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most citedAn efficient shooting algorithm for Evans function calculations in large systems

107 citations · 419 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

math.AP2026

Spectral stability for strong ideal-gas shock layers

Jeffrey Humpherys

We give a purely analytical proof of one-dimensional spectral stability of sufficiently strong shock layers for the full ideal-gas Navier--Stokes equations with constant viscosity…

math.OC2026

Riccati Stability Without Auxiliary Matrices

Jeffrey Humpherys

In the 2004 collection \emph{Unsolved Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory}, Erik Verriest posed the problem of characterizing Riccati stability ``without invoking a…

math.OC2026

The De Cock--De Moor Conjecture: Proof, Normal Form, and Indefinite Angles

Jeffrey Humpherys

De Cock and De Moor conjectured that two matrices built from the solutions of three coupled Lyapunov equations always share their eigenvalues, an identity linking principal angles…

stat.ML2018★ 1 cited

Tandem Blocks in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Chris Hettinger, Tanner Christensen, Jeffrey Humpherys +1

Due to the success of residual networks (resnets) and related architectures, shortcut connections have quickly become standard tools for building convolutional neural networks. The…

stat.ML2017★ 30 cited

Forward Thinking: Building and Training Neural Networks One Layer at a Time

Chris Hettinger, Tanner Christensen, Ben Ehlert +3

We present a general framework for training deep neural networks without backpropagation. This substantially decreases training time and also allows for construction of deep networ…

stat.ML2017★ 36 cited

Forward Thinking: Building Deep Random Forests

Kevin Miller, Chris Hettinger, Jeffrey Humpherys +2

The success of deep neural networks has inspired many to wonder whether other learners could benefit from deep, layered architectures. We present a general framework called forward…

math.AP2017

Balanced flux formulations for multidimensional Evans function computations for viscous shocks

Blake Barker, Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng +1

The Evans function is a powerful tool for the stability analysis of viscous shock profiles; zeros of this function carry stability information. In the one-dimensional case, it is t…

math.AP2016★ 24 cited

Multidimensional stability of large-amplitude Navier-Stokes shocks

Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng, Kevin Zumbrun

Extending results of Humpherys-Lyng-Zumbrun in the one-dimensional case, we use a combination of asymptotic ODE estimates and numerical Evans-function computations to examine the m…

math.AP2013★ 18 cited

Viscous hyperstabilization of detonation waves in one space dimension

Blake Barker, Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng +1

It has long been a standard practice to neglect diffusive effects in stability analyses of detonation waves. Here, with the principal aim of quantifying the impact of these oft-neg…

math.AP2013★ 7 cited

Stability of viscous weak detonation waves for Majda's model

Jeffrey Hendricks, Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng +1

Continuing the program initiated by Humpherys, Lyng, & Zumbrun [17] for strong detonation waves, we use a combination of analytical and numerical Evans-function techniques to analy…

math.AP2013★ 13 cited

Stability of viscous detonations for Majda's model

Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng, Kevin Zumbrun

Using analytical and numerical Evans-function techniques, we examine the spectral stability of strong-detonation-wave solutions of Majda's scalar model for a reacting gas mixture w…

math.NA2010★ 16 cited

Efficient numerical stability analysis of detonation waves in ZND

Jeffrey Humpherys, Kevin Zumbrun

As described in the classic works of Lee--Stewart and Short--Stewart, the numerical evaluation of linear stability of planar detonation waves is a computationally intensive problem…

math.AP2009★ 35 cited

One-dimensional stability of parallel shock layers in isentropic magnetohydrodynamic

Blake Barker, Jeffrey Humpherys, Kevin Zumbrun

Extending investigations of Barker, Humpherys, Lafitte, Rudd, and Zumbrun for compressible gas dynamics and Freistühler and Trakhinin for compressible magnetohydrodynamics, we stud…

math.AP2008★ 18 cited

On the shock wave spectrum for isentropic gas dynamics with capillarity

Jeffrey Humpherys

We consider the stability problem for shock layers in Slemrod's model of an isentropic gas with capillarity. We show that these traveling waves are monotone in the weak capillarity…

math.PR2008★ 5 cited

Computing expected transition events in reducible Markov chains

Brian D. Ewald, Jeffrey Humpherys, Jeremy West

We present a closed-form, computable expression for the expected number of times any transition event occurs during the transient phase of a reducible Markov chain. Examples of eve…

math-ph2007★ 60 cited

Stability of strong ideal-gas shock layers

Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng, Kevin Zumbrun

Extending recent results in the isentropic case, we use a combination of asymptotic ODE estimates and numerical Evans-function computations to examine the spectral stability of sho…

math.AP2007★ 20 cited

Spectral stability of noncharacteristic isentropic Navier-Stokes boundary layers

Nicola Costanzino, Jeffrey Humpherys, Toan Nguyen +1

Building on work of Barker, Humpherys, Lafitte, Rudd, and Zumbrun in the shock wave case, we study stability of compressive, or "shock-like", boundary layers of the isentropic comp…

math.AP2007★ 29 cited

Stability of viscous shocks in isentropic gas dynamics

Blake Barker, Jeffrey Humpherys, Keith Rudd +1

In this paper, we examine the stability problem for viscous shock solutions of the isentropic compressible Navier--Stokes equations, or -system with real viscosity. We first rev…

math.NA2005★ 107 cited

An efficient shooting algorithm for Evans function calculations in large systems

Jeffrey Humpherys, Kevin Zumbrun

In Evans function computations of the spectra of asymptotically constant-coefficient linear operators, a basic issue is the efficient and numerically stable computation of subspace…