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48 results for Laplace

Let x:MEmx : M \to E^m be an isometric immersion of a Riemannian manifold MM into a Euclidean mm-space. Denote by ΔΔ the Laplace operator of MM. Then ΔΔ gives rise to a differentiable map L:MEmL :M \to E^m, called the Laplace map, defined by L(p)=(Δx)(p)L(p)=(Δx)(p), pMp\in M. We call L(M)L(M) the Laplace image, and the transformat…

2013-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates eigenvalues of poly-Laplace operator on lattice subgraphs.

problem Estimating eigenvalues of poly-Laplace operator on subgraphs of lattice graphs.
method Introduced discrete poly-Laplace operator, derived upper and lower bounds for eigenvalues.
result Poly-Laplace eigenvalues are at least squares of lower-order poly-Laplace eigenvalues.

Revisits online Laplace methods for neural networks, showing they are sound under certain conditions.

problem Online Laplace methods violate the Laplace approximation's critical assumption.
method Re-derives online Laplace methods, showing they target a variational bound on a mode-corrected variant of the Laplace evidence.
result Online Laplace and its mode-corrected counterpart share stationary points that satisfy the Laplace method's assumption.

Formula derived for Laplace-Beltrami on Stiefel manifold.

problem Finding Laplace-Beltrami operator on Stiefel manifold.
method Using the general framework of Laplace operators on constraint manifolds, derived the explicit formula in terms of ambient Euclidean coordinates.
result Extended previously known formulas for sphere and special orthogonal group.

Study compares eigenvalues on spherically symmetric manifolds to Euclidean balls.

problem Comparing eigenvalues on spherically symmetric manifolds to Euclidean balls.
method Examines Dirichlet Laplace eigenvalues on balls of spherically symmetric manifolds and Euclidean space.
result Eigenvalues on spherically symmetric manifolds are smaller for small radii, but larger for hyperbolic spaces.

New methods improve Laplace approximations for deep neural networks by selecting key parameters.

problem Improving uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks using computationally feasible approximations.
method Gradient-Laplace and Greedy-Laplace methods for selecting parameters in sub-network Laplace approximations.
result Gradient-Laplace method outperforms existing heuristic approaches and provides formal optimality guarantees.

A new method combines Laplace and Variational Bayes for scalable inference.

problem Complex models and large datasets make exact inference infeasible.
method Low-Rank Variational Bayes Correction (VBC) using Laplace method and Variational Bayes correction in a lower dimension.
result The method ensures scalability in both model complexity and data size.

The paper studies graph Laplace operator behavior near isolated singularities.

problem Investigating asymptotics of graph Laplace operator near isolated singularities.
method Analyzing curvature growth and conformal modifications to understand operator behavior.
result The graph Laplace operator converges to a weighted Laplace-Beltrami operator as bandwidth decreases, or behaves like \(O(\frac{1}{\sqrt{t}})\) if curvature grows too fast.

QLA improves Bayesian uncertainty estimation for DNNs without increasing computational cost.

problem Overconfident out-of-distribution predictions from DNNs.
method Proposes Quadratic Laplace Approximation (QLA) to improve Bayesian uncertainty quantification.
result QLA yields modest yet consistent uncertainty estimation improvements over Linearized Laplace Approximation (LLA) on five regression datasets.

Neural Laplace models diverse DEs in the Laplace domain for better dynamics.

problem Inadequate ODEs for long-range dependencies and discontinuities.
method Unified framework in Laplace domain, using stereographic map for smoothness.
result Superior performance in diverse DEs, including complex history dependency and abrupt changes.

Graph Laplace operators uniquely identify metrics and densities on manifolds.

problem Identifying Riemannian metrics and sampling densities from graph Laplace operators.
method Analyzing intrinsic and extrinsic graph Laplace operators on compact Riemannian manifolds.
result Graph Laplace operators uniquely determine metrics and densities under certain conditions.

The paper introduces Laplace-type operators for functions defined on the tangent space of a Finsler Lie algebroid, using a volume form on the prolongation of the algebroid. It also presents the construction of a horizontal Laplace operator for forms defined on the prolongation of the algebroid. All of the Laplace opera…

2017-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗

The standard Laplace operator is a generalization of the Hodge Laplace operator on differential forms to arbitrary geometric vector bundles, alternatively it can be seen as generalization of the Casimir operator acting on sections of homogeneous vector bundles over symmetric spaces to general Riemannian manifolds. Stre…

2017-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the Laplace normal vector field of relatively normalized ruled surfaces with non-vanishing Gaussian curvature in the three-dimensional Euclidean space R3\mathbb{R}^{3}. We determine all ruled surfaces and all relative normalizations for which the Laplace normal image degenerates into a point or into a curve…

2015-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove inequalities for Laplace eigenvalues of Kaehler manifolds generalising to higher eigenvalues the classical inequality for the first Laplace eigenvalue due to Bourguignon, Li, and Yau in 1994. We also obtain similar inequalities for analytic varieties in Kaehler manifolds.

2018-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Variational Laplace improves Bayesian neural network performance without sampling.

problem Improving Bayesian neural network performance and calibration.
method Develops a new variational Laplace method for BNNs, exploiting curvature of likelihood.
result Variational Laplace outperforms standard VI methods in test performance and calibration.

