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Adaptive Pseudo-Transient-Continuation-Galerkin Methods for Semilinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
In this paper we investigate the application of pseudo-transient-continuation
(PTC) schemes for the numerical solution of semilinear elliptic partial
differential equations, with possible singular perturbations. We will outline a
residual reduction analysis within the framework of general Hilbert spaces,
and, subsequently, employ the PTC-methodology in the context of finite element
discretizations of semilinear boundary value problems. Our approach combines
both a prediction-type PTC-method (for infinite dimensional problems) and an
adaptive finite element discretization (based on a robust a posteriori residual
analysis), thereby leading to a fully adaptive PTC-Galerkin scheme. Numerical
experiments underline the robustness and reliability of the proposed approach
for different examples.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1408.522
Generalized definition of time delay in scattering theory
We advocate for the systematic use of a symmetrized definition of time delay
in scattering theory. In two-body scattering processes, we show that the
symmetrized time delay exists for arbitrary dilated spatial regions symmetric
with respect to the origin. It is equal to the usual time delay plus a new
contribution, which vanishes in the case of spherical spatial regions. We also
prove that the symmetrized time delay is invariant under an appropriate mapping
of time reversal. These results are also discussed in the context of classical
scattering theory.Comment: 18 page
Fully Adaptive Newton-Galerkin Methods for Semilinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
In this paper we develop an adaptive procedure for the numerical solution of
general, semilinear elliptic problems with possible singular perturbations. Our
approach combines both a prediction-type adaptive Newton method and an adaptive
finite element discretization (based on a robust a posteriori error analysis),
thereby leading to a fully adaptive Newton-Galerkin scheme. Numerical
experiments underline the robustness and reliability of the proposed approach
for different examples
Flux-Across-Surfaces Theorem for a Dirac Particle
We consider the asymptotic evolution of a relativistic spin-1/2-particle.
i.e. a particle whose wavefunction satisfies the Dirac equation with external
static potential. We prove that the probability for the particle crossing a
(detector) surface converges to the probability, that the direction of the
momentum of the particle lies within the solid angle defined by the (detector)
surface, as the distance of the surface goes to infinity. This generalizes
earlier non relativistic results, known as flux across surfaces theorems, to
the relativistic regime
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