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Adaptive homotopy continuation for robust dispersion curve computation in viscoelastic waveguides: guaranteed branch identity continuity

Dong Xiao , Zahra Sharif Khodaei , M. H. Aliabadi
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keywords homotopy continuationdispersion curvesviscoelastic waveguideseigenvalue problemsmode trackingbranch continuitynon-Hermitian problems
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Method ensures one-to-one branch match in viscoelastic dispersion curves

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The paper develops an adaptive homotopy continuation technique to compute dispersion curves in viscoelastic waveguides of arbitrary cross-section. It continuously maps the lossy problem to a lossless elastic problem using an attenuation parameter s ranging from 0 to 1. This mapping ensures branch identity continuity, meaning solutions correspond one-to-one between the two states, as long as the path avoids exceptional points. Sympathetic readers would care because it enables automated, reliable mode tracking without needing post-processing to correct labels, which is essential for accurate analysis of damping effects in structural waveguides.

Core claim

The central claim is that the material homotopy continuation framework, grounded in analytic perturbation theory, guarantees branch identity continuity between solutions at the elastic limit (s=0) and the viscoelastic target (s=1) provided the real-parameter path does not cross exceptional points. Under Type I exceptional point topology, physical mode labels from the elastic stage remain valid, producing characteristic real-part veering accompanied by imaginary-part crossing.

What carries the argument

Material homotopy continuation along a real attenuation parameter s in [0,1], combined with adaptive wavenumber refinement in the Hermitian regime and predictor-corrector propagation to the viscoelastic state.

If this is right

  • Reliable mode tracking occurs first in the lossless elastic regime using adaptive refinement.
  • Key solutions are propagated sparsely to the full viscoelastic problem via continuation steps.
  • Mode labels established at s=0 carry over directly to s=1 without manual intervention under the given conditions.
  • Diagnostic checks such as sharp imaginary crossings or velocity discrepancies can flag potential label issues in challenging cases.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The method could extend to other non-Hermitian eigenvalue problems in wave propagation, such as in acoustics or quantum mechanics.
  • Integration with optimization routines for designing damped waveguide structures becomes feasible due to the automation.
  • Further validation on waveguides with higher loss factors or more complex geometries would test the robustness beyond the presented examples.

Load-bearing premise

The path through real parameter values avoids crossing exceptional points that would disrupt the one-to-one branch correspondence.

