arXiv research

Paper derives invariantised Euler-Lagrange equations for Herglotz problems.

Geometric framework for dissipative systems on Lie algebroids.

The present paper extends the classical second-order variational problem of Herglotz type to the more general context of the Euclidean sphere S^n following variational and optimal control approaches. The relation between the Hamiltonian equations and the generalized Euler-Lagrange equations is established. This problem…

Variational reduction simplifies Lagrangian systems with scaling symmetries.

In this article we develop a theory of contact systems with nonholonomic constraints. We obtain the dynamics from Herglotz's variational principle, by restricting the variations so that they satisfy the nonholonomic constraints. We prove that the nonholonomic dynamics can be obtained as a projection of the unconstraine…

Injectivity of geodesic ray transform on specific Finsler manifolds proven.

Develop contact Tulczyjew formalism for dissipative dynamics on skew algebroids.

The paper integrates dissipative and curl forces using geometric methods.

We prove a trace formula for three-dimensional spherically symmetric Riemannian manifolds with boundary which satisfy the Herglotz condition: The wave trace is singular precisely at the length spectrum of periodic broken rays. In particular, the Neumann spectrum of the Laplace--Beltrami operator uniquely determines the…

Reduces equations for contact mechanical systems on Lie groups by exploiting symmetries.

Research decouples Lie algebroids using bicocycle double cross product theory.

We study ray transforms on spherically symmetric manifolds with a piecewise $C^{1,1}$ metric. Assuming the Herglotz condition, the X-ray transform is injective on the space of $L^2$ functions on such manifolds. We also prove injectivity results for broken ray transforms (with and without periodicity) on such manifolds …

This paper extends the evolution operator to contact mechanics, linking Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations.

Reduces symplectic Hamiltonian systems to contact systems, realizing Poincaré's dream.

Suppose M_t is a smooth family of compact connected two dimensional submanifolds of Euclidean space E^3 without boundary varying isometrically in their induced Riemannian metrics. Then we show that the mean curvature integrals over M_t are constant. It is unknown whether there are nontrivial such bendings. The estimate…

In this paper we analyze the local and global boundary rigidity problem for general Riemannian manifolds with boundary $(M,g)$. We show that the boundary distance function, i.e., $d_g|_{\partial M\times\partial M}$, known near a point $p\in \partial M$ at which $\partial M$ is strictly convex, determines $g$ in a suita…

New statistical biharmonic maps derived from a variation problem.

Noether theorem applied to variational problems on hyperbolic surfaces.

Newton's method solves variational problems on manifolds.

New variational principle found for non-variational differential equations.

Study on new Monge-Ampère functionals and their variational problems.

New variational method solves submodular maximum coverage problem efficiently.

Generalizes Hamiltonian theory for variational problems, applied to first order gravity.

A Finsler geometry may be understood as a homogeneous variational problem, where the Finsler function is the Lagrangian. The extremals in Finsler geometry are curves, but in more general variational problems we might consider extremal submanifolds of dimension $m$. In this minicourse we discuss these problems from a ge…

We present a family of complexes playing the same role, for homogeneous variational problems, that the horizontal parts of the variational bicomplex play for variational problems on a fibred manifold. We show that, modulo certain pullbacks, each of these complexes (apart from the first one) is globally exact. All the c…

A framework uses variational Bayes for solving inverse problems efficiently.

This paper learns variational models and solvers for inverse problems from incomplete data.

After a brief introduction to several variational problems in the study of shapes of thin thickness structures, we deal with variational problems on 2-dimensional surface in 3-dimensional Euclidian space by using exterior differential forms. The morphological problems of lipid bilayers and stabilities of cell membranes…

Neural networks solve variational inequalities for optimal stopping problems.

Variational Gaussian Processes solve linear inverse problems efficiently.

In this thesis we deal with two different classes of variational problems: 1) the problem of closed curves with prescribed curvature, or $H$-loop problem; 2) the study of the nodal solutions of the fractional Brezis-Nirenberg problem. In both cases we deal with nonlinear equations (an ODE system for problem 1, and an e…

We prove an equivariant implicit function theorem for variational problems that are invariant under a varying symmetry group (corresponding to a bundle of Lie groups). Motivated by applications to families of geometric variational problems lacking regularity, several non-smooth extensions of the result are discussed. A…

If a variational problem comes with no boundary conditions prescribed beforehand, and yet these arise as a consequence of the variation process itself, we speak of a free boundary values variational problem. Such is, for instance, the problem of finding the shortest curve whose endpoints can slide along two prescribed …

The paper generalizes convex and star-shaped concepts to symplectic spaces and studies variational problems.

We define a new formal Riemannian metric on a conformal class in the context of the $v_{\frac{n}{2}}$-Yamabe problem. Our construction leads to a new variational characterization and a new parabolic flow approach to this problem. Moreover, this variational framework suggests that solutions to this problem are unique in…

Survey of methods for solving smooth stochastic variational inequalities.

Extends tracking guarantees for time-varying variational inequalities.

In this article we study constrained variational problems in one independent variable defined on the space of integral curves of a Frenet system in a homogeneous space G/H. We prove that if the Lagrangian is G-invariant and coisotropic then the extremal curves can be found by quadratures. Our proof is constructive and …

Elvet solves differential equations and variational problems with neural networks.

We study the variational problem for $N$-parallel curves on a Finslerian surface by means of Exterior Differential Systems using Griffiths' method. We obtain the conditions when these curves are extremals of a length functional and write the explicit form of Euler-Lagrange equations for this type of variational problem…

Study on geometric variational problems for existence, regularity, and uniqueness of solutions.

Derives optimal control conditions using calculus of variations.

Study variational problems for integral invariants of maps between pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.

This paper combines three techniques to reduce communications in distributed variational inequalities.

We propose a family of variational approximations to Bayesian posterior distributions, called $α$-VB, with provable statistical guarantees. The standard variational approximation is a special case of $α$-VB with $α=1$. When $α\in(0,1]$, a novel class of variational inequalities are developed for linking the Bayes risk …

Paper introduces variational inference for Bayesian inverse problems with gamma hyperpriors.

The inverse problem of the calculus of variations asks whether a given system of partial differential equations (PDEs) admits a variational formulation. We show that the existence of a presymplectic form in the variational bicomplex, when horizontally closed on solutions, allows us to construct a variational formulatio…

A new method solves variational inequality problems with multiple constraints without needing optimal Lagrange multipliers.