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4 Citations
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The Dynamics of a Continuous Newton-like Method

  • Manoj K. Singh and
  • Ioannis K. Argyros

2 October 2022

The objective of the current work is to invent and introduce the continuous version of Newton’s method. This scheme is used to establish some interesting properties with examples. We have plotted the fractal pattern graphs for a Newton-like met...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods in Analysis and Applications, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,401 Views
22 Pages

A Third Order Newton-Like Method and Its Applications

  • D. R. Sahu,
  • Ravi P. Agarwal and
  • Vipin Kumar Singh

30 December 2018

In this paper, we design a new third order Newton-like method and establish its convergence theory for finding the approximate solutions of nonlinear operator equations in the setting of Banach spaces. First, we discuss the convergence analysis of ou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,673 Views
17 Pages

On Various High-Order Newton-Like Power Flow Methods for Well and Ill-Conditioned Cases

  • Talal Alharbi,
  • Marcos Tostado-Véliz,
  • Omar Alrumayh and
  • Francisco Jurado

24 August 2021

Recently, the high-order Newton-like methods have gained popularity for solving power flow problems due to their simplicity, versatility and, in some cases, efficiency. In this context, recent research studied the applicability of the 4th order Jarra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Reliability Modeling, Optimization and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,838 Views
17 Pages

21 February 2023

In this study, we present a convergence analysis of a Newton-like midpoint method for solving nonlinear equations in a Banach space setting. The semilocal convergence is analyzed in two different ways. The first one is shown by replacing the existing...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,520 Views
11 Pages

Local Convergence of an Optimal Eighth Order Method under Weak Conditions

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Ramandeep Behl and
  • S.S. Motsa

19 August 2015

We study the local convergence of an eighth order Newton-like method to approximate a locally-unique solution of a nonlinear equation. Earlier studies, such as Chen et al. (2015) show convergence under hypotheses on the seventh derivative or even hig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Algorithms for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,070 Views
12 Pages

Extended Comparative Study between Newton’s and Steffensen-like Methods with Applications

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Christopher Argyros,
  • Johan Ceballos and
  • Daniel González

10 August 2022

Comparisons between Newton’s and Steffensen-like methods are given for solving systems of equations as well as Banach space valued equations. Our idea of the restricted convergence domain is used to compare the sufficient convergence criteria o...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,115 Views
15 Pages

On Some Improved Harmonic Mean Newton-Like Methods for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations

  • Diyashvir Kreetee Rajiv Babajee,
  • Kalyanasundaram Madhu and
  • Jayakumar Jayaraman

9 October 2015

In this work, we have developed a fourth order Newton-like method based on harmonic mean and its multi-step version for solving system of nonlinear equations. The new fourth order method requires evaluation of one function and two first order Fréchet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Algorithms for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,255 Views
13 Pages

A Newton-like Midpoint Method for Solving Equations in Banach Space

  • Samundra Regmi,
  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Gagan Deep and
  • Laxmi Rathour

27 March 2023

The present paper includes the local and semilocal convergence analysis of a fourth-order method based on the quadrature formula in Banach spaces. The weaker hypotheses used are based only on the first Fréchet derivative. The new approach provides th...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,522 Views
20 Pages

Exploiting the S-Iteration Process for Solving Power Flow Problems: Novel Algorithms and Comprehensive Analysis

  • Marcos Tostado-Véliz,
  • Salah Kamel,
  • Ibrahim B. M. Taha and
  • Francisco Jurado

2 December 2021

In recent studies, the competitiveness of the Newton-S-Iteration-Process (Newton-SIP) techniques to efficiently solve the Power Flow (PF) problems in both well and ill-conditioned systems has been highlighted, concluding that these methods may be sui...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Intelligence Application in Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,239 Views
13 Pages

Fifth-Order Iterative Method for Solving Multiple Roots of the Highest Multiplicity of Nonlinear Equation

  • Juan Liang,
  • Xiaowu Li,
  • Zhinan Wu,
  • Mingsheng Zhang and ,
  • Lin Wang and
  • Feng Pan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 August 2015

