The paper explores gaps in curvature-related metrics and rigidity.
problem Understanding gaps in curvature-related metrics and rigidity.
method Analyzes three types of gaps: spectral, metric-rigidity, and topological-rigidity.
result Proposes open problems in the field.
Study gap-dependent regret bounds for risk-sensitive RL.
problem Risk-sensitive reinforcement learning with entropic risk measure.
method Propose cascaded gaps to adapt to problem structures, derive regret bounds.
result Exponential improvement over existing bounds in appropriate settings.
Paper analyzes origami slope gaps and their distribution, finding a unique pattern.
problem Analyzing slope gaps in origami surfaces.
method Derived slope gap distribution of a specific origami by considering return times under the horocycle flow.
result Found a unique distribution of origami slope gaps, not a sum of scaled Hall distributions.
Random hyperbolic surfaces have nearly optimal spectral gaps.
problem Proving the nearly optimal spectral gap conjecture for random Belyi surfaces.
method Using the Brooks-Makover model, the authors show a spectral gap greater than 1/4 - c/log(n).
result A random hyperbolic surface in the Brooks-Makover model has a spectral gap greater than 1/4 - c/log(n).
Paper improves volume gap between minimal submanifolds and unit spheres.
problem Volume gap between minimal submanifolds and unit spheres.
method Modified Cheng-Li-Yau coefficients and applied Cheng-Yang eigenvalue estimate for Laplacian.
result Enhanced volume gap between minimal submanifolds and unit spheres.
The article proves a conjecture about the fundamental gap for horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
problem Proving a conjecture about the fundamental gap for horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
method Establishing conformal log-concavity estimates for the first eigenfunction.
result Proves a conjecture about the fundamental gap for horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
Local gaps in Ricci shrinkers depend only on dimension.
problem Understanding local properties of Ricci shrinkers.
method Proved local versions of Ricci curvature and entropy gap theorems.
result Local gaps depend only on dimension, not global entropy.
Study shows gaps in Bitcoin order book are linked to returns but only in the short term.
problem Understanding the relationship between gaps and returns in Bitcoin order books.
method Examined the dynamics of gaps and returns in a Bitcoin order book without considering long-term causation.
result The causal relationship between gaps and returns is limited to instantaneous causation.
Researchers compute gap distributions for saddle connection directions on specific translation surfaces.
problem Computing gap distributions for saddle connection directions on translation surfaces.
method Translation to dynamical question of return times to a transversal under the horocycle flow.
result Gap distributions have support at 0 and quadratic tail decay.
Proves gap rigidity theorem for Hermitian symmetric spaces.
problem Gap rigidity problems in compact Hermitian symmetric spaces.
method Dual analogy to Mok's noncompact case theorem, theorem on higher dimensional submanifolds.
result Proves gap rigidity theorem for diagonal curves in tube type spaces.
The paper introduces gapped scale-sensitive dimensions to improve learning rate bounds.
problem Improving lower bounds on rates of convergence in statistical and online learning.
method Introducing and analyzing gapped scale-sensitive dimensions for function classes.
result Gapped dimensions lead to stronger lower bounds on offset Rademacher averages.
The article explores the fundamental gap in Bakry-Emery geometry.
problem The fundamental gap in Bakry-Emery geometry.
method Recalled Bakry-Emery geometry and connected eigenvalues with boundary conditions. Showed a connection between fundamental gap and Bakry-Emery geometry.
result Presented key ideas in Andrews's and Clutterbuck's proof of the fundamental gap conjecture.
The paper calculates gap distributions for translation surfaces, focusing on the double heptagon.
problem Calculating gap distributions for translation surfaces.
method Describes a procedure to find winning holonomy vectors and applies it to the double heptagon.
result Explicitly computed gap distribution for the regular double heptagon translation surface.
Improved gap-dependent bounds for reinforcement learning with linear approximations.
problem Achieving nearly minimax-optimal performance with linear function approximation.
method Developed and analyzed the LSVI-UCB++ algorithm and its concurrent variant.
result First gap-dependent regret bound for nearly minimax-optimal algorithm LSVI-UCB++.
We present a data-driven framework called generative adversarial privacy (GAP). Inspired by recent advancements in generative adversarial networks (GANs), GAP allows the data holder to learn the privatization mechanism directly from the data. Under GAP, finding the optimal privacy mechanism is formulated as a constrain…
Computing unlinking number is usually very difficult and complex problem, therefore we define BJ-unlinking number and recall Bernhard-Jablan conjecture stating that the classical unknotting/unlinking number is equal to the BJ-unlinking number. We compute BJ-unlinking number for various families of knots and links for w…
New methods reduce bias in estimating optimality gaps for risk-averse stochastic programs.
problem Optimality gap estimation bias in risk-averse stochastic programs.
method Two independent samples, each estimating a different component of the optimality gap.
result Our method reduces bias in estimating optimality gaps for risk-averse problems.
