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16 March 2026

The primal-dual hybrid gradient (PDHG) method is widely used for convex–concave saddle-point problems, yet its extrapolated variants are typically asymmetric because only one side is extrapolated. We propose a symmetry-preserving refinement, E-...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Views
19 Pages

On a PSOR-like Method for Generalized Saddle Point Problems

  • Rongxia Shao,
  • Xuanle Guo,
  • Shuo Li,
  • Jinfeng Zhang and
  • Guodong Li

4 November 2026

We study a parameterized SOR-like (PSOR-like) representation of the parameterized inexact Uzawa (PIU) iteration for generalized saddle point systems. An explicit parameter change establishes equivalence to PIU with an exact first-block solve, and to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Numerical Linear Algebra and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
160 Views
13 Pages

14 October 2026

In strong-field ionization, complex-time saddle points are closely related to electron emission times and quantum-orbit interference patterns. However, not all solutions to the saddle-point equation carry physical contributions. Saddle coalescence ca...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,500 Views
8 Pages

18 May 2023

Further measurements of delay time, in the transfer of modulation between microwave beams, are reported even considering the angular dependence in the orientation of the F1 c.w. launcher. The obtained results allow for a better interpretation of the...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
544 Views
14 Pages

27 February 2026

In order to overcome the computational challenges associated with block preconditioners for Krylov subspace methods, particularly those arising from Schur complement systems, this paper proposes an improved new block (INB) preconditioner for solving...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,165 Views
31 Pages

10 March 2026

Recently, the adaptive regularized proximal quasi-Newton (ARPQN) method has demonstrated a strong performance in solving composite optimization problems over the Stiefel manifold. However, its reliance on first-order information limits its applicabil...

(This article belongs to the Section Geometry and Topology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,510 Views
16 Pages

In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of the optimal control problems of the elliptic partial differential equation. Numerically tackling these problems using the finite element method produces a large block coupled algebraic system of eq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,844 Views
44 Pages

21 May 2025

Recently, many stochastic Alternating Direction Methods of Multipliers (ADMMs) have been proposed to solve large-scale machine learning problems. However, for large-scale saddle-point problems, the state-of-the-art (SOTA) stochastic ADMMs still have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,639 Views
18 Pages

24 November 2018

Advancement in physics often results from analyzing numerical data and then creating a theoretical model that can explain and predict those data. In the field of lens design, the reverse is true: longstanding theoretical understanding is being overta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,215 Views
22 Pages

24 February 2025

In this paper, we propose an incremental-type subgradient scheme for solving a nonsmooth convex–concave minimax optimization problem in the setting of Euclidean spaces. We investigate convergence results by deriving an upper bound for the absol...

(This article belongs to the Section Parallel and Distributed Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,167 Views
13 Pages

2 March 2021

In many fields of science and engineering, partial differential equation (PDE) constrained optimal control problems are widely used. We mainly solve the optimization problem constrained by the time-periodic eddy current equation in this paper. We pro...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,557 Views
13 Pages

17 April 2021

In this paper we present an appropriate singular, zero-sum, linear-quadratic differential game. One of the main features of this game is that the weight matrix of the minimizer’s control cost in the cost functional is singular. Due to this singularit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Analysis and Control of Systems with Uncertainties)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,207 Views
13 Pages

28 July 2021

In this paper, we introduce a new class of multi-dimensional robust optimization problems (named (P)) with mixed constraints implying second-order partial differential equations (PDEs) and inequations (PDIs). Moreover, we define an auxiliary (modifie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Variational Problems and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,770 Views
17 Pages

5 January 2021

In this paper, we investigate the accuracy and robustness of three classes of methods for solving two-phase incompressible flows on a staggered grid. Here, the unsteady two-phase flow equations are simulated by finite volumes and penalty methods usin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,551 Views
12 Pages

7 March 2024

Experimental results of delay-time measurements in the transfer of modulation between microwave beams, as reported in previous articles, were interpreted on a competition (interference) between two waves, one of which is modulated and the other is a...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,639 Views
34 Pages

12 February 2020

Patterns within strings enable us to extract vital information regarding a string’s randomness. Understanding whether a string is random (Showing no to little repetition in patterns) or periodic (showing repetitions in patterns) are described b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Theory and Language)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,174 Views
12 Pages

