Representation of discrete sequences with high-dimensional iterated function systems

Iterated Function System (IFS) models have been used to represent discrete sequences where the attractor of the IFS is self-affine or piece-wise self-affine in R ² or R ³ (R is the set of real numbers). In this paper, the piece-wise hidden-variable fractal model is extended from R ³ to R ⁿ (n is an integer greater than 3), which is called the high-dimensional piece-wise hidden-variable fractal model. This new model uses a “mapping partial derivative” and a constrained inverse algorithm to identify the model parameters. The model values depend continuously on all the hidden variables. Therefore, the result is very general.     

插值摄动法及其在力学中的应用

本文研究了最高阶导数乘以小参数，或出现奇点的微分方程的定解问题，用插值摄动法求得了一级近似解，它和通常的奇异摄动法（匹配法、多尺度法）的一级近似解的精度相同。     

The effect of points fattening on Hirzebruch surfaces

The purpose of this note is to study initial sequences of 0–dimensional subschemes of Hirzebruch surfaces and classify subschemes whose initial sequence has the minimal possible growth.     

Accurate estimation of solvation free energy using polynomial fitting techniques

This report details an approach to improve the accuracy of free energy difference estimates using thermodynamic integration data (slope of the free energy with respect to the switching variable λ) and its application to calculating solvation free energy. The central idea is to utilize polynomial fitting schemes to approximate the thermodynamic integration data to improve the accuracy of the free energy difference estimates. Previously, we introduced the use of polynomial regression technique to fit thermodynamic integration data (Shyu and Ytreberg, J Comput Chem, 2009, 30, 2297). In this report we introduce polynomial and spline interpolation techniques. Two systems with analytically solvable relative free energies are used to test the accuracy of the interpolation approach. We also use both interpolation and regression methods to determine a small molecule solvation free energy. Our simulations show that, using such polynomial techniques and nonequidistant λ values, the solvation free energy can be estimated with high accuracy without using soft‐core scaling and separate simulations for Lennard‐Jones and partial charges. The results from our study suggest that these polynomial techniques, especially with use of nonequidistant λ values, improve the accuracy for ΔF estimates without demanding additional simulations. We also provide general guidelines for use of polynomial fitting to estimate free energy. To allow researchers to immediately utilize these methods, free software and documentation is provided via http://www.phys.uidaho.edu/ytreberg/software . © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2010     

An efficient adaptive analysis procedure for node-based smoothed point interpolation method (NS-PIM)

This paper presents an efficient adaptive analysis procedure being able to operate in the framework of the node-based smoothed point interpolation method (NS-PIM). The NS-PIM uses three-node triangular cells and is very easy to be implemented, which make it an ideal candidate for adaptive analysis. In the present adaptive procedure, a new error indicator is devised for NS-PIM settings; two ways are proposed to calculate the local critical value; a simple h-type local refinement scheme is adopted and Delaunay technology is used for regenerating optimal new mesh. A number of typical numerical examples involving stress concentration and solution singularities have been tested. The results demonstrate that the present procedure achieves much higher convergence rate results compared to the uniform refinement, and can obtain upper bound solution in strain energy.     

A rational approximation based on Bernstein polynomials for high order initial and boundary values problems

We introduce a new method to solve high order linear differential equations with initial and boundary conditions numerically. In this method, the approximate solution is based on rational interpolation and collocation method. Since controlling the occurrence of poles in rational interpolation is difficult, a construction which is found by Floater and Hormann [1] is used with no poles in real numbers. We use the Bernstein series solution instead of the interpolation polynomials in their construction. We find that our approximate solution has better convergence rate than the one found by using collocation method. The error of the approximate solution is given in the case of the exact solution f ∈ C^d+2[a, b].     

Boundary element analysis of uncoupled transient thermo-elastic problems with time- and space-dependent heat sources

A boundary element method (BEM) for the analysis of two- and three-dimensional uncoupled transient thermo-elastic problems involving time- and space-dependent heat sources is presented. The domain integrals are efficiently treated using the Cartesian transformation and the radial integration methods without considering any internal cells. Similar to the dual reciprocity method (DRM), some internal points without any connectivity are considered; however, in contrast to the DRM, any arbitrary mesh-free interpolation method can be used in the present formulation. There is no need to find any particular solutions and the shape functions in the mesh-free interpolation method can be arbitrary and sufficiently complicated. Unlike the DRM, the generated system of equations contains the unknowns only on the boundary. After finding the primary unknowns on the boundary, the temperature, displacement, and stress components at all internal points can directly be found without solving any system of equations. Three examples with different forms of heat sources are presented to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method. Although the proposed BEM is mathematically more complicated than domain methods, such as the finite element method (FEM), it is more efficient from a modelling viewpoint since only the surface mesh has to be generated in the presented method.     

Efficient integration for a class of highly oscillatory integrals

This paper presents some quadrature methods for a class of highly oscillatory integrals whose integrands may have singularities at the two endpoints of the interval. One is a Filon-type method based on the asymptotic expansion. The other is a Clenshaw-Curtis-Filon-type method which is based on a special Hermite interpolation polynomial and can be evaluated efficiently in O(N log N) operations, where N + 1 is the number of Clenshaw-Curtis points in the interval of integration. In addition, we derive the corresponding error bound in inverse powers of the frequency ω for the Clenshaw-Curtis-Filon-type method for the class of highly oscillatory integrals. The efficiency and the validity of these methods are testified by both the numerical experiments and the theoretical results.     

On the Lebesgue constant of Berrut’s rational interpolant at equidistant nodes

It is well known that polynomial interpolation at equidistant nodes can give bad approximation results and that rational interpolation is a promising alternative in this setting. In this paper we confirm this observation by proving that the Lebesgue constant of Berrut’s rational interpolant grows only logarithmically in the number of interpolation nodes. Moreover, the numerical results suggest that the Lebesgue constant behaves similarly for interpolation at Chebyshev as well as logarithmically distributed nodes.