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Seminar announcement
by Fabio Durastante 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Speaker: Leonardo Robol Affiliation: Università di Pisa Venue: Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Matematica Time: Thursday, 24/02/2022, 11:00 Title: Sampling the eigenvalues of random matrices Random matrices (that is, matrices with random variables as entries) appear in several areas of mathematics and physics. Often, one is interested in sampling their eigenvalues (which are again random variables); we briefly recap the main tools that can be used to sample the joint eigenvalue distribution for Hermitian matrices from the Gaussian unitary Ensemble (GUE) with O(n^2) flops, and discuss how similar ideas can be used to efficiently perform the analogous operation for Haar-distributed orthogonal or unitary matrices. The latter operation requires to find a suitable compact canonical form for upper Hessenberg unitary matrices obtained by reducing random orthogonal/unitary matrices, and then efficiently operate on this compact representation to compute the eigenvalues. Meeting link: https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4

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Annuncio di seminario 10/02
by Fabio Durastante 10 Feb '22

10 Feb '22

Speaker: Milo Viviani Affiliation: Scuola Normale Superiore Venue: Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Matematica Time: Thursday, 10/02/2022, 11:00 Title:Solving cubic matrix equations arising in conservative dynamics Spatial semi-discretization of conservative PDEs can be described as flows in suitable matrix spaces, which in turn leads to the need to solve polynomial matrix equations, a classical and important topic both in theoretical and in applied mathematics. Solving these equations numerically is challenging due to the presence of several conservation laws which our finite models incorporate and which must be retained while integrating the equations of motion. In the last thirty years, the theory of geometric integration has provided a variety of techniques to tackle this problem. These numerical methods require to solve both direct and inverse problems in matrix spaces. We present two algorithms to solve a cubic matrix equation arising in the geometric integration of isospectral flows. This type of ODEs includes finite models of ideal hydrodynamics, plasma dynamics, and spin particles, which we use as test problems for our algorithms. Meeting link:https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4

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Corso di dottorato: Low-rank approximation techniques for matrices
by Leonardo Robol 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

Buongiorno, segnalo il corso di dottorato "Low rank approximation techniques for matrices and tensors", che sarà tenuto a partire del prossimo 7 febbraio da Stefano Massei presso il dipartimento di Informatica. È un corso concentrato in 3 settimane; in quel periodo Stefano sarà ospite del Dipartimento di Matematica. Riporto qui sotto ulteriori informazioni, che in ogni caso trovate sulla pagina web del corso di dottorato in Computer Science [1]. ===================================================================== Low rank approximation techniques for matrices and tensors Lecturers: Stefano Massei (TU/e, The Netherlands) Period: From February 7th to February 26th, 2022 Schedule: 6 hours the first and second week, 4 hours the third week To attend the course send an email to s.massei(a)tue.nl Matrices and tensors are the heart of many scientific and industrial computational problems. In this course we will survey numerical methods that leverage low-rank structures in matrices and tensors in order to reduce the consumption of computational resources while maintaining a satisfactory accuracy. The course will touch the following topics: * Low-rank tensor formats: Tucker and tensor train * Deterministic and randomized algorithms for low-rank approximation of matrices and tensors * Trace and diagonal estimation of black box matrices [1] https://dottorato.di.unipi.it/phd-programme/teaching/phd-courses-a-y-2021-2…

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Spostamento mailing list
by Leonardo Robol 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

Cari tutti, stiamo provando a spostare la mailing list NumPi su un nuovo server, per permettere anche ai non-unipi di iscriversi in autonomia. Per ora è un tentativo sperimentale, ma se leggete questo messaggio è già un buon segno; l'indirizzo a cui scrivere cambia, e diventa numpi(a)lists.dm.unipi.it. Se vediamo che tutto va bene, faremo puntare il vecchio alias (numpi(a)di.unipi.it) a questo nuovo indirizzo, in modo che il passaggio sia il più indolore possibile. Le vecchie iscrizioni e preferenze sono state importate; segnalatemi pure ogni problema che doveste notare! A presto, -- Leonardo Robol.

