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48 results for Laplace comparison

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.

New equivalences found linking parabolicity, comparison principle, and capacity on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Understanding parabolicity and related concepts on Riemannian manifolds.
method Establishing new equivalences between parabolicity, comparison principle, and capacity.
result Equivalence between pp-parabolicity and the comparison principle for the pp-Laplace equation.

Study eigenvalues on quaternion-Kähler manifolds with geometric bounds.

problem Estimating eigenvalues on quaternion-Kähler manifolds.
method Lower bounds derived from modulus of continuity estimates for heat equation solutions and Laplace comparison theorem.
result Established bounds for first nonzero eigenvalues in terms of dimension, diameter, and scalar curvature.

We consider odd Laplace operators acting on densities of various weight on an odd Poisson (= Schouten) manifold MM. We prove that the case of densities of weight 1/2 (half-densities) is distinguished by the existence of a unique odd Laplace operator depending only on a point of an ``orbit space'' of volume forms. This…

2002-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we mainly investigate continuity, monotonicity and differentiability for the first eigenvalue of the pp-Laplace operator along the Ricci flow on closed manifolds. We show that the first pp-eigenvalue is strictly increasing and differentiable almost everywhere along the Ricci flow under some curvature a…

2009-12-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Formula for Laplacian determinants on polygonal domains with slits.

problem Determining the ζζ-regularized determinant of the Laplacian on polygonal domains with slits.
method Patchwork method for heat trace asymptotics, comparison formula for smooth conformal metrics.
result Polyakov-Alvarez type formula for Laplacian determinants on polygonal domains with slits.

Dynamic paired comparison models, such as Elo and Glicko, are frequently used for sports prediction and ranking players or teams. We present an alternative dynamic paired comparison model which uses a Gaussian Process (GP) as a prior for the time dynamics rather than the Markovian dynamics usually assumed. In addition,…

2019-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we derive a sub-gradient estimate for pseudoharmonic maps from noncompact complete Sasakian manifolds which satisfy CR sub-Laplace comparison property, to simply-connected Riemannian manifolds with nonpositive sectional curvature. As its application, we obtain some Liouville theorems for pseudoharmonic m…

2013-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniform eigenvalue bounds for Hodge Laplacian on manifolds with Ricci curvature and injectivity radius bounds.

problem Establishing uniform bounds for eigenvalues of the Hodge Laplacian on manifolds with specific geometric constraints.
method Using uniform bounds on Ricci curvature, injectivity radius, and diameter, we derive eigenvalue estimates for the Hodge Laplacian.
result Uniform upper bounds for eigenvalues of the Hodge Laplacian on differential forms on manifolds with given geometric constraints.

Let MnM^n be an nn-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary M\partial M. Assume that Ricci curvature is bounded from below by (n1)k(n-1)k, for $k\in \RR$, we give a sharp estimate of the upper bound of $ρ(x)=\dis(x, \partial M)$, in terms of the mean curvature bound of the boundary. When M\partial M is compact, th…

2013-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗

We first show that a Laplace isospectral family of Riemannian orbifolds, satisfying a lower Ricci curvature bound, contains orbifolds with points of only finitely many isotropy types. If we restrict our attention to orbifolds with only isolated singularities, and assume a lower sectional curvature bound, then the numbe…

2003-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The Laplace-Beltrami operator in the curved Möbius strip is investigated in the limit when the width of the strip tends to zero. By establishing a norm-resolvent convergence, it is shown that spectral properties of the operator are approximated well by an unconventional flat model whose spectrum can be computed explici…

2019-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian online meta-learning framework tackles catastrophic forgetting in few-shot classification.

problem Catastrophic forgetting in few-shot classification problems.
method Bayesian online learning, meta-learning, Laplace approximation, variational inference.
result Framework effectively achieves goal of overcoming catastrophic forgetting in few-shot classification.

Paper improves PBO using Skew Gaussian Processes for better optimization.

problem Optimizing with preference judgments, especially in A/B tests and recommender systems.
method Uses Skew Gaussian Processes to model preference function and exact posterior inference.
result Exact SkewGP posterior leads to better optimization results than Laplace approximation.

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.

A new method compares unaligned datasets using log-Euclidean signatures of SPD matrices.

problem Efficiently comparing datasets with unknown alignment.
method Diffusion operators, Riemannian geometry, log-Euclidean metric.
result LES distance recovers meaningful structural differences, outperforming existing methods.

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.

We study the eigenvalue problem for the Riemannian Pucci operator on geodesic balls. We establish upper and lower bounds for the principal Pucci eigenvalues depending on the curvature, extending Cheng's eigenvalue comparison theorem for the Laplace-Beltrami operator. For manifolds with bounded sectional curvature, we p…

2016-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

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 ↗