We study zero-temperature Ising Glauber Dynamics, on 2D slabs of thickness k ≥ 2. In this model, ±1-valued spins at integer sites update according to majority vote dynamics with two opinions. We show that all spins reaches a final state (that is, the system fixates) for k = 2 under free boundary conditions and for k = 2 or 3 under periodic boundary conditions. For thicker slabs there are sites ...

We investigate the condition number of the matrices that appear in the boundary element method. In particular we consider the Laplace equation with mixed boundary conditions. For Dirichlet boundary conditions, the condition number of the system matrix increases linearly with the number of boundary elements. We extend the research and search for a relation between the condition number and the nu...

We revisit the classification problem and focus on nonlinear methods for classification on manifolds. For multivariate datasets lying on an embedded nonlinear Riemannian manifold within the higher-dimensional space, our aim is to acquire a classification boundary between the classes with labels. Motivated by the principal flow [14], a curve that moves along a path of the maximum variation of th...

Available constraints on metamorphic reaction rates derived from the study of natural systems are similar to, or slightly lower than, the bulk strain rates measured in the same rocks. Here, we explore whether this apparent relationship is merely coincidence or due to a more fundamental mechanistic link between reaction and strain. Grain boundary migration accommodated dislocation creep (GBMDC) ...

The three–dimensional incompressible viscous Boussinesq equations, under the assumption of hydrostatic balance, govern the large scale dynamics of atmospheric and oceanic motion, and are commonly called the primitive equations. To overcome the turbulence mixing a partial vertical diffusion is usually added to the temperature advection (or density stratification) equation. In this paper we prove...

We propose a novel unified particle representation for fluids and solid boundaries in Implicit Incompressible SPH (IISPH). In contrast to existing particle representations, the proposed concept does not require a separate processing of fluid and boundary particles. On one hand, this results in a simplified solver implementation with improved efficiency. On the other hand, the unified fluid and ...

We will consider the inverse conductivity problem or Calderón problem [11] in three dimensions (and higher). The fundamental paper is the work of Sylvester and Uhlmann [23] which gives global uniqueness in the inverse conductivity problem in three dimensions. In this problem we want to find a coefficient in an elliptic differential operator The first step will be to recover the coefficient at t...

This paper is concerned with the first crossing of an order statistic point process through general moving boundaries. Our purpose is to determine exact boundary crossing probabilities in both one and two boundary cases. Simple recursive methods are obtained that exploit an underlying algebraic structure of polynomial type. This structure is a direct consequence of the order statistic property....

This paper proves sharp inequalities for the frequencies of vibration of strings and cylindrical membranes, under either fixed or fixed-free boundary conditions. We establish such inequalities also on the "generalized" cylinder, which is the cross-product of an interval with a homogeneous Riemannian manifold. The goal is to better understand the effect that inhomogeneities in the mass distribut...