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Annuncio di seminario, 6/12 (Bruno Iannazzo)
by Leonardo Robol 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

Speaker: Bruno Iannazzo Affiliation: Università degli studi di Perugia Venue: Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Matematica Time: Lunedì, 6/12/2021, 15:00 Title: New geometries on positive-definite matrices and their relation to the power means We introduce a new family of geometries on the cone of positive definite matrices obtained from the Hessian of the power potential and provide explicit expressions for related quantities such as geodesics and distances. This generalizes in some sense the geometry obtained from the Hessian of the logarithmic potential, whose geodesic has been understood as the weighted geometric mean of two matrices. Indeed, the new geometries provide a definition of matrix power mean alternative to the existing ones. We discuss some properties of the proposed power mean and relate it with the geometric mean. Finally, we discuss on how these geometries can be used to accelerate the convergence of optimization algorithms for the matrix geometric mean of several variables. Meeting link: https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4

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[NOMADS] Seminar - Matthew Colbrook - Dec 1 at 17:00
by Francesco Tudisco 29 Nov '21

29 Nov '21

Dear all, We are starting this week a new series of NOMADS seminars on Numerical methods, Matrix analysis and Data Science. This week's seminar will take place on *Wednesday December 1 at 17:00* (CET) in the *GSSI Main Lecture Hall* (the "red" conference hall by the entrance of the lecture rooms building). The speaker is Matthew J Colbrook from University of Cambridge and ENS Paris, with a talk on the computation of semigroups of fractional PDEs. Title and abstract are below. In person participation is encouraged, but remote attendance will also be possible via the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89668910844?pwd=TmVwQUFoNklUajAzMlEyMzB6ZVZzUT09 Further info about past and future meetings are available at the webpage: https://num-gssi.github.io/seminar/ Hope to see you all on Wednesday! And, please feel free to distribute this announcement as you see fit. Francesco and Nicola ----------- Title: Computing semigroups and time-fractional PDEs with error control Abstract: We develop an algorithm that computes strongly continuous semigroups on infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces with explicit error control. Given a generator $A$, a time $t > 0$, an arbitrary initial vector $u_0$ and an error tolerance $\epsilon > 0$, the algorithm computes $\exp(tA)u_0$ with error bounded by $\epsilon$. The (parallelisable) algorithm is based on a combination of a regularized functional calculus, suitable contour quadrature rules and the adaptive computation of resolvents in infinite dimensions. As a particular case, we deal with semigroups on $L^2(R^d)$ that are generated by partial differential operators with polynomially bounded coefficients of locally bounded total variation. For analytic semigroups, we provide a quadrature rule whose error decreases like $\exp(−cN/ log(N))$ for $N$ quadrature points, that remains stable as $N \to \infty$, and which is also suitable for infinite-dimensional operators. Finally, we extend the method to time-fractional PDEs (where it avoids singularities as $t \to 0$ and large memory consumption). Numerical examples are given, including: Schrödinger and wave equations on the aperiodic Ammann–Beenker tiling and fractional beam equations arising in the modelling of small-amplitude vibration of viscoelastic materials. The spectral analysis (which is always needed for contour methods) is considerably simplified due to an infinite-dimensional “solve-then-discretise” approach. — Francesco Tudisco Assistant Professor School of Mathematics GSSI Gran Sasso Science Institute Web: https://ftudisco.gitlab.io -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nomads-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nomads-list+unsubscribe(a)gssi.it. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/gssi.it/d/msgid/nomads-list/CAO2_FWmWATOjsjz5v5…. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/gssi.it/d/optout.

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Annuncio di seminario, 19/11 (Mariarosa Mazza)
by Leonardo Robol 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

Speaker: Mariarosa Mazza Affiliation: Università dell'Insubria Venue: Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Matematica Time: Venerdì, 19/11/2021, 10:00 Title: Caputo and Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives: a matrix comparison Fractional derivatives are a mathematical tool that received much attention in the last decades because of their non-local behavior which has been demonstrated to be useful when modeling anomalous diffusion phenomena appearing, e.g., in imaging or electrophysiology. Two of the most famous definitions of fractional derivatives are the Riemann- Liouville and the Caputo ones. The two formulations are related by a well-known formula that expresses a Riemann-Liouville derivative as a Caputo one plus a term that depends on the function and its derivatives at the boundary. As a consequence of this relation, Riemann-Liouville and Caputo derivatives coincide only for sufficiently smooth functions that satisfy homogeneous conditions at the boundary. Aiming at uncovering how much this discrepancy reflects on their discretized counterparts, we focus on the relation between Riemann-Liouville and Caputo derivatives once approximated by a collocation method based on B-splines, i.e., high order finite elements with maximum regularity. We show that when the fractional order α ranges in (1,2) their difference in terms of matrices corresponds to a rank-1 correction whose spectral norm increases with the mesh-size n and is o(√n). On one hand, this implies that the spectral distribution for the B-spline collocation matrices corresponding to the Riemann-Liouville and Caputo derivatives coincide; on the other hand, the presence of the rank-1 correction makes the Caputo matrices worse conditioned for α tending to 1 due to a larger maximum singular value. Some linear algebra consequences of all this knowledge are discussed, and a selection of numerical experiments that validate our findings is provided together with a numerical study of the approximation behavior of B-spline collocation. Meeting link: https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4

