T-duality rules for 2D (2,1) supersymmetric models clarified.
problem Clarify T-duality in (2,1) supersymmetric sigma-models.
method Gauging of sigma-models in (2,1) superspace, finding complexified duality transformations.
result Complexified duality transformations are equivalent to Buscher transformations and diffeomorphisms.
Unified framework for T-duality in both trivial and non-trivial topologies.
problem Unified description of T-duality for metrics and B-fields in non-trivial topology.
method Developed a new unifying framework for T-duality.
result Unified description of T-duality for metrics and B-fields in non-trivial topology.
We give a precise formulation of T-duality for Ramond-Ramond fields. This gives a canonical isomorphism between the "geometrically invariant" subgroups of the twisted differential K-theory of certain principal torus bundles. Our result combines topological T-duality with the Buscher rules found in physics.
We describe how generalized complex geometry, which interpolates between complex and symplectic geometry, is compatible with T-duality, a relation between quantum field theories discovered by physicists. T-duality relates topologically distinct torus bundles, and prescribes a method for transporting geometrical structu…
Invariant r♯ predicts H-flux behavior under T-duality.
problem Predicting H-flux behavior under T-duality on product manifolds.
method Using r♯ invariant to analyze metric connections and T-duality effects. result Invariant r♯ detects irreducible H-flux components that survive T-duality. Study extends geodesic ray transform results to orientable surfaces.
problem Characterize and stabilize mixed and transverse ray transforms on surfaces.
method Algebraic arguments applied to various geometries and ray transforms.
result Characterization of kernel and stability for mixed and transverse ray transforms on orientable surfaces.
The paper introduces models to learn generalized transformation equivariant representations.
problem Capturing intrinsic visual structures equivariant to various transformations.
method Deterministic and probabilistic AutoEncoding Transformations (AET and AVT) models trained to learn visual representations from generic groups of transformations.
result Generalized TERs (GTERs) that are equivariant to transformations in a more general fashion.
We analyze Darboux transformations in very general settings for multidimensional linear partial differential operators. We consider all known types of Darboux transformations, and present a new type. We obtain a full classification of all operators that admit Wronskian type Darboux transformations of first order and a …
Integration procedure for Lie groupoid natural transformations.
problem Infinitesimal counterpart of natural transformations in Lie groupoids.
method Integration procedure for Lie groupoid morphisms.
result Provides smooth natural transformations between Lie groupoid morphisms.
Introduces pseudo-codecomposition of transformation groups.
problem Understanding and categorizing transformation groups.
method Introduces pseudo-codecomposition and analyzes properties of transformation groups.
result The class of pseudo-codecomposable transformation groups is a proper intermediate class.
This paper investigates efficient Transformers and finds they scale with problem size.
problem Finding suitable replacements for standard Transformers in large-scale tasks.
method Modeling efficient Transformers (Sparse and Linear) as Dynamic Programming problems and analyzing their reasoning capabilities.
result Efficient Transformers scale with problem size, but can be more efficient for certain DP problems.
The conformal geometry of spacelike surfaces in 4-dimensional Lorentzian space forms has been studied by the authors in a previous paper, where the so-called polar transform was introduced. Here it is shown that this transform preserves spacelike conformal isothermic surfaces. We relate this new transform with the know…
Data is said to follow the transform (or analysis) sparsity model if it becomes sparse when acted on by a linear operator called a sparsifying transform. Several algorithms have been designed to learn such a transform directly from data, and data-adaptive sparsifying transforms have demonstrated excellent performance i…
Paper improves tensor completion using unitary transforms.
problem Robust tensor completion for various datasets.
method Transformed tensor SVD with unitary matrices.
result Recovered images have better PSNR than traditional methods.
Transforms classical connections using pushforwards and gauge transformations.
problem Transforming classical connections in categorical settings.
method Constructing pushforwards and applying gauge transformations to decorated path spaces.
result Combines traditional gauge transformation with affine translation.
Paper introduces graph-based transforms for video compression.
problem Efficiently represent video signals for compression.
method Develops two techniques for designing graph-based transforms (GL-GBTs and EA-GBTs).
result Graph-based transforms outperform traditional KLT in video compression.