5 June 2023

In the present paper, we study the high-order above-threshold ionization of noble-gas atoms using a bi-elliptic orthogonal two-color (BEOTC) field. We give an overview of the SFA theory and calculate the differential ionization rate for various value...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Progress in Strong-Field Atomic and Molecular Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
533 Views
25 Pages

4 May 2026

We derive the eigenvalue bounds for symmetric block-tridiagonal multiple saddle-point systems preconditioned with the symmetric positive definite (SPD) preconditioner proposed by J. Pearson and A. Potschka in 2024 and further studied by L. Bergamasch...

(This article belongs to the Section Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
398 Views
26 Pages

25 June 2026

Multibody dynamics (MBD) simulations involving hundreds to thousands of bodies give rise to large-scale, sparse, and structurally indefinite linear systems. Traditional direct solvers incur prohibitive memory and computational costs, while iterative...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Computational Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
227 Views
37 Pages

2 October 2026

This paper asks whether group distributionally robust optimisation raises the worst-group macro-F1 of a block-masked multimodal logistic regression with availability indicators for multilingual fact-checking. Stochastic Mirror-Prox solves the resulti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistical Analysis and Data Science for Complex Data, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,258 Views
13 Pages

20 May 2021

Given the mutual information of finite-alphabet inputs cannot be calculated concisely and accurately over fading channels, this paper proposes a new method to calculate the mutual information. First, the applicability of the saddle point method is st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wireless Communication: Applications, Security and Reliability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,939 Views
13 Pages

On the Approximate Evaluation of Some Oscillatory Integrals

  • Robert Beuc,
  • Mladen Movre and
  • Berislav Horvatić

5 May 2019

To determine the photon emission or absorption probability for a diatomic system in the context of the semiclassical approximation it is necessary to calculate the characteristic canonical oscillatory integral which has one or more saddle points. Int...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Atomic and Ionic Collisions with Formation of Quasimolecules)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,483 Views
14 Pages

27 July 2022

In order to accurately simulate the position of the saddle in the analysis and calculation of a suspension bridge, and then obtain the accurate shape of the datum strand in the construction site, this paper puts forward a calculation method on the po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,168 Views
19 Pages

A Systematic Approach to Comparing Thermal Activity of the Thoracic Region and Saddle Pressure Distribution beneath the Saddle in a Group of Non-Lame Sports Horses

  • Russell MacKechnie-Guire,
  • Mark Fisher,
  • Helen Mathie,
  • Kat Kuczynska and ,
  • Vanessa Fairfax,
  • Diana Fisher and
  • Thilo Pfau
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 April 2021

Thermography is a non-invasive method for measuring surface temperatures and may be a convenient way of identifying hypo/hyperthermic areas under a saddle that may be related to saddle pressures. A thermal camera quantified minimum/maximum/mean tempe...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,166 Views
18 Pages

3D Flow of Hybrid Nanomaterial through a Circular Cylinder: Saddle and Nodal Point Aspects

  • Javali K. Madhukesh,
  • Gosikere K. Ramesh,
  • Govinakovi S. Roopa,
  • Ballajja C. Prasannakumara and ,
  • Nehad Ali Shah and
  • Se-Jin Yook
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

5 April 2022

This mathematical model explains the behavior of sinusoidal radius activity in stagnation point three-dimensional flow of hybrid nanoparticles through a circular cylinder. The energy equation of heat source/sink effect and the mass equation of Arrhen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Problems in Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,451 Views
22 Pages

An Integrated Algorithm for Extracting Terrain Feature-Point Clusters Based on DEM Data

  • Jinlong Hu,
  • Mingliang Luo,
  • Leichao Bai,
  • Jinliang Duan and
  • Bing Yu

9 June 2022

Terrain feature points, such as the peaks and saddles, are the basic framework of surface topography and its undulations, which significantly affect the spatial distribution of surface topography. In the past, terrain feature points were extracted se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantifying Geomorphological Processes Using Remote Sensing Techniques)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,797 Views
21 Pages