A three-step iterative method with fifth-order convergence as a new modification of Newton’s method was presented. This method is for finding multiple roots of nonlinear equation with unknown multiplicity m whose multiplicity m is the highest multipl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Algorithms for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,872 Views
12 Pages

20 November 2015

We present a local convergence analysis of an eighth order three step methodin order to approximate a locally unique solution of nonlinear equation in a Banach spacesetting. In an earlier study by Sharma and Arora (2015), the order of convergence was...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Algorithms for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
826 Views
21 Pages

28 September 2025

The local convergence analysis of the m+1-step Newton-Jarratt composite scheme with order 2m+1 has been shown previously. But the convergence order 2m+1 is obtained using Taylor series and assumptions on the existence of at least the fifth derivative...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Theory and Applications of Nonlinear Analysis, Fractional Calculus and Optimization, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,411 Views
24 Pages

The Optimal Order Newton’s Like Methods with Dynamics

  • Manoj Kumar Singh and
  • Arvind K. Singh

3 March 2021

In this paper, we have obtained three optimal order Newton’s like methods of order four, eight, and sixteen for solving nonlinear algebraic equations. The convergence analysis of all the optimal order methods is discussed separately. We have discusse...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,865 Views
19 Pages

Newton-like Normal S-iteration under Weak Conditions

  • Manoj K. Singh,
  • Ioannis K. Argyros and
  • Arvind K. Singh

8 March 2023

In the present paper, we introduced a quadratically convergent Newton-like normal S-iteration method free from the second derivative for the solution of nonlinear equations permitting f′(x)=0 at some points in the neighborhood of the root. Our...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Analysis Is the Theoretical Basis of a Number of Mathematical Disciplines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,132 Views
11 Pages

Modified Optimal Class of Newton-Like Fourth-Order Methods for Multiple Roots

  • Munish Kansal,
  • Ramandeep Behl,
  • Mohammed Ali A. Mahnashi and
  • Fouad Othman Mallawi

11 April 2019

Here, we propose optimal fourth-order iterative methods for approximating multiple zeros of univariate functions. The proposed family is composed of two stages and requires 3 functional values at each iteration. We also suggest an extensive convergen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry with Operator Theory and Equations)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,262 Views
17 Pages

An Efficient Iterative Method Based on Two-Stage Splitting Methods to Solve Weakly Nonlinear Systems

  • Abdolreza Amiri,
  • Mohammad Taghi Darvishi,
  • Alicia Cordero and
  • Juan Ramón Torregrosa

3 September 2019

In this paper, an iterative method for solving large, sparse systems of weakly nonlinear equations is presented. This method is based on Hermitian/skew-Hermitian splitting (HSS) scheme. Under suitable assumptions, we establish the convergence theorem...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
452 Views
12 Pages

An Iterative Method for Solving the Inverse Problem for an Integral Dynamic Model with a Discontinuous Kernel

  • Aleksandr N. Tynda,
  • Denis N. Sidorov,
  • Nikolai A. Sidorov and
  • Aliona I. Dreglea

18 June 2026

The paper addresses an inverse problem for a nonlinear Volterra integral equation of the first kind with a piecewise continuous kernel whose discontinuity curves are the unknown functions. Such models arise in the theory of developing systems, power...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,090 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, we consider a fully discrete interpolated coefficient mixed finite element method for semilinear time fractional reaction–diffusion equations. The classic L1 scheme based on graded meshes and new mixed finite element based on tri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Spatial and Temporal Discretizations of Fractional PDEs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
4,154 Views
14 Pages

An Optimal Fourth Order Derivative-Free Numerical Algorithm for Multiple Roots

  • Sunil Kumar,
  • Deepak Kumar,
  • Janak Raj Sharma,
  • Clemente Cesarano and ,
  • Praveen Agarwal and
  • Yu-Ming Chu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 June 2020

A plethora of higher order iterative methods, involving derivatives in algorithms, are available in the literature for finding multiple roots. Contrary to this fact, the higher order methods without derivatives in the iteration are difficult to const...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,524 Views
24 Pages

