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Algorithms and Data Structures for Multi-Adaptive Time-Stepping
Multi-adaptive Galerkin methods are extensions of the standard continuous and
discontinuous Galerkin methods for the numerical solution of initial value
problems for ordinary or partial differential equations. In particular, the
multi-adaptive methods allow individual and adaptive time steps to be used for
different components or in different regions of space. We present algorithms
for efficient multi-adaptive time-stepping, including the recursive
construction of time slabs and adaptive time step selection. We also present
data structures for efficient storage and interpolation of the multi-adaptive
solution. The efficiency of the proposed algorithms and data structures is
demonstrated for a series of benchmark problems.Comment: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software 35(3), 24 pages (2008
Adaptive Quantum Homodyne Tomography
An adaptive optimization technique to improve precision of quantum homodyne
tomography is presented. The method is based on the existence of so-called null
functions, which have zero average for arbitrary state of radiation. Addition
of null functions to the tomographic kernels does not affect their mean values,
but changes statistical errors, which can then be reduced by an optimization
method that "adapts" kernels to homodyne data. Applications to tomography of
the density matrix and other relevant field-observables are studied in detail.Comment: Latex (RevTex class + psfig), 9 Figs, Submitted to PR
A matrix-free high-order discontinuous Galerkin compressible Navier-Stokes solver: A performance comparison of compressible and incompressible formulations for turbulent incompressible flows
Both compressible and incompressible Navier-Stokes solvers can be used and
are used to solve incompressible turbulent flow problems. In the compressible
case, the Mach number is then considered as a solver parameter that is set to a
small value, , in order to mimic incompressible flows.
This strategy is widely used for high-order discontinuous Galerkin
discretizations of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The present work
raises the question regarding the computational efficiency of compressible DG
solvers as compared to a genuinely incompressible formulation. Our
contributions to the state-of-the-art are twofold: Firstly, we present a
high-performance discontinuous Galerkin solver for the compressible
Navier-Stokes equations based on a highly efficient matrix-free implementation
that targets modern cache-based multicore architectures. The performance
results presented in this work focus on the node-level performance and our
results suggest that there is great potential for further performance
improvements for current state-of-the-art discontinuous Galerkin
implementations of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Secondly, this
compressible Navier-Stokes solver is put into perspective by comparing it to an
incompressible DG solver that uses the same matrix-free implementation. We
discuss algorithmic differences between both solution strategies and present an
in-depth numerical investigation of the performance. The considered benchmark
test cases are the three-dimensional Taylor-Green vortex problem as a
representative of transitional flows and the turbulent channel flow problem as
a representative of wall-bounded turbulent flows
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