A minimizing-movement framework for geometric gradient flows with admissible tangential motion

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2606.18177MaRDI QIDQ7266585arXivFDO

Authors Xiao-Xiao Liu, Quan Zhao, Xiaoxiao Liu

Publication date 16 June 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr This work establishes a minimizing-movement framework for parametric finite element approximations of geometric gradient flows with admissible tangential motion constraints at each step. The authors introduce new variants proving unconditional energy stability and existence, while demonstrating improved mesh quality behavior in numerical experiments compared to classical formulations without requiring restrictive conditions.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.18177

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs on manifolds (35R01) PDE constrained optimization (numerical aspects) (49M41) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60)

arXiv classification

math.NA

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