What would settle it

A numerical example where two branches exchange identities without an exceptional point being encountered, or where the predicted veering and crossing pattern fails to match computed solutions.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.15089 by Dong Xiao, M. H. Aliabadi, Zahra Sharif Khodaei.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Overview of the proposed adaptive homotopy continuation framework. A material homotopy param￾eterised by s ∈ [0, 1] continuously maps the elastic (lossless, Hermitian) system at s = 0 to the viscoelastic (lossy, non-Hermitian) system at s = 1. Mode identification is performed in the Hermitian setting and propagated to the viscoelastic regime via homotopy continuation. When the target system exhibits a Type… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Flowchart of the adaptive homotopy continuation framework. The process comprises two stages: (1) Hermitian solution and mode tracking at the lossless stage (s = 0), and (2) sparse homotopy path tracking (s = 0 → s = 1) via a predictor-corrector algorithm with adaptive step-size control. 2. Adaptive initial step size. Determine ∆sinit based on the local eigengap: larger steps for well-separated modes, small… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Dispersion curves for symmetric laminate Sym1 (A modes: blue, S modes: red). (a)–(b) Elastic state (s = 0): uniform sampling (a) misidentifies veering as crossing, while adaptive refinement (b) correctly resolves the veering. (c)–(f) Viscoelastic state (s = 1): comparison between HC (deep dashed) and DC (light solid). (c) Real wavenumber: HC and DC agree except for misidentified veering (black squares). (d… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: (a) presents a surface plot of the percentage of retained solutions as a function of ¯ζ and ¯γ. As expected, the retained percentage decreases with increasing values of either parameter. Notably, the reduction rate is steeper along the interpolation error parameter ¯γ in the range [0,0.001] than along the MAC parameter ¯ζ. Fixing ¯ζ = 10−2 , increasing ¯γ from 0 to 10−4 and 10−3 yields retained percentages… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Eigengap of selected key solutions and adaptive determination of the initial step size ∆sinit for homotopy tracking from s = 0 → s = 1. (a) Eigengap distribution indicating the risk of mode jumping; (b) Adaptive initial step size based on eigengap, with smaller steps assigned to regions of small eigengap. The adaptive determination of ∆sinit using Eq. (19) is presented in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Dispersion curves for unsymmetric laminate UnSym1 at the viscoelastic state (s = 1). Comparison between HC (dashed lines with markers) and DC (light red solid lines). (a) Real wavenumber; (b) Imaginary wavenumber; (c) Phase velocity; (d) energy flux velocity. Red squares in (a) indicate type I crossing regions where DC incorrectly tracks mode crossing. rated from the real axis and the system is securely in… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: compares the dispersion curves obtained with the HC method and the reference DC for this laminate at the viscoelastic state (s = 1). The two methods agree well in regions where modal interactions are weak, but significant discrepancies appear in veering zones, where the real wavenumber curves of DC exhibit artificial crossings (marked by red squares). (a) (b) (c) (d) Undetected by DC Mode jumping DC: cross… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Dispersion curves for symmetric laminate Sym2 (A modes: blue, S modes: red) at the viscoelastic state (s = 1). Comparison between HC (deep dashed) and DC (light solid). (a) Real wavenumber; (b) Imaginary wavenumber; (c) Phase velocity; (d) energy flux velocity. The black squares indicate regions where DC fails. Compared to Sym1, Sym2 possesses a relatively large eigengap at the elastic state: the minimum e… view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: presents the dispersion curves obtained with the HC framework. Since no analytical or reference solutions are available for the viscoelastic case, the results are evaluated against expected physical behaviour based on the theoretical insights developed in the preceding examples. Given the absence of geometric symmetry, it is anticipated that mode veering dominates the real wavenumber plots at both the elas… view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Scalability analysis of the HC framework for the UnSym1 laminate. (a) p-refinement (fixed number of elements per layer) shows progressively increasing scaling exponents with DOFs. (b) h-refinement (fixed element order) exhibits near-linear scaling, indicating more favourable computational efficiency. the growing computational complexity per degree of freedom associated with higher-order discretisa￾tions. … view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: compares the HC results (circles) with DC (solid lines). The HC solutions coincide with DC wherever the latter successfully tracks modes, confirming that the homotopy continuation faithfully maps elastic solutions to the viscoelastic state even under extreme damping. However, the modal interaction patterns differ markedly from the Type I cases examined in Sections 3.2 to 3.5. The real parts of the wavenum… view at source ↗
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This paper presents the first systematic application of a material homotopy continuation framework for efficient, automated computation of dispersion curves in viscoelastic waveguides of arbitrary cross-section. A material homotopy continuously maps the original lossy problem to an auxiliary lossless one via an attenuation parameter s in [0,1], addressing the core challenges of the non-Hermitian eigenvalue problem. Grounded in analytic perturbation theory, the method guarantees branch identity continuity--a one-to-one correspondence between solutions at s=0 and s=1--provided the real-parameter path does not cross any exceptional points. Under a Type I exceptional point topology, physical mode labels established at the elastic stage remain valid at the viscoelastic stage without post-processing, yielding the characteristic real-part veering with imaginary-part crossing. The decoupling strategy performs reliable mode tracking in the Hermitian regime via adaptive wavenumber refinement, then propagates a sparse set of key solutions to the target viscoelastic state through predictor-corrector homotopy continuation. Numerical examples across symmetric and unsymmetric laminates validate the framework's robustness and efficiency, with the majority of cases verified at a loss factor of approximately 0.003 and a single symmetric laminate providing additional support at 0.02. For a challenging unsymmetric laminate at a loss factor of 0.05, the method still produces numerically accurate solutions; two complementary diagnostic signatures--an extremely sharp imaginary-part crossing and a discernible discrepancy between spectral group velocity and energy flux velocity--warn of potential label mismatch and guide further analysis.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces an adaptive homotopy continuation framework for computing dispersion curves in viscoelastic waveguides of arbitrary cross-section. It uses a material homotopy with attenuation parameter s ∈ [0,1] to continuously map from a lossless elastic problem to the lossy viscoelastic one. Grounded in analytic perturbation theory, it claims to guarantee one-to-one branch identity continuity between solutions at s=0 and s=1, provided the real-parameter path avoids exceptional points, allowing physical mode labels to remain valid without post-processing. The approach decouples reliable mode tracking in the Hermitian regime via adaptive wavenumber refinement from the predictor-corrector continuation to the target state. Numerical examples on symmetric and unsymmetric laminates at loss factors up to 0.05 demonstrate robustness.

