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A method for interpreting SVMs using polynomial kernels, revealing model complexity.

problem Interpreting SVMs built with truncated orthogonal polynomial kernels.
method Orthogonal Representation Contribution Analysis (ORCA) with normalized Orthogonal Kernel Contribution (OKC) indices.
result The method reveals structural aspects of model complexity not captured by predictive accuracy.

We study the Chern-Simons partition function of orthogonal quantum group invariants, and propose a new orthogonal Labastida-Mariño-Ooguri-Vafa conjecture as well as degree conjecture for free energy associated to the orthogonal Chern-Simons partition function. We prove the degree conjecture and some interesting cases o…

2010-07-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows RFRR's effectiveness with nearly orthogonal data in overparameterized settings.

problem Understanding the effectiveness of random feature regression with nearly orthogonal data.
method Investigates RFRR with nearly orthogonal deterministic unit-length input data vectors in the overparameterized regime.
result Shows high-probability non-asymptotic concentration results for RFRR's training, cross-validation, and generalization errors.

In this paper we derive a series expansion for the price of a continuously sampled arithmetic Asian option in the Black-Scholes setting. The expansion is based on polynomials that are orthogonal with respect to the log-normal distribution. All terms in the series are fully explicit and no numerical integration nor any …

2018-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper connects Riemannian Gaussian distributions to random matrix theory and diffusion kernels.

problem Analyzing Riemannian Gaussian distributions on symmetric spaces.
method Analytical computation of marginals using orthogonal and skew orthogonal polynomials, and diffusion kernels.
result Riemannian Gaussian distributions are random matrix types, and their probability density functions can be computed analytically.

A new method tests Expected Shortfall by analyzing both duration and severity of VaR violations.

problem Lack of separate testing for frequency and severity in ES backtesting.
method Uses bivariate orthogonal polynomials to derive moment conditions for durations and severities.
result Proposes a Wald test for identifying mis-specified components in ES models.

OPAA estimates probability densities using functional analysis.

problem Estimating probability density functions efficiently and accurately.
method OPAA uses a parallelizable algorithm based on functional analysis to estimate probability distributions.
result OPAA provides an efficient method to estimate probability density functions and normalizing weights.

This work improves SGD minibatch sampling using determinantal point processes based on orthogonal polynomials.

problem Improving variance reduction in stochastic gradient descent (SGD) for large datasets.
method Orthogonal polynomial-based determinantal point processes for sampling minibatches in SGD.
result DPP minibatches lead to a smaller mean square approximation error than uniform minibatches.

The study finds resonance points in polarised curves with polynomial conserved quantities.

problem Finding resonance points in polarised curves with polynomial conserved quantities.
method Using the non-orthogonality assumption on the conserved quantity, the study deduces the existence of resonance points.
result Every finite type polarised curve in the conformal 2-sphere with a polynomial conserved quantity admits a resonance point.

We derive analytic series representations for European option prices in polynomial stochastic volatility models. This includes the Jacobi, Heston, Stein-Stein, and Hull-White models, for which we provide numerical case studies. We find that our polynomial option price series expansion performs as efficiently and accura…

2017-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The study characterizes and constructs polynomial harmonic morphisms on spheres.

problem Characterizing and constructing polynomial harmonic morphisms on spheres.
method Characterization and construction of polynomial harmonic morphisms using eigenfamilies.
result Strong restrictions and classification of polynomial harmonic morphisms in low dimensions.

Unified approach to tensor PCA and related problems using tensor cumulants.

problem Statistical inference on invariant distributions, particularly tensor PCA.
method Definition and analysis of tensor cumulants to unify and extend previous results.
result Unified explanation of hardness and subexponential-time algorithms for tensor PCA.

This work proves the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in MLPs with Haar orthogonal matrices.

problem Proving the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in multilayer perceptrons (MLPs).
method Replacing each layer's parameter matrix with itself multiplied by a Haar orthogonal matrix, and using the invariance of the MLP.
result Proves the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in MLPs with Haar orthogonal matrices.

A novel online GP model captures long-term memory in sequential data.

problem Capturing long-term memory in sequential data online.
method Integrates HiPPO framework into interdomain GP, leveraging time-varying orthogonal projections as inducing variables.
result OHSVGP outperforms existing online GP methods in predictive performance, long-term memory preservation, and computational efficiency.

This paper simplifies conditional Sobol' indices calculation using PCE bases.

problem Computational inefficiency and lack of consistency in evaluating conditional Sobol' indices.
method Analytical extraction of conditional Sobol' indices via basis decomposition of PCE expansions.
result Derives closed-form expressions for conditional Sobol' indices.

We present a riemannian structure on the disk that has a remarkably rich structure. Geodesics are hypocycloids and the (negative of the) laplacian has integer spectrum with multiplicity the Dirichlet divisor function. Eigenfunctions of the laplacian are orthogonal polynomials naturally suited to the analysis of acousti…

2016-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

We obtain the first polynomial-time algorithm for exact tensor completion that improves over the bound implied by reduction to matrix completion. The algorithm recovers an unknown 3-tensor with rr incoherent, orthogonal components in Rn\mathbb R^n from rO~(n1.5)r\cdot \tilde O(n^{1.5}) randomly observed entries of the tensor…

2017-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper computes characteristic classes for Lie group representations.

problem Computing characteristic classes for Lie group representations.
method The paper outlines a procedure to compute characteristic classes of irreducible representations of Lie groups, expressing them as polynomial functions in the highest weight.
result The paper expresses characteristic classes of Lie group representations as polynomial functions in the highest weight.