Aeroengine Diagnosis Using a New Robust Gradient-like Methodology

  • Jose Rodrigo,
  • Luis Sanchez de Leon,
  • Jose L. Montañes and
  • Jose M. Vega

A new gradient-like methodology has been developed for aeroengine diagnosis, determining the engine health condition, which is defined by the engine degradation from an undegraded state and uses measurements at various sensors distributed along the e...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,697 Views
13 Pages

A Novel Family of Efficient Weighted-Newton Multiple Root Iterations

  • Deepak Kumar,
  • Janak Raj Sharma and
  • Lorentz Jăntschi

10 September 2020

We propose a novel family of seventh-order iterative methods for computing multiple zeros of a nonlinear function. The algorithm consists of three steps, of which the first two are the steps of recently developed Liu–Zhou fourth-order method, w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Numerical Analysis and Numerical Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,871 Views
12 Pages

Newton-like Polynomial-Coded Distributed Computing for Numerical Stability

  • Mingjun Dai,
  • Xiong Lai,
  • Yanli Tong and
  • Bingchun Li

6 July 2023

For coded distributed computing (CDC), polynomial code is one prevalent encoding method for CDC (called Poly-CDC). It suffers from poor numerical stability due to the Vandermonde matrix serving as the coefficient matrix which needs to be inverted, an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in New-Generation Communication and Symmetry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,099 Views
19 Pages

Numerical Approach for Solving Delay Differential Equations with Boundary Conditions

  • Nur Tasnem Jaaffar,
  • Zanariah Abdul Majid and
  • Norazak Senu

2 July 2020

In the present paper, a fifth-order direct multistep block method is proposed for solving the second-order Delay Differential Equations (DDEs) directly with boundary conditions using constant step size. In many life sciences applications, a delay pla...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Methods for Solving Differential Problems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,083 Views
18 Pages

A Finite Volume and Levenberg–Marquardt Optimization Framework for Benchmarking MHD Flows over Backward-Facing Steps

  • Spyridon Katsoudas,
  • Grigorios Chrimatopoulos,
  • Michalis Xenos and
  • Efstratios Tzirtzilakis

12 September 2025

Understanding and modeling the effect of magnetic fields on flows that present separation properties, such as those over a backward-facing step (BFS), is critical due to its role in metallurgical processes, nuclear reactor cooling, plasma confinement...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Views
23 Pages

3 November 2026

Boundary reflections are usually treated as interference in underwater acoustic localization, yet their position-dependent delays can form a virtual aperture for a single transceiver. This paper develops a geometry-constrained method for exploiting t...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,946 Views
15 Pages

On the Applicability of Two Families of Cubic Techniques for Power Flow Analysis

  • Marcos Tostado-Véliz,
  • Salah Kamel,
  • Francisco Jurado and
  • Francisco J. Ruiz-Rodriguez

7 July 2021

This work presents a comprehensive analysis of two cubic techniques for Power Flow (PF) studies. In this regard, the families of Weerakoon-like and Darvishi-like techniques are considered. Several theoretical findings are presented and posteriorly co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Power Engineering: Efficiency and Control Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,468 Views
16 Pages

16 August 2019

In this work, we construct a family of seventh order iterative methods for finding multiple roots of a nonlinear function. The scheme consists of three steps, of which the first is Newton’s step and last two are the weighted-Newton steps. Hence...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Complexity 2019)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,335 Views
22 Pages

A Graphic Method for Detecting Multiple Roots Based on Self-Maps of the Hopf Fibration and Nullity Tolerances

  • José Ignacio Extreminana-Aldana,
  • José Manuel Gutiérrez-Jiménez,
  • Luis Javier Hernández-Paricio and
  • María Teresa Rivas-Rodríguéz

11 August 2021

The aim of this paper is to study, from a topological and geometrical point of view, the iteration map obtained by the application of iterative methods (Newton or relaxed Newton’s method) to a polynomial equation. In fact, we present a collection of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends and Developments in Numerical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,616 Views
26 Pages

