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48 results for Feynman--Kac semigroups

We prove Bismut-type formulae for the first and second derivatives of a Feynman-Kac semigroup on a complete Riemannian manifold. We derive local estimates and give bounds on the logarithmic derivatives of the integral kernel. Stationary solutions are also considered. The arguments are based on local martingales, althou…

2016-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper provides gradient estimates for Neumann semigroups on manifolds with boundary under unbounded curvature conditions.

problem Gradient estimates for Neumann semigroups on manifolds with boundary under unbounded curvature conditions.
method Establishes Bismut-type formulas and gradient estimates for Feynman--Kac semigroups on Riemannian manifolds with boundary, under geometric conditions formulated in terms of Ricci curvature and second fundamental form.
result Derives pointwise gradient estimates for the Neumann semigroup under variable, possibly unbounded, lower curvature bounds.

The paper develops a Feynman-Kac formula for perturbations of order ≤ 1 in noncommutative geometry.

problem Analyzing perturbations of order ≤ 1 in noncommutative geometry.
method Develops a Feynman-Kac formula for differential operators of order ≤ 1 on complex metric vector bundles over Riemannian manifolds.
result Explicit Feynman-Kac type formula for holomorphic semigroups generated by QQ.

We extend the Feynman-Kac formula for Schrödinger type operators on vector bundles over noncompact Riemannian manifolds to possibly very singular potentials that appear in hydrogen like quantum mechanical problems and that need not be bounded from below or locally square integrable. This path integral formula is then u…

2011-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Generates semigroups for differential expressions on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Analyzing differential expressions on Riemannian manifolds.
method Study of generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck differential expressions and their maximal realizations.
result Generates analytic quasi-contractive semigroups in weighted LpL^p-spaces.

This is an introduction to Wiener measure and the Feynman-Kac formula on general Riemannian manifolds for Riemannian geometers with little or no background in stochastics. We explain the construction of Wiener measure based on the heat kernel in full detail and we prove the Feynman-Kac formula for Schrödinger operators…

2011-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Flat semigroups can represent normal weighted homogeneous surface singularities.

problem Representability of flat semigroups in normal weighted homogeneous surface singularities.
method Study of numerical semigroups associated with surface singularities and prove representability conditions.
result A numerical semigroup is representable if and only if it can be written as a quotient of a flat semigroup.

New infinite family of hyperbolic L-space knots with specific semigroups.

problem Characterizing semigroups of L-space knots.
method Defined formal semigroups from Alexander polynomials and analyzed hyperbolic knots.
result Found an infinite family of hyperbolic L-space knots with semigroups generated by five elements.

Introduces intrinsic Hopf-Lax semigroup linking to intrinsic slope.

problem Understanding intrinsic Hopf-Lax semigroup and its relation to intrinsic slope.
method Introduces and proves the link between intrinsic Hopf-Lax semigroup and intrinsic slope.
result Intrinsic Hopf-Lax semigroup is a subsolution of Hamilton-Jacobi type equality.

The problem behind this paper is the proper measurement of the degree of quality/acceptability/distance to arbitrage of trades. We are narrowing the class of coherent acceptability indices introduced by Cherny and Madan (2007) by imposing an additional mathematical property. For this, we introduce the notion of a conca…

2011-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This monograph develops the theory of covariant Schrödinger semigroups acting on sections of vector bundles over noncompact Riemannian manifolds from scratch. Contents: I. Sobolev spaces on vector bundles II. Smooth heat kernels on vector bundles III. Basis differential operators in Riemannian manifolds IV. Some specif…

2018-01-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies a semigroup generated by finite intervals and characterizes its properties.

problem Characterizing the semigroup generated by finite intervals.
method Analyzing the semigroup BωFn\boldsymbol{B}_\omega^{\mathscr{F}_n}, showing Green relations coincide, isomorphic to partial convex order isomorphisms, and studying shift-continuous topologies.
result The semigroup BωFn\boldsymbol{B}_\omega^{\mathscr{F}_n} is isomorphic to the semigroup of partial convex order isomorphisms and admits only Rees congruences.

The paper studies dynamical properties in semigroups modulo ideals.

problem Analyzing shadowing, expansivity, and stability in semigroups with ideals.
method Investigates shadowing, expansivity, and stability properties in uniform transformation semigroups modulo an ideal.
result Establishes that if a semigroup exhibits shadowing and expansivity modulo an ideal, it is also topologically stable modulo that ideal.

Functional-analytic method for stochastic parallel transport in bundles.

problem Stochastic parallel transport in Hermitian bundles over Riemannian manifolds.
method Purely functional-analytic construction.
result Obtained a general Feynman-Kac formula in vector bundles.