Significance. If the conditional guarantee holds, the method offers a significant advance in automated, reliable computation of dispersion curves for damped waveguides, addressing the challenges of non-Hermitian eigenvalue problems and mode veering without manual intervention. The decoupling strategy and use of diagnostics for challenging cases enhance its applicability to engineering problems involving viscoelastic materials.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and §3] Abstract and §3 (homotopy mapping and perturbation theory): The central claim of 'guaranteed branch identity continuity... without post-processing' is conditional on the real-parameter path s ∈ [0,1] never encountering an exceptional point. No general a priori theorem, criterion, or algorithm is supplied to certify that the chosen real path lies away from all EPs for arbitrary waveguides and loss factors; the adaptive refinement is restricted to the Hermitian (s=0) stage, and post-hoc diagnostics (sharp imaginary-part crossing and group-velocity vs. energy-flux discrepancy) are provided only for the single unsymmetric laminate at loss factor 0.05.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The statement that 'the majority of cases verified at a loss factor of approximately 0.003' and 'a single symmetric laminate providing additional support at 0.02' should be expanded with exact loss-factor values, number of cases, and cross-section details in the numerical-results section for full reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful review and for identifying the conditional character of the central guarantee. We respond point-by-point below and indicate where the manuscript will be revised for greater clarity.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and §3] Abstract and §3 (homotopy mapping and perturbation theory): The central claim of 'guaranteed branch identity continuity... without post-processing' is conditional on the real-parameter path s ∈ [0,1] never encountering an exceptional point. No general a priori theorem, criterion, or algorithm is supplied to certify that the chosen real path lies away from all EPs for arbitrary waveguides and loss factors; the adaptive refinement is restricted to the Hermitian (s=0) stage, and post-hoc diagnostics (sharp imaginary-part crossing and group-velocity vs. energy-flux discrepancy) are provided only for the single unsymmetric laminate at loss factor 0.05.

    Authors: We agree that the one-to-one branch-identity guarantee is strictly conditional on the real path s ∈ [0,1] avoiding exceptional points (EPs). The manuscript already states this proviso explicitly and grounds the conditional result in analytic perturbation theory for Type-I EP topology. No general a priori certification algorithm is supplied because constructing one would require a global, non-convex search over the entire (k,s) space for every waveguide geometry and loss factor—an open and computationally prohibitive problem that lies outside the scope of the present work. Instead, the framework supplies reliable post-hoc diagnostics (sharp imaginary-part crossing together with group-velocity/energy-flux discrepancy) that, in all reported examples, correctly flag the absence of label mismatch. We will revise the abstract and §3 to (i) restate the conditional nature more prominently, (ii) clarify that the diagnostics are intended for practical verification rather than a priori certification, and (iii) note that the adaptive refinement at s=0 remains the only stage where guaranteed Hermitian tracking is performed. These changes constitute a partial revision. revision: partial

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  • No general a priori theorem, criterion, or algorithm is available to certify that an arbitrary real-parameter path avoids all exceptional points for arbitrary waveguides and loss factors.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation is self-contained

full rationale

The paper's central claim of guaranteed branch identity continuity rests on analytic perturbation theory applied to the real-parameter material homotopy s ∈ [0,1]. The continuity statement is explicitly conditional on the path avoiding exceptional points, and the method proceeds via independent algorithmic steps: adaptive wavenumber refinement in the Hermitian (s=0) stage followed by predictor-corrector propagation of sparse solutions. No load-bearing step reduces by construction to a fitted input, self-definition, or self-citation chain; the homotopy mapping and perturbation analysis supply the one-to-one correspondence without tautological renaming or imported uniqueness theorems. The derivation therefore remains non-circular under the stated assumptions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The framework relies on analytic perturbation theory for the continuity guarantee and assumes the path avoids exceptional points. No new physical entities are introduced; the attenuation parameter s is a mathematical continuation variable.

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  • domain assumption Analytic perturbation theory guarantees branch identity continuity when the real-parameter path does not cross exceptional points
    Invoked to establish the one-to-one correspondence between s=0 and s=1 solutions

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