The paper proves deep neural networks with analytic activation can approximate any function.

problem Approximating functions with neural networks using analytic activation functions.
method Elementary proofs for real and complex networks, Stone-Weierstrass theorem, Mergelyan's theorem.
result Closure of neural network classes equals space of polynomials for analytic activation.

The study examines how gamma positivity and PL homeomorphism types affect simplicial spheres.

problem Understanding gamma positivity and its relation to PL homeomorphism types in simplicial spheres.
method Using edge contractions and the link condition as proxies for flagness, the study analyzes the effect of gamma positivity on simplicial spheres.
result The link condition has a trivial effect on gamma vectors of high-dimensional simplicial spheres with nonnegative gamma vectors.

Study reveals an equivalence principle for the spectrum of random inner-product kernel matrices in polynomial scaling.

problem Understanding the spectrum of random kernel matrices in polynomial scaling regimes.
method Investigates random matrices with nonlinear kernel functions applied to inner products of uniformly distributed vectors.
result The spectrum of the random kernel matrix is asymptotically equivalent to a simpler matrix model through free additive convolution.

A new neural network model uses polynomial chaos theory to improve neural signal processing.

problem Redundant neural signal representation in DANNs.
method Employing arbitrary polynomial chaos theory to construct orthonormal representations in DANNs.
result Improves neural signal processing by reducing redundancy and enhancing orthogonality.

The paper analyzes tensor recovery from symmetric rank-one measurements using information theory.

problem Recovering tensors with low symmetric rank from symmetric rank-one measurements.
method Covering numbers argument, Carbery-Wright inequality, orthogonal polynomials, Fano's inequality.
result Near-optimal sample complexity bounds for log-concave distributions.

New algorithm learns ReLU networks efficiently using Schur polynomials.

problem PAC learning a linear combination of ReLU activations under Gaussian distribution.
method Uses tensor decomposition and Schur polynomials to identify and analyze higher-order moments.
result Near-optimal sample and computational complexity for learning ReLU networks.

Racah matrices and higher jj-symbols are used in description of braiding properties of conformal blocks and in construction of knot polynomials. However, in complicated cases the logic is actually inverted: they are much better deduced from these applications than from the basic representation theory. Following the re…

2017-01-02abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods improve neural connectivity analysis at submillisecond timescales.

problem Limitations of standard spike train analysis methods in terms of temporal resolution and scalability.
method Developed Monte Carlo and polynomial approximation methods for continuous-time neural spike train analysis.
result Superior accuracy and scalability compared to traditional binned GLMs, enabling precise connectivity inference.

Non-Gaussian component analysis (NGCA) is a problem in multidimensional data analysis which, since its formulation in 2006, has attracted considerable attention in statistics and machine learning. In this problem, we have a random variable XX in nn-dimensional Euclidean space. There is an unknown subspace ΓΓ of the …

2018-07-13abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider Fair Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) and search for a low dimensional subspace that spans multiple target vectors in a fair manner. FPCA is defined as a non-concave maximization of the worst projected target norm within a given set. The problem arises in filter design in signal processing, and when inco…

2020-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

PolyNSD improves Neural Sheaf Diffusion with polynomial operators and spectral rescaling.

problem Limitations of common Neural Sheaf Diffusion implementations, including scalability and stability issues.
method Introduces Polynomial Neural Sheaf Diffusion (PolyNSD) with a degree-K polynomial propagation operator and spectral rescaling.
result PolyNSD achieves state-of-the-art results on both homophilic and heterophilic benchmarks with reduced runtime and memory requirements.

This paper presents a novel one-factor stochastic volatility model where the instantaneous volatility of the asset log-return is a diffusion with a quadratic drift and a linear dispersion function. The instantaneous volatility mean reverts around a constant level, with a speed of mean reversion that is affine in the in…

2019-08-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The ``Links-Gould invariant'' is a two-variable Laurent polynomial invariant of oriented (1,1) tangles, which is derived from the representation of the braid generator associated with the one-parameter family of four dimensional representations with highest weights (0,0|a) of the quantum superalgebra U_q[gl(2|1)]. We u…

1999-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New polynomial-time solutions found for training ReLU networks, mirroring Max-Cut complexity.

problem Training two-layer ReLU neural networks with weight decay regularization.
method Developed a convex formulation and randomized algorithm to find approximate global optimizers.
result First polynomial-time approximation guarantees and hardness of approximation results for regularized ReLU networks.

New method uses almost orthonormal bases to prove low-degree lower bounds in complex statistical models.

problem Proving statistical-computational gaps in high-dimensional models with planted structures.
method Constructing an almost orthonormal polynomial basis under the planted distribution.
result Established new low-degree lower bounds for various complex models.

The paper explores statistical limits for detecting correlation in tree structures.

problem Detecting correlation between two tree structures.
method Investigates conditions for existence of one-sided tests in the limit of large tree depth.
result Identifies a phase transition at correlation parameter s=αs = \sqrt{α}, where tests exist for s>αs > \sqrt{α}.