20 October 2023

While first-order methods are popular for solving optimization problems arising in deep learning, they come with some acute deficiencies. To overcome these shortcomings, there has been recent interest in introducing second-order information through q...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Optimization in Honor of the 60th Birthday of Marko M. Mäkelä)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,272 Views
17 Pages

16 July 2020

In this paper, we present a comparative study between Sinc–Galerkin method and a modified version of the variational iteration method (VIM) to solve non-linear Sturm–Liouville eigenvalue problem. In the Sinc method, the problem under cons...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Numerical Functional Analysis with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,631 Views
17 Pages

8 September 2021

In this paper, we analyze the Schwarzschild-like wormhole in the Asymptotically Safe Gravity(ASG) scenario. The ASG corrections are implemented via renormalization group methods, which, as consequence, provides a new tensor Xμν as a source to improve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cosmological Models, Quantum Theories and Astrophysical Observations)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,921 Views
6 Pages

25 September 2023

Technical losses in transmission systems are crucial for short-term planning and decision-making, particularly in complex systems. Traditional deterministic methods like Newton–Raphson prove ineffective in handling systems with a large number o...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 8th International Electrical Engineering Conference)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,173 Views
20 Pages

3 April 2023

In this paper, we consider a generalized inexact Newton-Landweber iteration to solve nonlinear ill-posed inverse problems in Banach spaces, where the forward operator might not be Gâteaux differentiable. The method is designed with non-smooth c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,922 Views
12 Pages

21 June 2021

In this paper, we deal with some applications of the network simulation method (NMS) to the non-linear differential equations derived of a parametric family associated to stated problems by Newton in and others like the parabolic mirror and van der P...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems and Their Applications Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,583 Views
13 Pages

On the Kantorovich Theory for Nonsingular and Singular Equations

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Santhosh George,
  • Samundra Regmi and
  • Michael I. Argyros

28 May 2024

We develop a new Kantorovich-like convergence analysis of Newton-type methods to solve nonsingular and singular nonlinear equations in Banach spaces. The outer or generalized inverses are exchanged by a finite sum of linear operators making the imple...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential Equations and Inverse Problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,217 Views
14 Pages

A Neural Network-Based Approach for Approximating Arbitrary Roots of Polynomials

  • Diogo Freitas,
  • Luiz Guerreiro Lopes and
  • Fernando Morgado-Dias

5 February 2021

Finding arbitrary roots of polynomials is a fundamental problem in various areas of science and engineering. A myriad of methods was suggested to address this problem, such as the sequential Newton’s method and the Durand–Kerner (D–K) simultaneous it...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,872 Views
15 Pages

1 February 2020

The most cited evidence for (non-baryonic) dark matter has been an apparent lack of visible mass to gravitationally support the observed orbital velocity of matter in rotating disk galaxies, yet measurement of the mass of celestial objects cannot be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Debate on the Physics of Galactic Rotation and the Existence of Dark Matter)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,176 Views
26 Pages

an-QNA: An Adaptive Nesterov Quasi-Newton Acceleration-Optimized CMOS LNA for 65 nm Automotive Radar Applications

  • Unal Aras,
  • Lee Sun Woo,
  • Tahesin Samira Delwar,
  • Abrar Siddique and ,
  • Anindya Jana,
  • Yangwon Lee and
  • Jee-Youl Ryu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 September 2024

An adaptive Nesterov quasi-Newton acceleration (an-QNA)-optimized low-noise amplifier (LNA) is proposed in this paper. An optimized single-ended-to-differential two-stage LNA circuit is presented. It includes an improved post-linearization (IPL) tech...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue CMOS Integrated Circuits for Sensor Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,165 Views
27 Pages

28 July 2022

In our paper, we present a sparse quasi-Newton method, called the sparse direct Broyden method, for solving sparse nonlinear equations. The method can be seen as a Broyden-like method and is a least change update satisfying the sparsity condition and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Optimization Theory II)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
2,317 Views
8 Pages

