{"title":"On Atomistic-to-Continuum Couplings without Ghost Forces in Three Dimensions","authors":"C. Makridakis, D. Mitsoudis, P. Rosakis","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABT005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABT005","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we construct energy-based numerical methods free of ghost forces in three-dimensional lattices arising in crystalline materials modeled by pair interaction potentials. The analysis hinges on establishing a connection of the coupled system to conforming finite elements. Key ingredients are: (i) a new representation of discrete derivatives related to long range interactions of atoms as volume integrals of gradients of piecewise linear functions over bond volumes, and (ii) the construction of an underlying globally continuous function representing the coupled modeling method.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"4 1","pages":"87-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87129879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bifurcations of Asymmetric Vortices in Symmetric Harmonic Traps","authors":"D. Pelinovsky, P. Kevrekidis","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABS016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABS016","url":null,"abstract":"We show that, under the effect of rotation, symmetric vortices located at the center of a two-dimensional harmonic potential are subject to a pitchfork bifurcation with radial symmetry. This bifurcation leads to the family of asymmetric vortices, which precess constantly along an orbit enclosing the center of symmetry. The radius of the orbit depends monotonically on the difference between the rotation frequency and the eigenfrequency of negative Krein signature associated with the symmetric vortex. We show that both symmetric and asymmetric vortices are spectrally and orbitally stable with respect to small time-dependent perturbations for rotation frequencies exceeding the bifurcation eigenfrequency. At the same time, the symmetric vortex is a local minimizer of energy for supercritical rotation frequencies, whereas the asymmetric vortex corresponds to a saddle point of energy. For subcritical rotation frequencies, the symmetric vortex is a saddle point of the energy.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"6 1","pages":"127-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78706043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonnegative Weak Solutions for a Degenerate System Modeling the Spreading of Surfactant on Thin Films","authors":"M. Chugunova, R. Taranets","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABS014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABS014","url":null,"abstract":"Depending on the parameter range, we prove local and global in time existence of nonnegative weak solutions to a coupled system of two degenerate parabolic equations. This system models the spreading of an insoluble surfactant on a thin liquid film. This model includes gravity, surface tension, capillarity effects, and van der Waals forces. The surface diffusion coefficient is not assumed constant and depends on the surfactant concentration.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"19 1","pages":"102-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72932108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xavier Blanc, F. Legoll, F. Legoll, Arnaud Anantharaman, Arnaud Anantharaman
{"title":"Asymptotic Behavior of Green Functions of Divergence form Operators with Periodic Coefficients","authors":"Xavier Blanc, F. Legoll, F. Legoll, Arnaud Anantharaman, Arnaud Anantharaman","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABS013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABS013","url":null,"abstract":"This article is concerned with the asymptotic behavior, at infinity and at the origin, of Green functions of operators of the form Lu= −div(A∇u), where A is a periodic, coercive, and bounded matrix.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"37 1","pages":"79-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87564788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantum Transport in Disordered Systems Under Magnetic Fields: A Study Based on Operator Algebras","authors":"E. Prodan","doi":"10.1093/amrx/abs017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/amrx/abs017","url":null,"abstract":"The linear conductivity tensor for generic homogeneous, microscopic quantum models was formulated as a noncommutative Kubo formula in Refs. cite{BELLISSARD:1994xj,Schulz-Baldes:1998vm,Schulz-Baldes:1998oq}. This formula was derived directly in the thermodynamic limit, within the framework of $C^*$-algebras and noncommutative calculi defined over infinite spaces. As such, the numerical implementation of the formalism encountered fundamental obstacles. The present work defines a $C^*$-algebra and an approximate noncommutative calculus over a finite real-space torus, which naturally leads to an approximate finite-volume noncommutative Kubo formula, amenable on a computer. For finite temperatures and dissipation, it is shown that this approximate formula converges exponentially fast to its thermodynamic limit, which is the exact noncommutative Kubo formula. The approximate noncommutative Kubo formula is then deconstructed to a form that is implementable on a computer and simulations of the quantum transport in a 2-dimensional disordered lattice gas in a magnetic field are presented.