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A Step-Size-Based Spectral Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method for Unconstrained Optimization with Applications to Robotic Motion Control and Image Denoising

This paper proposes a step-size-based spectral three-term conjugate gradient method that satisfies modified conjugacy and sufficient descent conditions, proving its global convergence and demonstrating superior computational efficiency and practical effectiveness in robotic motion control and image denoising applications.

Kabir Mohammed, Muhammad Sulaiman Muhammad, Mohammed Yusuf Waziri, Musa Haruna2026-09-28
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Statistics of a multi-factor function from its Fourier transform

This paper presents an mm-Coefficient/Index Annihilation Theorem that derives the population statistics of a multi-factor function on a finite abelian group directly from its Fourier transform by showing that its mm-th moment consists of terms where the Fourier coefficient indices sum to zero, thereby serving as a powerful analytical tool for revealing variable relationships and constraining search algorithms.

Matthew Herman, Stephen Doro2026-09-28
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Coordinating Mathematical Structure and Pedagogical Appropriateness: Preschool Teachers’ Problem Posing Across Differently Structured Tasks

This qualitative study of 15 preschool teachers reveals that while they value pedagogical appropriateness, their ability to coordinate these demands with explicit mathematical structures in problem-posing tasks varies significantly, performing best in structured formats and struggling to create coherent mathematical problems in open-ended contexts.

Feyza Aydın Bölükbaş, Ayşegül Akıncı Coşgun, İlkay Ulutaş2026-09-25
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Topological Characteristics for the Analysis of Vector Fields: New stable characteristics for discrete and continuous dynamical systems

This paper introduces a robust computational framework utilizing novel topological and geometric descriptors—specifically Begin-End Point Embedding, Density of Directions, and Euler characteristic-based summaries—to analyze and compare the structural organization of both continuous and discrete dynamical systems, demonstrating superior stability and interpretability across diverse benchmarks from low-dimensional models to high-dimensional turbulent flows.

Marta Marszewska, Justyna Signerska, Paweł Dłotko2026-09-24
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Nonlinear vibrations of Euler–Bernoulli beams on fractional viscoelastic foundations: energy stability, modal reduction and finite-element approximation

This paper establishes the global well-posedness and energy stability of a nonlinear Euler–Bernoulli beam on a fractional viscoelastic foundation, while developing an unconditionally stable finite-element scheme with optimal error estimates and a reduced-order model that quantifies the interplay between geometric nonlinearity and hereditary damping.

Alvaro H. Salas2026-09-24
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Contraction Certificates for Approximate Koopman Immersions with Nonzero Generator Residuals

This paper establishes a contraction certificate for approximate Koopman immersions with nonzero generator residuals by proving that the true nonlinear flow contracts if the weighted logarithmic norm of the latent matrix, restricted to the physical tangent space and augmented by the minimal-norm extension of the residual derivative, is negative, thereby enabling robust control design even when the full latent dynamics appear unstable.

Robert Vrabel2026-09-24
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Absorption and redistribution in a poker tournament: an exponential limit

This paper proves that in a Markovian poker tournament model where particles merge or redistribute mass, the empirical distribution of normalized masses converges to an exponential law as the population shrinks, provided the initial distribution has finite second moment and relative entropy, by combining nonlinear kinetic equation analysis with finite-population approximation techniques.

Alexander Dvorsky2026-09-24
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Quantitative finite-patch obstructions to null controllability of a rotationally damped shear beam

This paper demonstrates that a rotationally damped shear beam controlled by a finite family of piezoelectric patches and a uniform rotation channel is not null controllable in the natural energy space at any positive time, due to asymptotic obstructions arising from simultaneous Diophantine approximation of patch lengths that cause observability constants to grow polynomially with the number of modes.

Assane Lo, Umar Asghar, Ciara O'Driscoll, Majid Munawar2026-09-23