The Kähler-Ricci flow near conical singularities is described with a C/t curvature bound.
problem Describing the Kähler-Ricci flow near conical singularities.
method Showed a C/t curvature bound and used the unique Kähler-Ricci expander. result The flow near each singular point is modelled on the unique Kähler-Ricci expander.
SOC-ICNN expands neural network representational capacity by using conic optimization.
problem Restrictive representational capacity of ReLU-based ICNNs.
method Proposes SOC-ICNN architecture that uses Second-Order Cone Programming.
result SOC-ICNN strictly expands representational space without increasing complexity.
New tighter confidence bounds for sequential kernel regression.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in sequential learning algorithms.
method Martingale tail inequalities and conic programming.
result New confidence bounds are tighter than existing ones.
Convex optimization method infers latent structure in random dot product graphs.
problem Inferring latent probability matrix of random dot product graphs.
method Conic programming with nuclear norm regularization.
result Asymptotic consistency of probability estimates and recovery of latent structure.
Paper proves structure of compact Kähler 3-folds with specific bundles.
problem Characterizing compact Kähler 3-folds with nef anti-canonical bundles.
method Minimal Model Program, positivity of direct image sheaves, Q-conic bundles, orbifold vector bundles.
result Compact Kähler 3-folds with nef anti-canonical bundles are essentially one of three types.
New method learns BN structures from data efficiently.
problem Learning sparse DAG structure of BN from continuous data.
method Consistent second-order conic integer programming with early stopping criterion.
result Near-optimal solutions to medium-size problems within reasonable time.
We view a conic optimization problem that has a unique solution as a map from its data to its solution. If sufficient regularity conditions hold at a solution point, namely that the implicit function theorem applies to the normalized residual function of [Busseti et al., 2018], the problem solution map is differentiabl…
This paper describes Convex, a convex optimization modeling framework in Julia. Convex translates problems from a user-friendly functional language into an abstract syntax tree describing the problem. This concise representation of the global structure of the problem allows Convex to infer whether the problem complies …
We propose a new method of estimation in high-dimensional linear regression model. It allows for very weak distributional assumptions including heteroscedasticity, and does not require the knowledge of the variance of random errors. The method is based on linear programming only, so that its numerical implementation is…
Regression is widely used by practioners across many disciplines. We reformulate the underlying optimisation problem as a second-order conic program providing the flexibility often needed in applications. Using examples from portfolio management and quantitative trading we solve regression problems with and without con…
Plain vanilla K-means clustering has proven to be successful in practice, yet it suffers from outlier sensitivity and may produce highly unbalanced clusters. To mitigate both shortcomings, we formulate a joint outlier detection and clustering problem, which assigns a prescribed number of datapoints to an auxiliary outl…
Paper develops compact formulations for optimization problems with rank-one convex functions and indicator variables.
problem Optimization problems involving rank-one convex functions with support constraints.
method Perspective reformulation techniques to exploit conic structure and establish convex hull results.
result Systematic perspective formulations for convex hull descriptions of sets with nonlinear separable or non-separable objective functions and combinatorial constraints.
The purpose of this paper is to generalize the convexity of Mabuchi's functional to the conic setting. We first established a frame to study conic cscK metrics, and then the conic Mabuchi functional was introduced in such a way that conic cscK metrics are its critical points. Finally we proved the convexity of the coni…
The paper classifies isoparametric hypersurfaces in conic Finsler spaces.
problem Identifying new isoparametric hypersurfaces in conic Finsler spaces.
method Introduced isoparametric functions and hypersurfaces in conic Finsler spaces, classified them in specific spaces.
result Found additional isoparametric hypersurfaces in conic Minkowski spaces, such as helicoids.
This is an account of some aspects of the geometry of Kähler affine metrics based on considering them as smooth metric measure spaces and applying the comparison geometry of Bakry-Emery Ricci tensors. Such techniques yield a version for Kähler affine metrics of Yau's Schwarz lemma for volume forms. By a theorem of Chen…
Two unique conic-line arrangements with degree 9 are found.
problem Identifying Zariski pairs of conic-line arrangements.
method Using connected numbers to distinguish topologies.
result Found two pairs of conic-line arrangements with a unique conic.
Study conic singular manifolds, proving Lipschitz normal embedding.
problem Understanding metric properties of conic singular manifolds.
method Analyzing interplay between conic and asymptotically conic behavior.
result Proves Lipschitz normal embedding for conic singular sub-manifolds.