New conditions prevent gaps in optimal control problems.
problem Preventing gaps in optimal control problems with state constraints.
method Developed new sufficient conditions not relying on convexity.
result Derived bounds for the size of the relaxation gap.
Federated learning studies separate client data and distribution gaps.
problem Understanding performance differences in federated learning across different datasets.
method Proposed a framework to disentangle out-of-sample and participation gaps.
result Dataset synthesis strategy is crucial for realistic simulations of federated learning generalization.
The paper proves gap theorems for Yang-Mills on manifolds with positive Yamabe.
problem Yang-Mills theory on manifolds with positive Yamabe constant.
method Extending Gursky-Kelleher-Streets results to complete manifolds.
result Equality in gap theorem described in terms of basic instanton.
Study simplicial volume for fixed fundamental groups, finding gaps.
problem Understanding simplicial volume for manifolds with fixed fundamental group.
method Relate gap problem to rationality questions in bounded (co)homology.
result Show existence of gaps in simplicial volume spectrum at zero.
Study shows fundamental gap of horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space has no positive lower bound.
problem Understanding the fundamental gap of horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
method Analysis of fundamental gap of geodesic balls as radius goes to infinity.
result Product of fundamental gap and square of diameter has no positive lower bound for horoconvex domains.
Study spectral gaps in hyperbolic rational homology spheres.
problem Finding spectral gaps in hyperbolic rational homology spheres.
method Construction of families of hyperbolic rational homology spheres with coexact 1-form spectral gaps.
result Provided intervals containing limit points of spectral gaps, with the rightmost interval being [0.8196, 0.8277].
New convex domains in hyperbolic space can have lower fundamental gap than constant potentials.
problem Finding convex domains with lower fundamental gap than constant potentials.
method Constructing specific convex domains and potentials with controlled eigenfunctions.
result Fundamental gap of −Δ+V can be strictly smaller than −Δ for convex domains. The study finds larger gaps in mean curvature for biharmonic submanifolds in spheres.
problem Understanding gaps in mean curvature for biharmonic submanifolds.
method Analyzing proper biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in Euclidean spheres.
result Determining larger gaps in mean curvature for specific biharmonic submanifolds.
Solves clustering contradictions by high-dimensional embedding with wide gaps.
problem Kleinberg's clustering axioms are contradictory.
method Embedding in high-dimensional space with wide gaps between clusters.
result Handles clustering contradictions by design.
The paper establishes pressure gaps for manifolds with flat subtori singularities.
problem Understanding phase transitions in nonpositively curved manifolds with flat subtori.
method Derives a pressure gap criterion for closed rank 1 manifolds with specific singular sets and proves Hölder continuity of geometric potentials.
result Geometric potentials have pressure gaps and no phase transitions under certain curvature constraints.
In their celebrated work, B. Andrews and J. Clutterbuck proved the fundamental gap (the difference between the first two eigenvalues) conjecture for convex domains in the Euclidean space and conjectured similar results holds for spaces with constant sectional curvature. We prove the conjecture for the sphere. Namely wh…
Proves effective slope gaps for lattice surfaces.
problem Proving effective slope gaps for lattice surfaces.
method Proves effective slope gap distribution for square torus and general lattice surfaces.
result Effective slope gap distribution result for lattice surfaces.
GSP improves global average pooling for deep metric learning by learning weights and selecting semantic entities.
problem Improving global average pooling for deep metric learning.
method Generalized Sum Pooling (GSP) method that learns weights and selects semantic entities.
result GSP improves metric learning performance on 4 popular benchmarks.
This paper improves Q-learning bounds using reference-advantage decomposition.
problem Improving Q-learning bounds in MDPs with positive suboptimality gaps.
method Develops a novel error decomposition framework to prove gap-dependent regret bounds.
result Establishes logarithmic gap-dependent regret bounds for Q-learning.
Abstract: Unknown status of Jacobian Conjecture, proof has a gap.
problem Status of Jacobian Conjecture
method Analysis of proof of theorem 2.1
result Proof of theorem 2.1 contains a gap
Sharp spectral gap estimates on manifolds with integral curvature bounds.
problem Proving spectral gap estimates on manifolds with integral curvature bounds.
method Generalizing previous results to include integral curvature bounds.
result Confirms a conjecture about spectral gap estimates on manifolds with integral curvature bounds.
