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48 results for Laplace smoothing

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.

The study uses heat flow to analyze properties of Laplace eigenfunctions on manifolds and domains.

problem Analyzing mass concentration and nodal domains of Laplace eigenfunctions.
method Heat diffusion technique to study eigenfunctions and their nodal sets.
result Discovers new insights into the decay and behavior of Laplace eigenfunctions.

The famous Whitney formula relates the winding number of the smooth generic curve in the real plane to the number of its self-intersection points counted with appropriate signs. We extend this formula to smooth immersions of R^n to R^{2n}. Then use this result together with the general technique of Laplace integrals to…

1998-01-10abs ↗pdf ↗

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 finds eigenvalue patterns on rough manifolds with measurable metrics.

problem Eigenvalue patterns on rough Riemannian manifolds with measurable metrics.
method Demonstrated a Weyl law for eigenvalues of Laplacian and weighted Laplace equations.
result Eigenvalue asymptotics for weighted Laplace equations on rough Riemannian manifolds.

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.

Study on pp-Laplace equation in convex cones, proving rigidity under specific conditions.

problem Overdetermined problem for pp-Laplace equation in convex cones.
method Established properties of capacitary potential, used PP-function, isoperimetric inequality, and Heintze-Karcher inequality.
result Rigidity result under orthogonal intersection assumption.

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.

Private two-sample tests under LDP achieve minimax rates for multinomial and continuous data.

problem Achieving statistical utility while maintaining privacy in two-sample testing.
method Private permutation tests for multinomial data and adaptive tests for continuous data.
result Minimax optimal tests for private two-sample testing under LDP.

Review of Yau's conjecture on zero sets of Laplace eigenfunctions.

problem Yau's conjecture on zero sets of Laplace eigenfunctions.
method Discussion of old and new results and methods related to the conjecture, including solutions and new results in smooth settings.
result Discussion of Donnelly and Fefferman's solution of the conjecture in the real-analytic Riemannian manifold case and new results in the smooth setting.

A new algorithm selects independent coordinates for complex manifolds.

problem Embedding algorithms fail with large aspect ratio manifolds.
method IES algorithm selects smooth embeddings using carefully chosen eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator.
result The IES algorithm successfully embeds synthetic and real data.

We show that any generalised smooth distribution on a smooth manifold, possibly of non-constant rank, admits a Riemannian metric. Using such a metric, we attach a Laplace operator to any smooth distribution as such. When the underlying manifold is compact, we show that it is essentially self-adjoint. Viewing this Lapla…

2018-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves a new method to find the maximum Laplace eigenvalues on surfaces.

problem Maximizing Laplace eigenvalues on surfaces of fixed volume.
method Developed a new proof using the approach by the second author and Y. Sire.
result The maximum of the kk-th Laplace eigenvalue is either attained on a metric with conical singularities or in the limit with a bubble tree.

This paper computes a heat coefficient for nonminimal Laplace type operators.

problem Computing the heat coefficient for nonminimal Laplace type operators.
method Analyzing the asymptotics of the trace of operator products and their integral representations.
result Computation of the heat coefficient a4a_4 for nonminimal Laplace type operators.

Laplace kernel and Neural Tangent Kernels are shown to be nearly identical for normalized data.

problem Understanding the similarity between Laplace and Neural Tangent Kernels.
method Theoretical analysis and experiments on normalized data.
result Laplace kernel and Neural Tangent Kernels have nearly identical eigenfunctions and RKHS for normalized data.

In this thesis we study the geometry of the fixed point set ΣΣ of a smooth mapping Φ:MMΦ: M\to M on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold MM without boundary by computing the asymptotic expansion of the deformed heat trace $\Trace Φ\exp(tΔ)$ of the Laplace operator ΔΔ on MM. We assume that the fixed point set ΣΣ is a…

2005-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Let M\mathbb{M} be a compact CC^\infty-smooth Riemannian manifold of dimension nn, n3n\geq 3, and let φλ:ΔMφλ+λφλ=0\varphi_λ: Δ_M \varphi_λ+ λ\varphi_λ= 0 denote the Laplace eigenfunction on M\mathbb{M} corresponding to the eigenvalue λλ. We show that Hn1({φλ=0})Cλα,H^{n-1}(\{ \varphi_λ=0\}) \leq C λ^α, where α>1/2α>1/2 is a constant, whi…

2016-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Several numerical approximation strategies for the expectation-propagation algorithm are studied in the context of large-scale learning: the Laplace method, a faster variant of it, Gaussian quadrature, and a deterministic version of variational sampling (i.e., combining quadrature with variational approximation). Exper…

