A comparative study on optimization methods for the constrained nonlinear programming problems.
A comparison of solvers for linear complementarity problems arising from large-scale masonry structures
We compare the numerical performance of several methods for solving the discrete contact problem arising from the finite element discretisation of elastic systems with numerous contact points. The problem is formulated as a variational inequality and discretised using piecewise quadratic finite elements on a triangulation of the domain. At the discrete level, the variational inequality is reformulated as a classical linear complementarity system. We compare several state-of-art algorithms that have...
A comparison principle for a class of subparabolic equations in Grushin-type spaces.
A complete characterization of invariant jointly rank-r convex quadratic forms and applications to composite materials
The theory of compensated compactness of Murat and Tartar links the algebraic condition of rank-r convexity with the analytic condition of weak lower semicontinuity. The former is an algebraic condition and therefore it is, in principle, very easy to use. However, in applications of this theory, the need for an efficient classification of rank-r convex forms arises. In the present paper, we define the concept of extremal 2-forms and characterize them in the rotationally invariant jointly...
A computational approach to fractures in crystal growth
In the present paper, we motivate and describe a numerical approach in order to detect the creation of fractures in a facet of a crystal evolving by anisotropic mean curvature. The result appears to be in accordance with the known examples of facet-breaking. Graphical simulations are included.
A conception of optimality for algorithms and its application to the optimal search for a minimum
A Constraint Linearization Method for Nondifferentiable Convex Minimization.
A construction of quasiconvex functions with linear growth at infinity
A contribution to methods of Exterior Penalty Functions for Nonlinear Programming
A convergence analysis of Newton's method under the gamma-condition in Banach spaces
We provide a local as well as a semilocal convergence analysis for Newton's method to approximate a locally unique solution of an equation in a Banach space setting. Using a combination of center-gamma with a gamma-condition, we obtain an upper bound on the inverses of the operators involved which can be more precise than those given in the elegant works by Smale, Wang, and Zhao and Wang. This observation leads (under the same or less computational cost) to a convergence analysis with the following...
A convergence result and numerical study for a nonlinear piezoelectric material in a frictional contact process with a conductive foundation
We consider two static problems which describe the contact between a piezoelectric body and an obstacle, the so-called foundation. The constitutive relation of the material is assumed to be electro-elastic and involves the nonlinear elastic constitutive Hencky's law. In the first problem, the contact is assumed to be frictionless, and the foundation is nonconductive, while in the second it is supposed to be frictional, and the foundation is electrically conductive. The contact is modeled with the...
A convergence result for evolutionary variational inequalities and applications to antiplane frictional contact problems
We consider a class of evolutionary variational inequalities depending on a parameter, the so-called viscosity. We recall existence and uniqueness results, both in the viscous and inviscid case. Then we prove that the solution of the inequality involving viscosity converges to the solution of the corresponding inviscid problem as the viscosity converges to zero. Finally, we apply these abstract results in the study of two antiplane quasistatic frictional contact problems with viscoelastic and elastic...
A convergence result for the Gradient Flow of ∫ |A| 2 in Riemannian Manifolds
We study the gradient flow of the L2−norm of the second fundamental form for smooth immersions of two-dimensional surfaces into compact Riemannian manifolds. By analogy with the results obtained in [10] and [11] for the Willmore flow, we prove lifespan estimates in terms of the L2−concentration of the second fundamental form of the initial data and we show the existence of blowup limits. Under special condition both on the initial data and on the target manifold, we prove a long time existence result...
A convergent algorithm for solving linear programs with an additional reverse convex constraint
A Counterexample for Some Lower Semicontinuity Results.
A counter-example to some recent existence results on implicit variational inequalities
In this note we prove that some recent results on an implicit variational inequality problem for multivalued mappings, which seem to extend and improve some well-known and celebrated results, are not correct.
A criterion for pure unrectifiability of sets (via universal vector bundle)
Let m,n be positive integers such that m < n and let G(n,m) be the Grassmann manifold of all m-dimensional subspaces of ℝⁿ. For V ∈ G(n,m) let denote the orthogonal projection from ℝⁿ onto V. The following characterization of purely unrectifiable sets holds. Let A be an -measurable subset of ℝⁿ with . Then A is purely m-unrectifiable if and only if there exists a null subset Z of the universal bundle such that, for all P ∈ A, one has . One can replace “for all P ∈ A” by “for -a.e. P ∈...
A criterion of Γ-nullness and differentiability of convex and quasiconvex functions
We introduce a criterion for a set to be Γ-null. Using it we give a shorter proof of the result that the set of points where a continuous convex function on a separable Asplund space is not Fréchet differentiable is Γ-null. Our criterion also implies a new result about Gâteaux (and Hadamard) differentiability of quasiconvex functions.
A critical point result for non-differentiable indefinite functionals
In this paper, two deformation lemmas concerning a family of indefinite, non necessarily continuously differentiable functionals are proved. A critical point theorem, which extends the classical result of Benci-Rabinowitz [14, Theorem 5.29] to the above-mentioned setting, is then deduced.
A degenerate parabolic equation in noncylindrical domains.