Transformers interpret as probabilistic mixtures, offering new insights.
problem Understanding Transformers from a probabilistic perspective.
method Modeling Transformers as mixtures of Gaussian models.
result Transformers can be seen as maximum posterior probability estimators.
Study normal operators of double fibration transforms with conjugate points.
problem Normal operators of double fibration transforms with conjugate points.
method Stable conditions on the distribution of conjugate points, splitting into elliptic and Fourier integral operators.
result Normal operator splits into an elliptic pseudodifferential operator and Fourier integral operators.
Transformer-MGK replaces redundant heads with Gaussian key mixtures, improving efficiency and performance.
problem Redundant attention heads in transformers degrade performance and efficiency.
method Transformer-MGK replaces redundant heads with a mixture of Gaussian keys.
result Transformer-MGK accelerates training and inference, reduces parameters and FLOPs, and achieves comparable or better accuracy.
Adversarial learning improves image augmentation for neural networks.
problem Improving data augmentation for neural networks with limited data.
method Adversarial learning using an encoder-decoder architecture with a spatial transformer network.
result Our approach outperforms previous generative data augmentation methods.
B-cos transformers explain Vision Transformers' decisions.
problem Lack of holistic explanations for transformer outputs.
method Formulate each component as dynamic linear, allowing a single linear transform for summarization.
result Bcos-ViTs are highly interpretable and competitive on ImageNet.
Novel power transform unifies various mathematical functions.
problem Normalizing and standardizing datasets.
method Presented a novel power transform.
result Unified various mathematical functions.
XR-Transformer accelerates XMC by recursively fine-tuning on multi-resolution objectives.
problem Efficiently classifying texts with large label sets.
method Recursive multi-resolution fine-tuning of transformers.
result XR-Transformer achieves 20x faster training time and 54% Precision@1 on Amazon-3M.
Algorithm finds optimal affine transformation to minimize overall distortion.
problem Minimizing distortion in affine transformations.
method Riemannian geometry approach to define and minimize distortion.
result Mean distorting transformation found for minimizing overall distortion.
We study the dynamics of the discrete bicycle (Darboux, Backlund) transformation of polygons in n-dimensional Euclidean space. This transformation is a discretization of the continuous bicycle transformation, recently studied by Foote, Levi, and Tabachnikov. We prove that the respective monodromy is a Moebius transform…
Transformers struggle to approximate smooth functions, relying on piecewise constant approximations.
problem Understanding the expressivity of Transformers for function approximation.
method Theoretical analysis and experimental validation of Transformer's ability to approximate smooth functions.
result Transformers cannot reliably approximate smooth functions, relying on piecewise constant approximations.
We propose a new class of transforms that we call {\it Lehmer Transform} which is motivated by the {\it Lehmer mean function}. The proposed {\it Lehmer transform} decomposes a function of a sample into their constituting statistical moments. Theoretical properties of the proposed transform are presented. This transform…
The Weyl transform is introduced as a rich framework for data representation. Transform coefficients are connected to the Walsh-Hadamard transform of multiscale autocorrelations, and different forms of dyadic periodicity in a signal are shown to appear as different features in its Weyl coefficients. The Weyl transform …
We define a transformation on harmonic maps from a Riemann surface into the 2-sphere which depends on a complex parameter, the so-called mu-Darboux transformation. In the case when the harmonic map N is the Gauss map of a constant mean curvature surface f and the parameter is real, the mu-Darboux transformation of -N i…
One of the most challenging problems in the domain of 2-D image or 3-D shape is to handle the non-rigid deformation. From the perspective of transformation groups, the conformal transformation is a key part of the diffeomorphism. According to the Liouville Theorem, an important part of the conformal transformation is t…
We begin by considering several properties commonly (but not universally) possessed by Bäcklund transformations between hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equations: wavelike nature of the underlying equations, preservation of independent variables, quasilinearity of the transformation, and autonomy of the transformation. We show…
Geometric approach uses Bäcklund transformations to create integrable discrete analogs of surface nets.
problem Creating integrable discrete analogs of surface nets and conjugate nets.
method Interpreting classical differential geometry results through Bäcklund transformations and applying permutability properties.
result Integrable discrete analogs of asymptotic and conjugate nets are constructed.