2016-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Let uu be a harmonic function in the unit ball B(0,1)RnB(0,1) \subset \mathbb{R}^n, n3n \geq 3, such that u(0)=0u(0)=0. Nadirashvili conjectured that there exists a positive constant cc, depending on the dimension nn only, such that Hn1({u=0}B)cH^{n-1}(\{u=0 \}\cap B) \geq c. We prove Nadirashvili's conjecture as well as its counterpar…

2016-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves eigenvalues are simple for specific operators on bundles.

problem Eigenvalue simplicity for connection Laplacian and GG-simplicity on bundles.
method Analyzes connections on vector bundles and principal bundles, proving eigenvalue simplicity for a residual set of connections.
result Eigenvalues of the connection Laplacian and Laplace-Beltrami operator are simple for specified conditions.

Study new spectral invariants for Laplace and Dirac operators on manifolds.

problem Understanding spectral invariants of elliptic operators on manifolds.
method Introduced new spectral invariants depending on eigenvalues and eigensections, computed asymptotic expansion.
result Computed first two coefficients of the asymptotic expansion of the new spectral invariant.

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.

Consider a smooth closed surface MM of fixed genus 2\geqslant 2 with a hyperbolic metric σσ of total area AA. In this article, we study the behavior of geometric and dynamical characteristics (e.g., diameter, Laplace spectrum, Gaussian curvature and entropies) of nonpositively curved smooth metrics with total area …

2017-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on lengths and curvatures of harmonic functions on smooth and singular surfaces.

problem Investigate logarithmic convexity and isoperimetric inequalities of harmonic functions on surfaces.
method Analyzes geodesic curvature, uses Laplace-type equations, and studies growth estimates.
result Generalizes results on logarithmic convexity and isoperimetric inequalities for harmonic functions.

Bayesian framework for sequential learning tasks with low-rank approximations.

problem Balancing knowledge retention and adaptability in sequential neural networks.
method Bayesian framework with diagonal plus low-rank approximations of the precision matrix.
result Unlocking capabilities to encode task relationships and incorporate prior knowledge from later tasks.

We prove that the nodal set (zero set) of a solution of a generalized Dirac equation on a Riemannian manifold has codimension 2 at least. If the underlying manifold is a surface, then the nodal set is discrete. We obtain a quick proof of the fact that the nodal set of an eigenfunction for the Laplace-Beltrami operator …

1997-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The study optimizes distribution estimation from samples with relative entropy error, adapting to sparse distributions.

problem Estimating discrete distributions with high-probability accuracy in relative entropy.
method Analysis of Laplace estimator and confidence-dependent smoothing techniques, including data-dependent smoothing.
result Optimal high-probability risk bounds for various estimators, including a new data-dependent smoothing method.

Generalizes results for Riemannian manifolds with boundary to those without.

problem Extending results from manifolds without boundary to those with boundary.
method Using Neumann cut-off functions and density arguments.
result The Laplace-Beltrami operator is essentially self-adjoint on manifolds with boundary.

The paper bounds Cheeger ratios of eigenfunctions and their level sets.

problem Understanding geometric features of Riemannian manifolds through eigenfunctions.
method Constructive upper bounds on Cheeger constants using eigenvalues and eigenfunctions.
result Upper bounds on Cheeger ratios of eigenfunction level sets and their superlevel sets.

This paper is devoted to the study of the conformal spectrum (and more precisely the first eigenvalue) of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a smooth connected compact Riemannian surface without boundary, endowed with a conformal class. We give a constructive proof of a critical metric which is smooth except at some coni…

2010-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper shows Gaussian fluctuations in eigenvalue statistics of random hyperbolic surfaces.

problem Understanding fluctuations in Laplace eigenvalues of random hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing fluctuations of linear statistics of Laplace eigenvalues over moduli space of surfaces of large genus.
result The distribution of linear statistics tends to a Gaussian as the genus of surfaces increases.

Paper studies Frobenius manifolds and quantum differential equations, proving Dubrovin Conjecture for Hirzebruch surfaces.

problem Quantum differential equations and their solutions in Gromov-Witten theory.
method Introduces cyclic strata, Borel-Laplace multitransforms, and integral representations.
result Proof of Dubrovin Conjecture for Hirzebruch surfaces.

We propose a Laplace approximation that creates a stochastic unit from any smooth monotonic activation function, using only Gaussian noise. This paper investigates the application of this stochastic approximation in training a family of Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM) that are closely linked to Bregman divergences.…

2016-01-01abs ↗pdf ↗