We construct global phase portraits of inflationary dynamics in teleparallel gravity models with a scalar field nonminimally coupled to torsion scalar. The adopted set of variables can clearly distinguish between different asymptotic states as fixed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teleparallel Gravity: Foundations and Observational Constraints)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
1,068 Views
13 Pages

1 February 2026

Weighted problems for the p-Laplacian represent a wide range of models arising from real-world research. Solving such problems involves, in many situations, variational approaches that are various and a virtually inexhaustible resource. In this paper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Variational Problems and Applications, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,325 Views
11 Pages

27 June 2021

The effect of external and internal elastic strain fields on the anisotropic diffusion of radiation defects (RDs) can be taken into account if one knows the dipole tensor of saddle-point configurations of the diffusing RDs. It is usually calculated b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Physics of Plasma Technologies)
  • Letter
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,186 Views
15 Pages

20 August 2019

In this paper, a method for extracting Fenglin and Fengcong landform units based on karst topographic feature points is proposed. First, the variable analysis window method is used to extract peaks, nadirs, and saddle points in the karst area based o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Global Digital Elevation Model Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,502 Views
13 Pages

A karst depression is an important sign of the development stage of karst landforms. The morphological characteristics of depressions can help reflect the development and evolution process of such landforms. The accurate identification and extraction...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leading Progress in Digital Terrain Analysis and Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,746 Views
25 Pages

27 April 2024

The uncertainty in the new power system has increased, leading to limitations in traditional stability analysis methods. Therefore, considering the perspective of the three-dimensional static security region (SSR), we propose a novel approach for sys...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
921 Views
30 Pages

5 September 2025

Given the relevance and wide use of the Generative Adversarial (GA) methodology, this paper focuses on finite samples to better understand its benefits and pitfalls. We focus on its finite-sample properties from both statistical and numerical perspec...

(This article belongs to the Section Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,744 Views
15 Pages

5 June 2023

In this work, we consider the monotone inclusion problem in real Hilbert spaces and propose a simple inertial method that does not include any evaluations of the associated resolvent and projection. Under suitable assumptions, we establish the strong...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential Equations and Asymptotic Analysis: Recent Advances and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,404 Views
11 Pages

Calculation of Sommerfeld Integrals in Dipole Radiation Problems

  • Seil Sautbekov,
  • Merey Sautbekova,
  • Kuralay Baisalova and
  • Mustakhim Pshikov

17 January 2024

This article proposes asymptotic methods for calculating Sommerfeld integrals, which enable us to calculate the integral using the expansion of a function into an infinite power series at the saddle point, where the role of a rapidly oscillating func...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,017 Views
20 Pages

Fabrication and Surface Quality of Thermoformed Composite Saddles Using Hexagonal-Patterned Multi-Point Tooling

  • Shouzhi Hao,
  • Wenliang Wang,
  • Xingjian Wang,
  • Jing Yan and ,
  • Hexuan Shi,
  • Xianhe Cheng,
  • Rundong Ding and
  • Qigang Han
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

3 February 2026

To reduce mold costs in composite forming, multi-point tooling technology has been integrated into the hot diaphragm forming process. However, this approach still faces several challenges, including time-consuming prepreg layup, high energy consumpti...

(This article belongs to the Topic Surface Engineering and Micro Additive Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,838 Views
16 Pages

An Optimal ADMM for Unilateral Obstacle Problems

  • Shougui Zhang,
  • Xiyong Cui,
  • Guihua Xiong and
  • Ruisheng Ran

19 June 2024

We propose a new alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) with an optimal parameter for the unilateral obstacle problem. We first use the five-point difference scheme to discretize the problem. Then, we present an augmented Lagrangian by in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Variational Inequality and Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,490 Views
28 Pages

Bubble Dynamics in the Polyakov Quark-Meson Model

  • Junrong Wang,
  • Jinshuang Jin and
  • Hong Mao

12 July 2024

In the framework of the Polyakov quark-meson model with two flavors, the bubble dynamics of a first-order phase transition in the region of high density and low temperature are investigated by using the homogeneous thermal nucleation theory. In mean-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Hadron Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,248 Views
16 Pages