Desingularizes conically singular Cayley submanifolds.
problem Constructing fibrations of compact Spin(7) manifolds by Cayley submanifolds.
method Desingularization through gluing rescaled asymptotically conical submanifolds.
result Conically singular Cayley submanifolds can be desingularized.
This paper presents a unified geometric framework for the statistical analysis of a general ill-posed linear inverse model which includes as special cases noisy compressed sensing, sign vector recovery, trace regression, orthogonal matrix estimation, and noisy matrix completion. We propose computationally feasible conv…
Proves existence of Yamabe metrics on conical manifolds with conical points and links.
problem Existence of Yamabe metrics on singular manifolds with conical points and links.
method Derives a counterpart of Aubin's result, uses conical links and Fourier analysis, adds lower-order correction to standard bubbles.
result Derives asymptotic expansions on the Yamabe quotient for generic type metrics.
Proves conditions for positive scalar curvature on certain manifolds with conical singularities.
problem Conditions for positive scalar curvature on manifolds with isolated conical singularities.
method Analyzes isolated conical singularities and uses Geroch type results.
result No metric with positive scalar curvature on X#Tn with isolated conical singularity. Confocal conics form an orthogonal net. Supplementing this net with one of the following: 1) the net of Cartesian coordinate lines aligned along the principal axes of conics, 2) the net of Apollonian pencils of circles whose foci coincide with the foci of conics, 3) the net of tangents to a conic of the confocal family…
Study on spherical conical metrics and their reducibility on compact Riemann surfaces.
problem Existence and geometric structure of reducible spherical conical metrics.
method Analysis of monodromy groups and geometric cutting of surfaces.
result Existence of reducible spherical conical metrics with saddle points on the same geodesic.
In this paper we develop a systematic deformation theory for conic constant curvature metrics on a closed surface when all cone angles are less than 2π; in particular, we define and study the Teichmüller space Tγ,kconic of conic constant curvature metrics on a surface of genus γ with k …
Based on C. Li and Y. Rubinstein's upper bisectional curvature bound estimate for the conic Kähler metric, we can construct a smoothing sequence for the conic metric with uniformly upper bisectional curvature bound. For the conic metric along a simple normal crossing divisor with triple or higher multiple points we may…
Proves smoothness of conical singularities in mean curvature flow.
problem Resolving singularities in mean curvature flow.
method Analyzes smooth hypersurfaces with isolated conical singularities.
result Smoothness of level set flow through asymptotically conical singularities.
Study finds conditions for conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature in conic metrics.
problem Finding conditions for conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature in conic metrics.
method Analyzes conformal deformations within a class of incomplete Riemannian metrics that generalize conic orbifold singularities.
result Determines sufficient conditions for the existence of a conformal deformation to a conic metric with constant scalar curvature -1.
Study describes ALF instantons with conical singularities.
problem Understanding ALF instantons with conical singularities.
method Applied techniques from previous work.
result Only 4D subfamilies can be smoothly compactified with conical singularities.
We establish a parabolic version of Tian's C2,α-estimate for conical complex Monge-Ampere equations, which includes conical Kähler-Einstein metrics. Our estimate will complete the proof of the existence of unnormalized conical Kähler-Ricci flow in arXiv:1411.7284.
We prove that the conical Kähler-Ricci flows introduced in \cite{CYW} exist for all time t∈[0,+∞). These immortal flows possess maximal regularity in the conical category. As an application, we show if the twisted first Chern class C1,β is negative or zero, the corresponding conical Kähler-Ricci flows co…
We study metrics on conic 2-spheres when no Einstein metrics exist. In particular, when the curvature of a conic metric is positive, we obtain the best curvature pinching constant. We also show that when this best pinching constant is approached, the conic 2-sphere has an explicit Gromov-Hausdorff limit. This is a gene…
Study conic-line arrangements of degree 7, finding their topology and components.
problem Understanding the topology and components of conic-line arrangements of degree 7.
method Examined the embedded topology using SageMath and Sirocco package.
result Determined the number of connected components and fundamental groups.
Conic singular sub-manifolds are Lipschitz Normally Embedded in compact non-Euclidean manifolds.
problem Understanding the Lipschitz geometry of conic singular sub-manifolds.
method Analyzing the metric properties of conic singular sub-manifolds in compact non-Euclidean manifolds.
result Connected conic singular sub-manifolds are Lipschitz Normally Embedded.
