five chapters. In the first chapter, we introduce Ostrowski inequality for function of bounded variation. The inequality |∫_a^b▒〖f(x) dx-(b-a)f(x)〗|≤[1/2 (b-a)+|x-(a+b)/2|] V_a^b (f) holds for all x∈(a,b) where f: [a,b] → R is a mapping of bounded variation on [a,b] and V_a^b (f) is the total variation of f on the interval [a,b]. In the second chapter, we introduce Some established Ostrowski''s type inequalities. In the third chapter, we present some refinements of Ostrowski inequalities. In the forth chapter, we present some particular weighted ostrowski inequality and some particular integral of improved ostrowski Inequality. We get some important results. Some inequalities like the weighted trapezoid inequality for mappings of bounded variation and the ‘weighted Ostrowski inequality for mappings of bounded variation. Finally, we discuss Some Particular integral inequality about my main results.
"Minimizing the mass of the codimension-two skeleton of a convex, volume-one polyhedral region." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/70436.
Full textHung, Ming-How, and 洪明皓. "On two-point open Newton-Cotes quadrature formula for mappings of bounded variation and its applications." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69967863911812760292.
Full textÁlamo, Miguel del. "Multiscale Total Variation Estimators for Regression and Inverse Problems." Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0003-C148-2.
Full textMombo, Mingandza Patrick Landry. "Le théorème de lebesgue sur la dérivabilité des fonctions à variation bornée." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/6912.
Full textIn this dissertation, we will be handling a theorem of Lebesgue, one of the most stricking and ultimate of mathematical analysis ; namely a function with bounded variation has a derivative almost everywhere. The aim of our research is to provide, apart from the proof usually offered in measure theory courses, other demontrations achieved with more simple mathematical tools. My contribution was primarily to simplify and to complete these demonstrations, to include the most of the drawings in order to visualize what is being said. For this theorem, which has other presentations, we will give now the history and three different demonstrations.
Chang, Hung-Hau, and 張宏浩. "Bounded Price Variation Model With Rational Expectation and Price Risk-an Analysis for the Price Policy and Simulation in Taiwan Rice Market." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15330594326134019638.
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