This research proves that quadratic regularized optimal transport can approximate the Laplace-Beltrami operator on smooth manifolds.

problem Approximating the Laplace-Beltrami operator using optimal transport with quadratic regularization.
method Deriving first-order optimal potentials and analyzing the convergence of discrete Laplace operators.
result The discrete Laplace operators converge to the Laplace-Beltrami operator on smooth manifolds.

Paper studies Laplace operator estimates in harmonic map heat flows.

problem Estimating Laplace operator in harmonic map heat flows outside singularities.
method Investigates estimates using spherical coordinates for T2\mathbb{T}^2 and T3\mathbb{T}^3 boundary conditions.
result Provides higher-order estimates for the Ericksen--Leslie system.

Method finds domain of Laplace-Beltrami operator on 2D almost-Riemannian manifolds.

problem Determining the domain of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on 2D almost-Riemannian manifolds with tangency points.
method Using tools from Lie groupoids, natural domains of perturbations are found.
result Method allows treatment of geometries with tangency points.

Study the smallest Laplace eigenvalue in special geometric spaces.

problem Finding the smallest positive eigenvalue of Laplace-Beltrami operator in strongly isotropy irreducible spaces.
method Explicit expression for simply connected cases, proving Einstein manifold properties and eigenvalue bounds.
result Proved E<λ116EE<λ_1\leq 16E for all strongly isotropy irreducible spaces.

Paper introduces Laplace-HDC for better binary hyperdimensional computing.

problem Improving binary hyperdimensional computing for spatial information.
method Develops Laplace-HDC using the Laplace kernel and Haar convolutional features.
result Laplace-HDC outperforms previous methods in encoding spatial information.

The paper studies Fourier-Laplace transforms in polynomial OU volatility models for option pricing.

problem Calibrating and pricing options in polynomial Ornstein-Uhlenbeck volatility models.
method Analyzes Fourier-Laplace transforms, connects to Riccati equations, and develops numerical schemes.
result Establishes existence and solution for Riccati equations and provides efficient numerical methods.

An analytic solution for asset allocation with Laplace distribution.

problem Asset allocation with multivariate Laplace distribution.
method Specialization of elliptically symmetric distribution theory to Laplace distribution, accounting for dimensionality and variance rescaling.
result A result consistent with conjecture but with differences due to omitted term and rescaling.

New upper bound found for nodal sets of Laplace eigenfunctions.

problem Finding the maximum area of nodal sets for Laplace eigenfunctions.
method Analyzing the (n1)(n-1)-dimensional Hausdorff measure of zero sets of eigenfunctions.
result The sharp upper bound for the area of nodal sets is C(Ω)λC(Ω)\sqrtλ.

Study of line congruences for Appell's rank-4 hypergeometric functions.

problem Understanding line congruences for Appell's rank-4 hypergeometric functions.
method Derived original formulae for Laplace transform of rank-4 system, applied to geometry of surfaces defined by these functions.
result Natural line congruences for Laplace transforms of Appell's rank-4 functions form a W-congruence.

Uniform Laplace comparison for Kähler Ricci flow on Fano manifolds.

problem Proving convergence of Kähler-Ricci flows on Fano manifolds.
method Uniform integral Laplace comparison, Cheeger-Colding theory, and previous results.
result Direct proof of the Hamilton-Tian conjecture on convergence of Kähler-Ricci flows, modulo a codimension 4 singular set.

In this paper we apply the innovative Laplace transformation method introduced by Sheen, Sloan, and Thomée (IMA J. Numer. Anal., 2003) to solve the Black-Scholes equation. The algorithm is of arbitrary high convergence rate and naturally parallelizable. It is shown that the method is very efficient for calculating vari…

2009-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study small perturbations on low energy Laplace eigenfunctions.

problem Understanding small changes in low energy Laplace eigenfunctions.
method Investigates nodal geometry and topology, focusing on low frequency regimes and small perturbations.
result Highlight interesting aspects of spectral theory and nodal phenomena tied to ground state/low energy eigenfunctions.

In this paper, we construct Laplace-Beltrami operators associated with arbitrary Riemannian metrics on noncommutative tori of any dimension. These operators enjoy the main properties of the Laplace-Beltrami operators on ordinary Riemannian manifolds. The construction takes into account the non-triviality of the group o…

2019-05-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The higher spin Laplace operator has been constructed recently as the generalization of the Laplacian in higher spin theory. This acts on functions taking values in arbitrary irreducible representations of the Spin group. In this paper, we first provide a decomposition of the higher spin Laplace operator in terms of Rr…

2016-12-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends graph-based semi-supervised learning to infinite-dimensional Wasserstein space.

problem Graph-based semi-supervised learning in high-dimensional data.
method Laplace Learning in the Wasserstein space, proving variational convergence and characterizing the Laplace-Beltrami operator.
result Consistent classification performance in high-dimensional settings.

CLAPS improves conformal regression by adaptively scaling interval widths based on last-layer Laplace uncertainty.

problem Lack of adaptive interval width scaling in conformal regression for heterogeneous inputs.
method CLAPS uses heteroscedastic last-layer Laplace uncertainty to adaptively scale interval widths, combining aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties.
result CLAPS provides competitive interval efficiency with nominal-level coverage, reducing to aleatoric scaling as epistemic uncertainty decreases.