The paper explores conic-line arrangements via Poncelet's theorem and finds families of reducible curves.
problem Understanding the topology of conic-line arrangements using Poncelet's theorem.
method Study unramified double covers induced by Poncelet transverses.
result Existence of families of Zariski pairs of degree 2m+6 for m≥2. Constructs surfaces with conical singularities using variational methods.
problem Creating Hamiltonian Stationary Surfaces with specific singularities.
method Variational methods and convergence process similar to Ginzburg-Landau analysis.
result Obtained surfaces with prescribed conical singularities related to optimal Wente constants.
Paper proves unique conical tangent flows in all dimensions.
problem Proving uniqueness of conical singularities in mean curvature flows.
method Based on Chodosh-Schulze's work in hypersurfaces, extended to all codimensions.
result Uniqueness of asymptotically conical tangent flows in all codimensions.
Cyclidic nets are introduced as discrete analogs of curvature line parametrized surfaces and orthogonal coordinate systems. A 2-dimensional cyclidic net is a piecewise smooth C1-surface built from surface patches of Dupin cyclides, each patch being bounded by curvature lines of the supporting cyclide. An explicit de…
Generically, topological insulators have conical points leading to Dirac-like currents.
problem Understanding the conical structure of degeneracies in topological phases of matter.
method Analyzing Hermitian matrices with three parameters to show conical points.
result Adiabatic deformations of topological insulators result in Dirac-like currents whose total conductivity equals the chiral number of conical points.
Paper shows regularizing flow for conical Kähler-Ricci equations.
problem Regularizing property of conical Kähler-Ricci flow.
method Regularizing property of the twisted conical Kähler-Ricci flow from a positive closed current with zero Lelong number.
result Extends regularizing property to conical singularity case.
Study finds limits for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics on unstable surfaces.
problem Optimal upper bounds for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics on K-unstable del Pezzo surfaces.
method Established optimal upper bounds for cone angles of Kähler-Einstein metrics with conical singularities.
result Optimal upper bounds for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics on K-unstable del Pezzo surfaces.
Study curve shortening flow on Riemann surfaces with conic singularities.
problem Analyzing curve shortening flow on surfaces with conic singularities.
method Generalized Huisken's comparison function to Riemann surfaces and surfaces with conic singularities. Reproofed Gage-Hamilton-Grayson theorem. Proved CSF can't touch conic singularities with cone angles ≤ π.
result CSF can't touch conic singularities with cone angles ≤ π for embedded simple closed curves.
Proves positive mass theorem on conical manifolds with small angles.
problem Proving the positive mass theorem on conical manifolds with small cone angles.
method Analyzes conical manifolds with small cone angles, assuming spin structure and locally conformal flatness.
result Proves the positive mass theorem under specified conditions.
We discuss the constant σ2 problem for conic 4-spheres. Based on earlier works of Chang-Han-Yang and Han-Li-Teixeira, we are able to find a necessary condition for the existence problem. In particular, when the condition is sharp, we have the uniqueness result similar to that of Troyanov in dimension 2. It indicat…
The paper classifies Landsberg metrics on a 2D Lie group and proves a conjecture.
problem Classifying Landsberg metrics on a 2D Lie group.
method Analyzing left invariant conic Finsler metrics on a 2D non-Abelian Lie group.
result Any left invariant conic Landsberg metric on G must be Berwald. The abstract proves spherical surface decompositions with conical singularities.
problem Decomposing surfaces with spherical metrics and conical singularities.
method Geometric triangulations and irreducible components of standard shapes.
result Spherical polygons, including half-spherical concave polygons, can be arbitrarily complicated.
Paper proves Whitney stratified spaces can be given a conically smooth structure.
problem Proving Whitney stratified spaces can be given a conically smooth structure.
method Introduced conically smooth structure by Ayala, Francis, and Tanaka. Proved conjecture that any Whitney stratified space admits a canonical conically smooth structure.
result Established a connection between Whitney stratified spaces and conically smooth spaces.
The paper proves the existence of Sasaki-Einstein metrics on specific Sasakian manifolds.
problem Proving the existence of conic Sasaki-Einstein metrics on log Fano Sasakian manifolds of dimension five.
method Deriving uniform L^{4}-bounds and analyzing the conic Sasaki-Ricci flow.
result Existence of conic Sasaki-Einstein metrics on log Fano Sasakian manifolds of dimension five.
We compute the fundamental groups of the complements of the family of real conic-line arrangements with up to two conics which are tangent to each other at two points, with an arbitrary number of tangent lines to both conics. All the resulting groups turn out to be big.