12 January 2023

In this paper, an on chip two-dimensional Newton’s ring-like plasmonic sensor is designed for differentiating the chirality of circularly polarized lights (CPLS). The structure of the plasmonic sensor consists of a circular arc slit and an arra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,095 Views
18 Pages

15 September 2021

The movement of isotropic and anisotropic particles of iron and graphite within the polymer matrix was predicted and examined by the COMSOL simulation method. The interfacial adhesion of filler particles within the matrix was investigated under surfa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Composite Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,589 Views
14 Pages

17 April 2020

A parameter-free optimization technique is applied in Quasi-Newton’s method for solving unconstrained multiobjective optimization problems. The components of the Hessian matrix are constructed using q-derivative, which is positive definite at e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,566 Views
13 Pages

Design and Analysis of a Bionic Gliding Robotic Dolphin

  • Yang Zhang,
  • Zhengxing Wu,
  • Jian Wang and
  • Min Tan

In this paper, we focus on the design and analysis of a bionic gliding robotic dolphin. Inspired by natural dolphins, a novel bionic gliding robotic dolphin is developed. Different from the existing ones, the gliding robotic dolphin developed in this...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Latest Trends in Bio-Inspired Underwater Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,245 Views
18 Pages

Optimization of the Voltage Total Harmonic Distortion in Multilevel Inverters by Using the Taguchi Method

  • Adolfo R. Lopez,
  • José M. Sosa,
  • Cristian Sámano,
  • Susana Estefany De León-Aldaco and ,
  • Jesus Aguayo-Alquicira and
  • Oswaldo López-Santos
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 December 2023

A critical reduction in the total harmonic distortion in the output voltage of multilevel inverters can be obtained with an appropriate selection of the angles to switch the power semiconductors at low frequency. Among the methods used to obtain the...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,300 Views
25 Pages

3 August 2021

With the development of mature Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools for fluids (air and liquid) and Finite Element Methods (FEM) for solids and structures, many approaches have been proposed to tackle the so-called Fluid–Structure Interaction or...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid Structure Interaction: Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,027 Views
30 Pages

2 February 2021

In this paper, the parameter estimation problem of a truncated normal distribution is discussed based on the generalized progressive hybrid censored data. The desired maximum likelihood estimates of unknown quantities are firstly derived through the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,140 Views
18 Pages

1 July 2024

This paper explores the modeling and simulation of an innovative double-damper suspension system, evaluating its effectiveness through different test scenarios. The double damper integrates two individual dampers into a unified assembly. The modeling...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Vibration of Mechanical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,312 Views
39 Pages

A Black Box Doubly Fed Wind Turbine Electromechanical Transient Structured Model Fault Ride-Through Control Identification Method Based on Measured Data

  • Xu Zhang,
  • Shenbing Ma,
  • Jun Ye,
  • Lintao Gao and ,
  • Hui Huang,
  • Qiman Xie,
  • Liming Bo and
  • Qun Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

27 June 2025

With the increasing proportion of grid-connected capacity of new energy units, such as wind power and photovoltaics, accurately constructing simulation models of these units is of great significance to the study of new power systems. However, the act...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,273 Views
15 Pages

Impact of Perfluoro and Alkylphosphonic Self-Assembled Monolayers on Tribological and Antimicrobial Properties of Ti-DLC Coatings

  • Michal Cichomski,
  • Milena Prowizor,
  • Ewelina Borkowska,
  • Ireneusz Piwoński and ,
  • Anna Jędrzejczak,
  • Mariusz Dudek,
  • Damian Batory,
  • Natalia Wrońska and
  • Katarzyna Lisowska
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

25 July 2019

The diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings containing 1.6%, 5.3% and 9.4 at.% of Ti deposited by the radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RF PECVD) method on the silicon substrate were modified by n-decylphosphonic acid (DP) and 1H,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,903 Views
28 Pages

The simulation of complex engineering structures built from magneto-rheological elastomers is a computationally challenging task. Using the FE 2 method, which is based on computational homogenisation, leads to the repetitive solution of micro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning, Low-Rank Approximations and Reduced Order Modeling in Computational Mechanics)

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