ETs improve model robustness to transformations in images.
problem Improving model robustness to predefined transformations.
method Equivariant Transformers (ETs) incorporating functions equivariant to continuous transformation groups.
result ETs achieve up to 15% relative improvement in error rate on image classification tasks.
New geometric transformations link discrete and continuous curve motions.
problem Establishing a connection between discrete and continuous curve motions.
method Infinitesimal Darboux transformations of smooth curves.
result Alternate geometric interpretation for semi-discrete mKdV equation.
SPTN uses invertible transformations to improve sum-product networks.
problem Improving inference efficiency and tractability in sum-product networks.
method Integrates invertible transformations into sum-product networks (SPNs).
result SPTNs with Gaussian leaves and affine transformations are as tractable as SPNs.
Proves upper bounds for Bäcklund transformations in hyperbolic systems.
problem Bounding the generality of Bäcklund transformations in hyperbolic systems.
method Cartan's Method of Equivalence, classification results for specific symmetry groups.
result Obtains classification results and new examples of auto-Bäcklund transformations.
FEDformer combines Transformer with seasonal-trend decomposition for efficient long-term forecasting.
problem Transformer's inefficiency and inability to capture global time series views.
method Combines seasonal-trend decomposition with Transformer, exploiting Fourier basis for frequency enhancement.
result Reduces prediction error by 14.8% and 22.6% for multivariate and univariate time series, respectively.
One-layer transformers can't solve induction heads task efficiently.
problem Solving the induction heads task efficiently with one-layer transformers.
method Communication complexity argument showing exponential size requirement.
result No one-layer transformer can solve the induction heads task efficiently.
BoostTransformer uses boosting to improve transformer efficiency and accuracy.
problem Heavy computational resources and hyperparameter tuning in transformer architectures.
method Augments transformers with boosting principles through subgrid token selection and importance-weighted sampling, incorporating a least square boosting objective directly into the pipeline.
result BoostTransformer demonstrates faster convergence and higher accuracy compared to standard transformers.
We study an analogue of the classical Bianchi-Darboux transformation for L-isothermic surfaces in Laguerre geometry, the Bianchi-Darboux transformation. We show how to construct the Bianchi-Darboux transforms of an L-isothermic surface by solving an integrable linear differential system. We then establish a permutabili…
We study the limiting behaviour of Darboux and Calapso transforms of polarized curves in the conformal n-dimensional sphere, when the polarization has a pole of first or second order at some point. We prove that for a pole of first order, as the singularity is approached all Darboux transforms converge to the original …
W-Transformers use wavelets to improve time series forecasting.
problem Forecasting non-stationary time series with long-range dependencies.
method Wavelet-based transformer architecture.
result W-Transformers outperform baseline models on various time series datasets.
The notion of a generalized harmonic inverse mean curvature surface in the Euclidean four-space is introduced. A backward Bäcklund transform of a generalized harmonic inverse mean curvature surface is defined. A Darboux transform of a generalized harmonic inverse mean curvature surface is constructed by a backward Bäck…
Transforms improve CNNs' invariance to image transformations.
problem Current CNN models lack robustness to spatial transformations.
method Randomly transform feature maps during training to learn invariant representations.
result Significant improvements on benchmark tasks, including image recognition and retrieval.
Paper proves Fourier transform for valuations, simplifying previous work.
problem Existence of isomorphism for translation-invariant smooth valuations.
method Directly describes Alesker's isomorphism in terms of Fourier transform on functions.
result Simple proofs of Alesker's Fourier transform properties, including a previously conjectured result.
Transformers improve Finnish language modeling, achieving lower perplexity scores.
problem Improving language modeling for Finnish using deep learning models.
method Used BERT and Transformer-XL models in a sub-word setting, compared to LSTM.
result Transformer-XL outperforms LSTM, achieving a 27% better perplexity score.
Survey on broken ray transforms and open problems.
problem Understanding broken ray transforms and their applications.
method Survey of recent developments and open problems.
result Discussion of open problems in broken ray transforms.
Transformed quadrics from 2D to higher dimensions.
problem Generalizing quadric transformations to higher dimensions.
method Bianchi's Hazzidakis transformation method.
result Generalization to higher dimensional quadrics.