Fundamental gap vanishes for convex domains in hyperbolic space.
problem Behavior of fundamental gap in convex domains in hyperbolic space.
method Proof for Laplace operator with Dirichlet boundary conditions.
result Fundamental gap can be arbitrarily small for domains of any diameter.
Uniform spectral gap found for stable commutator length in hyperbolic 2-orbifolds.
problem Understanding stable commutator length in 3-manifolds.
method Explicit quasimorphisms for generic case, hyperbolic geometry for exceptional case.
result Explicit uniform gap of 1/36 for all orbifolds except a sphere with three cone points.
Study calculates eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for spherical triangles and finds fundamental gap behavior.
problem Understanding eigenvalues and gaps in spherical triangles.
method Explicit computation of Dirichlet eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for spherical lunes and triangles.
result Fundamental gap of spherical triangles increases as the angle of the lune decreases.
The paper proves lower bounds for Gaussian-weighted curvature integrals of self-shrinkers.
problem Proving lower bounds for Gaussian-weighted \(L^2\)-curvature integrals of self-shrinkers.
method Combining normal coordinate functions with weighted Poincaré inequalities and first-eigenvalue estimates.
result Explicit lower bounds in terms of entropy for closed self-shrinkers, leading to curvature gaps.
We prove the Fundamental Gap Conjecture, which states that the difference between the first two Dirichlet eigenvalues (the spectral gap) of a Schrödinger operator with convex potential and Dirichlet boundary data on a convex domain is bounded below by the spectral gap on an interval of the same diameter with zero poten…
We give a lower estimate of the gap of the first two eigenvalues of the Schrodinger operator in the case when the potential is strongly convex. In particular, if the Hessian of the potential is bounded from below by a positive constant, the gap has a lower bound independent of the dimension. We also estimate the gap wh…
Paper introduces a method to control early classification accuracy gaps.
problem Maintaining accuracy in early classification without full input processing.
method Statistical framework for a calibrated stopping rule.
result Reduces up to 94% of timesteps while controlling accuracy gaps.
Study calculates slope gaps on polygon surfaces, finding non-unimodal distributions.
problem Understanding the distribution of slope gaps on polygon surfaces.
method Explicit computation of slope gap distributions for 2n-gons, providing bounds on non-differentiability points.
result Slope gap distributions are not always unimodal, answering a question by Athreya.
Mobile crowdsourcing has become easier thanks to the widespread of smartphones capable of seamlessly collecting and pushing the desired data to cloud services. However, the success of mobile crowdsourcing relies on balancing the supply and demand by first accurately forecasting spatially and temporally the supply-deman…
New estimates show spectral gap stability in RCD spaces, close to Beta distribution.
problem Stability of spectral gap bounds in metric-measure spaces.
method Combines L1-functional inequality and Stein's method. result Sharp quantitative estimate for spectral gap stability.
We analyze the slope gap distribution of Veech surfaces, finding finite non-analytic points and quadratic tail decay.
problem Understanding the slope gap distribution of Veech surfaces.
method Explicit parameterization of a Poincaré section to the horocycle flow, finiteness result for the first return map.
result The limiting gap distribution of slopes of saddle connections on Veech surfaces is piecewise real-analytic with finitely many points of non-analyticity and has quadratic tail decay.
It is known (E.L. Green (1997), O. Post (2003)) that for an arbitrary m∈N one can construct a periodic non-compact Riemannian manifold M with at least m gaps in the spectrum of the corresponding Laplace-Beltrami operator −ΔM. In this work we want not only to produce a new type of periodic manifolds …
The existence of Kahler-Einstein metrics on a Fano manifold is characterized in terms of a uniform gap between 0 and the first positive eigenvalue of the Cauchy-Riemann operator on smooth vector fields. It is also characterized by a similar gap between 0 and the first positive eigenvalue for Hamiltonian vector fields. …
For large genus, spectral gaps on hyperbolic surfaces approach a limit.
problem Understanding spectral gaps on hyperbolic surfaces of large genus.
method Analyzing the maximum of λk−λk−1 over thick parts of moduli spaces. result The maximum of λk−λk−1 approaches 41 for large genus. Study shows spectral gaps limit points on surfaces.
problem Understanding spectral gaps on arithmetic hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzes closed arithmetic hyperbolic surfaces to find limit points of spectral gaps.
result Limit points of spectral gaps are on the interval [0, 1/4].