28 January 2025

In this paper, we introduce a triple Mann iteration method for approximating an element in the set of common solutions of a system of quasivariational inclusion issues, which is an equilibrium problem and a common fixed point problem (CFPP) of finite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Topics in Optimization, Inequalities and Convex Function Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,307 Views
30 Pages

Fundus Image Registration Technique Based on Local Feature of Retinal Vessels

  • Roziana Ramli,
  • Khairunnisa Hasikin,
  • Mohd Yamani Idna Idris,
  • Noor Khairiah A. Karim and
  • Ainuddin Wahid Abdul Wahab

25 November 2021

Feature-based retinal fundus image registration (RIR) technique aligns fundus images according to geometrical transformations estimated between feature point correspondences. To ensure accurate registration, the feature points extracted must be from...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Image Processing and Analysis for Preclinical and Clinical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,728 Views
12 Pages

20 December 2018

In this paper, a new three-dimensional fractional-order Hopfield-type neural network with delay is proposed. The system has a unique equilibrium point at the origin, which is a saddle point with index two, hence unstable. Intermittent chaos is found...

(This article belongs to the Collection Wavelets, Fractals and Information Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,602 Views
20 Pages

26 November 2020

A plethora of applications in non-linear analysis, including minimax problems, mathematical programming, the fixed-point problems, saddle-point problems, penalization and complementary problems, may be framed as a problem of equilibrium. Most of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,922 Views
11 Pages

Directed Polymers and Interfaces in Disordered Media

  • Róbinson J. Acosta Diaz,
  • Christian D. Rodríguez-Camargo and
  • Nami F. Svaiter

6 May 2020

We consider field theory formulation for directed polymers and interfaces in the presence of quenched disorder. We write a series representation for the averaged free energy, where all the integer moments of the partition function of the model contri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory of Polymers at Interfaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
363 Views
24 Pages

4 September 2026

This paper investigates the local dynamics of a discrete predator–prey system incorporating an Allee effect and a Holling-IV functional response. After nondimensionalization, a positivity-preserving discrete model is obtained by the semi-discre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Dynamics and Control Theory with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,033 Views
27 Pages

23 January 2021

In this paper, we introduce two novel extragradient-like methods to solve variational inequalities in a real Hilbert space. The variational inequality problem is a general mathematical problem in the sense that it unifies several mathematical models,...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,004 Views
15 Pages

17 December 2021

The existence of homoclinic orbits or heteroclinic cycle plays a crucial role in chaos research. This paper investigates the existence of the homoclinic orbits to a saddle-focus equilibrium point in several classes of three-dimensional piecewise affi...

(This article belongs to the Topic Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,567 Views
24 Pages

6 April 2023

In this paper, the uniform approximations of the Apostol–Frobenius–Genocchi polynomials of order α in terms of the hyperbolic functions are derived through the saddle-point method. Moreover, motivated by the works of Corcino et al.,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetries of Difference Equations, Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,114 Views
18 Pages

Structure and Bonding Patterns in C5H4 Isomers: Pyramidane, Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon, and Spiro Molecules

  • Sayon Satpati,
  • Tarun Roy,
  • Sandip Giri,
  • Anakuthil Anoop and ,
  • Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu and
  • Subhas Ghosal
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 June 2023

We have theoretically investigated nine unusual isomers of the molecular formula C5H4 using coupled cluster (CC) and density functional theory (DFT) methods. These molecules possess non-classical structures consisting of two pyramidanes, three planar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon—Fifty Years and Beyond)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,105 Views
24 Pages

26 January 2026

Time-dependent reliability analysis (TRA) is essential for the life-cycle risk assessment of engineering systems. However, existing TRA methods often require extensive statistical data or computationally expensive surrogate models, which limit their...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,180 Views
17 Pages

Nonlinear Vibration Characteristics and Bifurcations of a Rotor System Subjected to Brush Seal Forces

  • Yingyong Zou,
  • Mukai Wang,
  • Duhui Lu,
  • Yongde Zhang and ,
  • Zili Xu and
  • Yeyin Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 October 2023

In the paper, nonlinear vibration characteristics of a rotor system are investigated. Such a nonlinear rotor system is subjected to brush seal forces, which are obtained by integrating the bristle force along the entire ring. The nonlinear brush seal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Mechanical Vibrations)

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