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"30 1","pages":"176-265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84124872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rational Construction of Stochastic Numerical Methods for Molecular Sampling","authors":"B. Leimkuhler, Charles Matthews","doi":"10.1093/amrx/abs010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/amrx/abs010","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we focus on the sampling of the configurational Gibbs-Boltzmann distribution, that is, the calculation of averages of functions of the position coordinates of a molecular $N$-body system modelled at constant temperature. We show how a formal series expansion of the invariant measure of a Langevin dynamics numerical method can be obtained in a straightforward way using the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff lemma. We then compare Langevin dynamics integrators in terms of their invariant distributions and demonstrate a superconvergence property (4th order accuracy where only 2nd order would be expected) of one method in the high friction limit; this method, moreover, can be reduced to a simple modification of the Euler-Maruyama method for Brownian dynamics involving a non-Markovian (coloured noise) random process. In the Brownian dynamics case, 2nd order accuracy of the invariant density is achieved. All methods considered are efficient for molecular applications (requiring one force evaluation per timestep) and of a simple form. In fully resolved (long run) molecular dynamics simulations, for our favoured method, we observe up to two orders of magnitude improvement in configurational sampling accuracy for given stepsize with no evident reduction in the size of the largest usable timestep compared to common alternative methods.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"12 1","pages":"34-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81967831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exponential Rate of Convergence to Equilibrium for a Model Describing Fiber Lay-Down Processes","authors":"J. Dolbeault, A. Klar, C. Mouhot, C. Schmeiser","doi":"10.1093/amrx/abs015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/amrx/abs015","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is devoted to the adaptation of the method developed in [4,3] to a Fokker-Planck equation for fiber lay-down which has been studied in [1,5]. Exponential convergence towards a unique stationary state is proved in a norm which is equivalent to a weighted $L^2$ norm. The method is based on a micro / macro decomposition which is well adapted to the diffusion limit regime.","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"52 1","pages":"165-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81395179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regularized Regression and Density Estimation based on Optimal Transport","authors":"M. Burger, Marzena Franek, C. Schönlieb","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABS007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABS007","url":null,"abstract":"The work of M.B. has been supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG) through project Regularization with Singular Energies. C.B.S acknowledges the financial support provided by the Cambridge Centre for Analysis (CCA), the DFG Graduiertenkolleg 1023 Identification in Mathematical Models: Synergy of Stochastic and Numerical Methods and the project WWTF Five senses-Call 2006, Mathematical Methods for Image Analysis and Processing in the Visual Arts. Further, this publication is based on work supported by Award No. KUK-I1-007-43, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"70 1","pages":"209-253"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90786118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asymptotic Analysis of Two Coupled Large Capacity Queues with Vastly Different Arrival Rates","authors":"C. Knessl, J. Morrison","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABR010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABR010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"52 1","pages":"47-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84654741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wigner Measures and the Semi-Classical Limit to the Aubry-Mather Measure","authors":"D. Gomes, A. Lopes, J. Mohr","doi":"10.1093/AMRX/ABR018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/AMRX/ABR018","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the semi-classical limit of Wigner measures defined on the tangent bundle of the one-dimensional torus. In particular we show the convergence of Wigner measures to the Mather measure on the tangent bundle, for energy levels above the minimum of the effective Hamiltonian. The Wigner measures μh we consider are associated to ψh, a distinguished critical solution of the Evans’ quantum action given by ψh = ah e i uh h , with ah(x) = e v∗ h(x)−vh(x) 2h , uh(x) = P ·x+ v ∗ h(x)+vh(x) 2 , and vh, v ∗ h satisfying the equations − h∆vh 2 + 1 2 |P +Dvh | + V = Hh(P ), h∆v∗ h 2 + 1 2 |P +Dv∗ h | + V = Hh(P ), where the constant Hh(P ) is the h effective potential and x is on the torus. L. C. Evans considered limit measures |ψh| in T, when h→ 0, for any n ≥ 1. We consider the limit measures on the phase space T×R, for n = 1, and, in addition, we obtain rigorous asymptotic expansions for the functions vh, and v ∗ h, when h→ 0. (*) Partially supported by CAMGSD/IST through FCT Program POCTI FEDER and by grants PTDC/MAT/114397/2009, UTAustin/MAT/0057/2008, PTDC/EEA-ACR/67020/2006, PTDC/MAT/69635/2006, and PTDC/MAT/72840/2006, and by the bilateral agreement Brazil-Portugal (CAPES-FCT) 248/09. (**) Partially supported by CNPq, PRONEX – Sistemas Dinâmicos, INCT, and beneficiary of CAPES financial support. (***) Partially supported by a CNPq postdoc scholarship. 1 2 DIOGO A. GOMES (*), ARTUR O. LOPES (**), AND JOANA MOHR (***)","PeriodicalId":89656,"journal":{"name":"Applied mathematics research express : AMRX","volume":"176 1","pages":"152-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78264462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}