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Annuncio di seminario, 25/10 (Cecilia Pagliantini)
by Leonardo Robol 25 Oct '21

25 Oct '21

Speaker: Cecilia Pagliantini Affiliation: TU Eindhoven Venue: Sala Seminari, Dipartimento di Matematica Time: Monday, 25/10/2021, 15:00 Title: Structure-preserving dynamical model order reduction of parametric Hamiltonian systems In real-time and many-query simulations of parametric differential equations, computational methods need to face high computational costs to provide sufficiently accurate and stable numerical solutions. To address this issue, model order reduction techniques aim at constructing low-complexity high-fidelity surrogate models that allow rapid and accurate solutions under parameter variation. In this talk, we will consider reduced basis methods (RBM) for the model order reduction of parametric Hamiltonian dynamical systems describing nondissipative phenomena. The development of RBM for Hamiltonian systems is challenged by two main factors: (i) failing to preserve the geometric structure encoding the physical properties of the dynamics, such as invariants of motion or symmetries, might lead to instabilities and unphysical behaviors of the resulting approximate solutions; (ii) the \emph{local} low-rank nature of transport-dominated and nondissipative phenomena demands large reduced spaces to achieve sufficiently accurate approximations. We will discuss how to address these aspects via a structure-preserving nonlinear reduced basis approach based on dynamical low-rank approximation. The gist of the proposed method is to evolve low-dimensional surrogate models on a phase space that adapts in time while being endowed with the geometric structure of the full model. Meeting link: https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4

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Annuncio di seminario, 15/10 (Igor Simunec)
by Leonardo Robol 15 Oct '21

15 Oct '21

Cari tutti, a breve ricominceremo con i tradizionali seminari NumPi, questa volta in forma "ibrida". Per tutti quelli che vorranno ci sarà la possibilità di seguire in presenza in Aula Magna del Dipartimento di Matematica (compilando questa form: https://forms.gle/AaMgajhKhroXdHqY6) Per gli altri, organizzeremo lo streaming tramite il solito link ( https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4) Qui sotto trovate l'annuncio del primo seminario; a breve vi farò avere un Doodle per provare a scegliere un giorno che torni il più comodo possibile a tutti, da utilizzare per quelli successivi. Trovate tutte le informazioni sulla pagina dei seminari del sito NumPi (https://numpi.dm.unipi.it/seminars) A presto, -- Leonardo. Speaker: Igor Simunec Affiliation: Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Time: Friday, 15/10/2021, 16:30 Title: Computation of generalized matrix functions with rational Krylov methods Generalized matrix functions [3] are an extension of the notion of standard matrix functions to rectangular matrices, defined using the singular value decomposition instead of an eigenvalue decomposition. In this talk, we consider the computation of the action of a generalized matrix function on a vector and we present a class of algorithms based on rational Krylov methods [2]. These algorithms incorporate as a special case previous methods based on the Golub-Kahan bidiagonalization [1]. By exploiting the quasiseparable structure of the projected matrices, we show that the basis vectors can be updated using a short recurrence, which can be seen as a generalization to the rational case of the Golub-Kahan bidiagonalization. We also prove error bounds that relate the error of these methods to uniform rational approximation on an interval containing the singular values of the matrix. The effectiveness of the algorithms and the accuracy of the bounds is illustrated with numerical experiments. This is joint work with Angelo A. Casulli (Scuola Normale Superiore). [1] F. Arrigo, M. Benzi, and C. Fenu, Computation of generalized matrix functions, SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 37 (2016), no. 3, 836–860. [2] A. A. Casulli, I. Simunec, Computation of generalized matrix functions with rational Krylov methods, arXiv:2107.12074 (2021). [3] J. B. Hawkins and A. Ben-Israel, On generalized matrix functions, Linear and Multilinear Algebra 1 (1973), no. 2, 163–171. Meeting link: https://hausdorff.dm.unipi.it/b/leo-xik-xu4

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Orario per seminari NumPi
by Leonardo Robol 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

Cari tutti, a partire dal prossimo seminario (dopo quello di Igor venerdì) cercheremo di scegliere un orario compatibile con gli impegni di tutti, e mantere una cadenza indicativamente bisettimanale. Ho creato un Doodle [1] per la settimana 25/10 - 29/10, dove chiederei (a chi è interessato a seguire i seminari in presenza e/o online) di indicare le preferenze di orario. Sebbene il Doodle sia per quella settimana specifica, è da intendersi come le preferenze in base ai vostri impegni settimanali. Vi chiederei di farci avere una risposta entro venerdì, così che possiamo organizzare il seminario seguente basandoci sulle risposte. Grazie! A presto, -- Leonardo (e Fabio). [1] https://doodle.com/poll/dtvyu6uakv3exdp8

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