New method trains partial Bayesian neural networks efficiently.

problem Challenges in approximating multi-modal latent variable distributions in pBNNs.
method Formulates pBNN training as a Feynman--Kac model and uses sequential Monte Carlo samplers.
result Proposed training scheme outperforms state of the art in predictive performance.

The paper associates knots to numerical semigroups and shows their Alexander polynomials coincide with semigroups' Poincaré series.

problem Understanding the algebraic structure of numerical semigroups through topological representations.
method Associaing iterated torus knots to free numerical semigroups and analyzing their knot complements and Alexander polynomials.
result Alexander polynomials of knots associated with free numerical semigroups coincide with the semigroup's Poincaré series.

We extend a result regarding the Random Backward Iteration algorithm for drawing Julia sets (known to work for certain rational semigroups containing a non-Möbius element) to a class of Möbius semigroups which includes certain settings not yet been dealt with in the literature, namely, when the Julia set is not a thick…

2015-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified kernel framework extends to stochastic systems, improving numerical stability.

problem Extending kernel methods to stochastic dynamical systems with diffusion.
method Unified kernel framework, Feynman-Kac path-integral representations, collocation-based computational framework.
result Kernel equivalence under uniform ellipticity assumptions and improved numerical stability with moderate diffusion.

Graphs approximate semigroups for diffusion on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Approximating semigroups for diffusion on Riemannian manifolds.
method Discretized approximation using random walks on proximity graphs.
result Quantitative error estimates for convergence of discrete semigroups to continuous semigroups.

Our goal is to convince the readers that the theory of complex normal surface singularities can be a powerful tool in the study of numerical semigroups, and, in the same time, a very rich source of interesting affine and numerical semigroups. More precisely, we prove that the strongly flat semigroups, which satisfy the…

2018-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Constructs free semigroups with critical exponents close to but less than ambient groups.

problem Creating free semigroups with critical exponents close to but less than ambient groups.
method Constructing finitely generated free subsemigroups with specific properties.
result Free semigroups with critical exponents arbitrarily close to but strictly less than ambient groups.

This paper investigates sufficient conditions for a Feynman-Kac functional up to an exit time to be the generalized viscosity solution of a Dirichlet problem. The key ingredient is to find out the continuity of exit operator under Skorokhod topology, which reveals the intrinsic connection between overfitting Dirichlet …

2018-06-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved diffusion models using energy distillation and sequential Monte Carlo.

problem Training instability and inferior performance in energy parameterized diffusion models.
method Introduced a novel training regime for energy functions through distillation of pre-trained diffusion models, and cast the sampling procedure as a Feynman Kac model.
result Demonstrated improved performance and new sampling techniques.

Paper proposes deep learning for operators in semigroups, improving dynamical system modeling.

problem Modeling unknown autonomous dynamical systems using time series data at varying time lags.
method Novel deep learning approach embedding semigroup property into data-driven learning process.
result Framework reduces data dependency, improves accuracy, robustness, and stability for long-time prediction.

The aim of this paper is to show that the dynamics of LpL^p heat semigroups (p>2p>2) on a symmetric space of non-compact type is very different from the dynamics of the LpL^p heat semigroups if p2p\leq 2. To see this, it is shown that certain shifts of the LpL^p heat semigroups have a chaotic behavior if p>2p>2 and that …

2008-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Establishes geometric properties of elements in the positive semigroup of a general real semisimple Lie group.

problem Generalizing Lusztig's total positivity to the setting of general real semisimple Lie groups.
method Classifying Lie groups admitting a positive structure and establishing key properties of unipotent positive semigroups.
result Establishes key geometric properties of elements in the positive semigroup.

New heat semigroup characterizes Sobolev and BV spaces in Carnot groups.

problem Lack of explicit representations and symmetry in heat kernels in sub-Riemannian geometry.
method Establishes a new heat semigroup characterisation using integral decoupling property.
result Characterizes Sobolev and BV spaces in Carnot groups.

Paper improves robustness and sparsity in adversarially trained DNNs.

problem Developing efficient compression algorithms for robustly trained DNNs.
method Pruning weights using relaxed augmented Lagrangian algorithms for both structured and unstructured levels, leveraging Feynman-Kac formalism.
result At least doubles channel sparsity of adversarially trained ResNet20 for CIFAR10 classification.

Various semigroups of noninvertible supermatrices of the special (antitriangle) shape having nilpotent Berezinian which appear in supersymmetric theories are defined and investigated. A subset of them continuously represents left and right zero semigroups and rectangular bands. The ideal properties of higher order rect…

1996-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