• The dual problem is always convex no matter if the primal problem is convex, i.e., g is always concave. • The primal and dual optimal values, f∗ and g∗, always satisfy weak duality: f∗ ≥ g∗. • Slater’s condition: for convex primal, if there is an x such that h1(x) < 0, · · · , hm(x) < 0 and l1(x) = 0, · · · , lr(x) = 0 (12.5) then strong duality holds: f∗ = g∗. Note that the condition can be ...

We analyze the structure of the algebraic manifolds Y of dimension 3 with H(Y,ΩjY ) = 0 for all j ≥ 0, i > 0 and h 0(Y,OY ) > 1, by showing the deformation invariant of some open surfaces. Secondly, we show when a smooth threefold with nonconstant regular functions satisfies the vanishing Hodge cohomology. As an application, we prove the existence of nonaffine and nonproduct threefolds Y with t...

A direct adaptive neural network tracking control scheme is presented for a class of nonaffine nonlinear systems with zero dynamics. The method does not assume boundedness on the time derivative of a control effectiveness term. Parameters in neural networks are updated using a gradient descent method which designed in order to minimize a quadratic cost function of the error between the unknown ...

We present a design for an omnidirectional transformation-optics (TO) cloak comprising thin lenses and glenses (generalized thin lenses) [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A33, 962 (2016)1084-7529JOAOD610.1364/JOSAA.33.000962]. It should be possible to realize such devices in pixelated form. Our design is a piecewise nonaffine generalization of piecewise affine pixelated-TO devices [Proc. SPIE9193, 91931E (2014...

Networks of filamentous proteins play a crucial role in cell mechanics. These cytoskeletal networks, together with various cross-linking and other associated proteins largely determine the (visco)elastic response of cells. In this Letter we study a model system of cross-linked, stiff filaments in order to explore the connection between the microstructure under strain and the macroscopic respons...

We present a common variational framework for dense depth recovery and dense three-dimensional motion field estimation from multiple video sequences, which is robust to camera spectral sensitivity differences and illumination changes. For this purpose, we first show that both problems reduce to a generic image matching problem after backprojecting the input images onto suitable surfaces. We the...

The purpose of this paper is to provide sufficient conditions for asymptotic stabilization in probability of nonlinear control stochastic differential systems by means of smooth state feedback laws. In particular, we prove that, as in the case of stochastic differential systems affine in the control, one can compute stabilizing feedback laws provided the unforced stochastic differential system ...

We provide a detailed comparison of the two-dimensional, temporal and spatiotemporal linearized analyses viscoelastic free shear flows in limit low to moderate Reynolds number Elasticity obeying four different types stress-strain constitutive equations: Oldroyd-B, Upper Convected Maxwell, Johnson-Segalman (JS) linear Phan-Thien Tanner (PTT). The resulting fourth-order Orr-Sommerfeld Equation is...