This paper develops a least-squares approach to the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in primitive variables. As with our earlier work on Stokes equations, we recast the Navier-Stokes equations as a first-order system by introducing a velocity flux variable and associated curl and trace equations. We show that a least-squares principle based on L2 norms applied to this syst...

Interpolation using radial basis functions has become an established and useful technique in multi-dimensional data tting. It is a special case of interpolation by translates of a basis function. All the methods used in practice have a strong connection with a variational principle. In this paper we provide a straightforward approach to the variational principle, and make some useful practical ...

The Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) principle has been remarkably successful in producing accurate predictions for non-equilibrium states. We argue that this is because the MEP principle is an effective inference procedure that produces the best predictions from the available information. Since all Earth system processes are subject to the conservation of energy, mass and momentum, we argue th...

This paper develops a least-squares approach to the solution of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in primitive variables. As with our earlier work on Stokes equations, we recast the Navier–Stokes equations as a first-order system by introducing a velocity-flux variable and associated curl and trace equations. We show that a least-squares principle based on L norms applied to this syste...

Detecting arcing faults is an important but difficult-to-solve practical problem. In this paper, we show how the Minimum Description Length (MDL) Principle can help in solving this problem. Mathematics Subject Classification: 68Q30, 93AXX

In this paper we prove that if $X $ is a Banach space, then for every lower semi-continuous bounded below function $f, $ there exists a $left(varphi_1, varphi_2right)$-convex function $g, $ with arbitrarily small norm,  such that $f + g $ attains its strong minimum on $X. $ This result extends some of the  well-known varitional principles as that of Ekeland [On the variational principle,  J. Ma...

I discuss the objections raised by several authors against Alcubierre’s warp drive geometry. I argue that all of these objections may, in principle, be overcome, although important practical difficulties remain. † [email protected]

In principle, we can have many different membership functions. Interestingly, however, in many practical applications, triangular and trapezoidal membership functions are the most efficient ones. In this paper, we use fuzzy approach to explain this empirical phenomenon.