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The invertibility of the isoparametric mappings for triangular quadratic Lagrange finite elements

Josef Dalík (2012)

Applications of Mathematics

A reference triangular quadratic Lagrange finite element consists of a right triangle K ^ with unit legs S 1 , S 2 , a local space ^ of quadratic polynomials on K ^ and of parameters relating the values in the vertices and midpoints of sides of K ^ to every function from ^ . Any isoparametric triangular quadratic Lagrange finite element is determined by an invertible isoparametric mapping h = ( F 1 , F 2 ) ^ × ^ . We explicitly describe such invertible isoparametric mappings h for which the images h ( S 1 ) , h ( S 2 ) of the segments S 1 , S 2 are segments,...

The island model as a Markov dynamic system

Robert Schaefer, Aleksander Byrski, Maciej Smołka (2012)

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

Parallel multi-deme genetic algorithms are especially advantageous because they allow reducing the time of computations and can perform a much broader search than single-population ones. However, their formal analysis does not seem to have been studied exhaustively enough. In this paper we propose a mathematical framework describing a wide class of island-like strategies as a stationary Markov chain. Our approach uses extensively the modeling principles introduced by Vose, Rudolph and their collaborators....

The Kendall theorem and its application to the geometric ergodicity of Markov chains

Witold Bednorz (2013)

Applicationes Mathematicae

We give an improved quantitative version of the Kendall theorem. The Kendall theorem states that under mild conditions imposed on a probability distribution on the positive integers (i.e. a probability sequence) one can prove convergence of its renewal sequence. Due to the well-known property (the first entrance last exit decomposition) such results are of interest in the stability theory of time-homogeneous Markov chains. In particular this approach may be used to measure rates of convergence of...

The Lazy Travelling Salesman Problem in 2

Paz Polak, Gershon Wolansky (2007)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We study a parameter (σ) dependent relaxation of the Travelling Salesman Problem on  2 . The relaxed problem is reduced to the Travelling Salesman Problem as σ 0. For increasing σ it is also an ordered clustering algorithm for a set of points in 2 . A dual formulation is introduced, which reduces the problem to a convex optimization, provided the minimizer is in the domain of convexity of the relaxed functional. It is shown that this last condition is generically satisfied, provided σ is large enough. ...

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