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Local-minimality conjecture for unreproduced curve portions in triply periodic surface optimization
The computed curves describe triply periodic surfaces parametrized by volume fraction, with points and marking portions that the numerical method was unable to reproduce. A…
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Exercise-grid conjecture for almost-exact Bermudan option pricing
Consider a time grid … For Bermudan option pricing, let the exercise dates be equidistant and coincide with time points in this grid. The option price is approximated using the Alm…
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Conjecture that the Babylonian square-root iteration was used in the Old Babylonian Period
Conjecture concerning YBC 7289. The scheme
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Conjecture that optimal controls cease to be bang-bang for large control bounds
Let denote the upper control bound, and consider the optimal controls for the bang-bang control problem studied in the paper. Bang-bang control conjecture. Optimal controls a…
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The necessity of SBP structure for provably energy-stable numerical methods
The paper considers summation-by-parts (SBP) properties in discrete derivative operators and notes that the Active Flux method uses upwinding, with upwind SBP operators providing a…
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Approximate Lagrange multiplier convergence for secant-function-augmented SOPICs
Approximate multiplier convergence conjecture. Under the direct-adjoining and secant-function-augmentation formulations, approaches as :
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The coarse-grid spurious-cloud conjecture for moist atmospheric simulations
In a moist atmospheric simulation, compare a standard coarse-grid simulation with a finer-grid benchmark, and consider the spurious clouds produced by the coarse simulation. Coarse…
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Effectiveness conjecture for BNQN-based verification of the Riemann hypothesis
Let the Riemann xi function be the function whose roots are being studied, and let BNQN denote the Backtracking New Q-Newton method. Suppose there is a method that proves that…
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Voronoi-basin correspondence conjecture for BNQN applied to the Riemann xi function
Let be the Riemann xi function, let be one of its zeros, and let the Voronoi cell of be its cell in the Voronoi diagram of all zeros of . Let the basin of at…
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The initialization conjecture for local solutions in best-response optimization
Let and denote the two possible initial guesses used to evaluate the best-response mapping in the numerical algorithm, with…
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Conjecture on the general applicability of conjugate-augmented eigenvector continuation
CA-EC applicability conjecture. CA-EC is expected to work for quantum systems involving more particles, as well as in conjunction with techniques other than complex scaling.
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Ten-percentile efficiency conjecture for seven- and eight-genotype searches
Let , let be the percentile used by the -quantile algorithm to construct the set of penultimate histograms, and let efficiency mean the fraction of most likely…
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Quantile-efficiency conjecture for high-genotype path searches
Let be the discretization level, let be the number of genotypes, and let denote the smallest percentile that enables full efficiency of the -quantile algo…
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Liou's conjecture on pressure-independent mass flux and the carbuncle phenomenon
For a numerical scheme, let the mass flux denote its mass-flux function and let the pressure term denote the pressure contribution to that flux. Liou's conjecture. Schemes with a m…
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Numerical-efficiency conjecture for coupled envelope evolution equations
The coupled envelope evolution equations (CEEEs) are being compared with the second-order accurate envelope equations of Li et al. for weakly nonlinear surface gravity waves. Let…
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The numerical negligibility conjecture for Lévy area corrections
Let denote the deterministic Lévy area correction appearing when approximating a stochastic system by smooth processes, so that the limiting stochastic integral has the form ……
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The Lagrangian nature of SPH explains the limited use of traditional manufactured solutions
The method of manufactured solutions (MMS) is being compared with its use in traditional finite-volume and finite-element methods, and the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) met…
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Curvature dependence of the Stiefel logarithm iteration count
Let denote the Stiefel manifold equipped with the Riemannian metric parametrized by , and let an algorithm compute the Riemannian logarithm…
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The conjecture on effective shot-noise numerical methods for jump-driven equations
Shot-noise numerical-methods conjecture. The shot noise representation has the potential to offer effective numerical methods for stochastic delay differential equations with jumps…
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Effectiveness of the proposed method for a wide range of fractional differential equation optimization problems
Effectiveness conjecture. The proposed method can be equally effective for a very wide range of FDE optimization problems.
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The numerical-viscosity optimization conjecture for smooth solutions
Let an optimization procedure solve a differential equation whose solution contains large-scale and fine-scale features. Introduce a large numerical viscosity so that the equation…
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Conjecture on the source of numerical discrepancies in the self-approximating method
The self-approximating method uses a marginal importance sampler, and some simulated draws may fall outside the support of for a given , so they are not used…
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Gradient-minimizing penultimate-point conjecture for preliminary test paths
Let be a target histogram, let denote the norm of the cost gradient, and let . For small , define approximately b…
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Adaptive local mesh-size conjecture for penultimate histograms
Let be a finite set of interior histograms and, for each , define the local mesh size by … For a target histogram , let…
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Ehrenfest regularization conjecture for viscous-like numerical solutions of compressible Euler flow
The regularized Euler evolution equations for density , momentum density , entropy density , pressure , and velocity are given by the displayed syst…