New theorem shows embedding restrictions for manifold skeletons.
problem Embedding restrictions for triangulated manifolds.
method Proves van Kampen-Flores theorem for manifolds with specific Stiefel-Whitney classes.
result Triangulated manifolds with non-trivial Stiefel-Whitney classes cannot embed into R2d. Proves Massey's theorems on complex structure obstructions.
problem Finding complex structures on real vector bundles.
method Fractional Stiefel-Whitney classes and combinations of Pontryagin, Chern, and Euler classes.
result Determines the second obstruction for rank six bundles.
Proof of orientable 3-manifolds parallelizability using knot theory.
problem Proving all orientable 3-manifolds are parallelizable.
method Using knot theory and relationships between tangent and normal bundles.
result Completion and modification of a proof of Stiefel's theorem.
Stiefel-Whitney classes of moment-angle manifolds are trivial.
problem Analyzing the topological properties of moment-angle manifolds.
method Proving triviality of Stiefel-Whitney classes for moment-angle manifolds, including partial quotients.
result Stiefel-Whitney classes of moment-angle manifolds are trivial.
The paper calculates ranks and bounds for Stiefel manifolds over different fields.
problem Computing ranks and bounds for Stiefel manifolds over various fields.
method Computation of upper characteristic ranks and cup lengths, providing bounds and necessary conditions for maps.
result Bounds and necessary conditions for S3-maps between quaternionic Stiefel manifolds. Classifies totally geodesic submanifolds and polar actions on Stiefel manifolds.
problem Classifying totally geodesic submanifolds and polar actions on Stiefel manifolds.
method Classification through polar actions and cohomogeneity-one actions.
result Classification of orbits of polar actions on Stiefel manifolds.
Paper proves convergence of Kalman filter on Stiefel manifolds with measurement errors.
problem Filtering constant particle with measurement errors on Stiefel manifolds.
method Extended Kalman filter applied to Stiefel manifold-valued observations.
result Convergence of the extended Kalman filter proved for constant system process.
Researchers compute curvatures of Stiefel manifolds with new metrics.
problem Computing curvatures of Stiefel manifolds with specific metrics.
method Two approaches: global curvature formula and left-invariant metrics.
result Stiefel manifolds always carry an Einstein metric and have non-negative sectional curvature.
Improved Kalman filter for Stiefel manifold measurements.
problem Improving accuracy in measurements on Stiefel manifolds.
method Generalization of extended Kalman filter for Stiefel manifold-valued measurements.
result Significant improvement over raw measurements.
A new retraction on Stiefel manifold with a closed-form inverse.
problem Efficiency in Riemannian computing applications.
method Introduces a new retraction on the compact Stiefel manifold with a closed-form inverse.
result The retraction is second-order accurate and features a closed-form inverse.
ManifoldFlow relaxes fixed-spectrum Stiefel layers to learn a positive spectrum.
problem Fixed-spectrum Stiefel layers impose rigid spectral constraints.
method Introduces ManifoldFlow, a relaxation that learns a positive spectrum while keeping the basis on the Stiefel manifold.
result Learnable SPD spectrum improves performance in various settings.
We study integrable geodesic flows on Stiefel varieties Vn,r=SO(n)/SO(n−r) given by the Euclidean, normal (standard), Manakov-type, and Einstein metrics. We also consider natural generalizations of the Neumann systems on Vn,r with the above metrics and proves their integrability in the non-commutative sense b…
Notes on embedding criteria for smooth manifolds.
problem Conditions for embedding smooth manifolds into Euclidean space.
method Linking recent results to classical criteria and K-theory.
result Recent results connect to classical embedding criteria.
Study finds shortest geodesic loops on Stiefel manifold and calculates its injectivity radius.
problem Determining the shortest geodesic loops and injectivity radius on Stiefel manifold.
method Combining bounds on sectional curvature with existing metrics.
result Exact value of the injectivity radius for a wide range of metrics.
James's octonionic Stiefel spaces questions answered partially.
problem Two fundamental questions about octonionic Stiefel spaces.
method Partial answers to James's questions about octonionic Stiefel spaces.
result Partial answers to James's questions about octonionic Stiefel spaces.
Upper bound on Stiefel manifold's injectivity radius found.
problem Finding the maximum distance within which the Stiefel manifold remains injective.
method Exhibited conjugate points and calculated the minimum of geodesic lengths.
result Upper bound on Stiefel manifold's injectivity radius is conjectured to be equal to the injectivity radius.
A generalized Stiefel manifold is the manifold of orthonormal frames in a vector space with a non-degenerated bilinear or hermitian form. In this article, the Isometry group of the generalized Stiefel manifolds are computed at least up to connected components in an explicit form. This is done by considering a natural n…
Let M be a riemannian manifold. The existence of a spin structure on M, enables to study the topology of M. The obstruction to the existence of the spin structure is given by the second Stiefel-Whitney class. This class is the classifying cocycle of a gerbe. One may expect that the study of this gerbe may have topologi…
Study on determinants of unitary Brownian motion and their asymptotic laws.
problem Understanding determinants of unitary Brownian motion and their behavior over time.
method Using Stiefel fibration and skew-product decomposition of the Stiefel Brownian motion.
result Prove asymptotic laws for determinants of block entries of unitary Brownian motion.
New Morse-Bott function defined on Stiefel manifolds, revealing complex critical structures.
problem Defining Morse-Bott functions on non-linear Stiefel manifolds.
method Replacing linear height function with a quadratic one, proving it as a Morse-Bott function.
result Critical submanifolds are fibrations of products of Grassmannians, not Grassmannians themselves.
Study on rolling Stiefel manifolds with specific metrics.
problem Intrinsic and extrinsic rolling of Stiefel manifolds with α-metrics. method Investigation of intrinsic rolling of normal naturally reductive homogeneous spaces, derivation of ODEs for rolling, and explicit solutions.
result Explicit solutions for intrinsic and extrinsic rolling of Stiefel manifolds.
We discuss conditions for the integrability of an almost complex structure defined on the total space of an induced Hopf S^3-bundle over a Sasakian manifold . As an application, we obtain an uncountable family of inequivalent complex structures on the Stiefel manifolds of orthonormal 2-frames in C^{n+1}, non compatible…
Injectivity radius on Stiefel manifold is π.
problem Determining the injectivity radius of the compact Stiefel manifold.
method Utilized the property of geodesics being space curves of constant Frenet curvatures.
result The injectivity radius on the Stiefel manifold under the Euclidean metric is π.
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.
Efficiently optimizes CNN and RNN parameters on Stiefel manifold.
problem Computational expense in optimizing orthonormal matrices on Stiefel manifold.
method Cayley transform for efficient retraction and vector transport on Stiefel manifold.
result Cayley SGD and ADAM achieve faster convergence and less training time.
Study shows non-vanishing Stiefel-Whitney classes and absence of spin^C structures in certain hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Existence of manifolds without spin^C structures and non-vanishing higher order Stiefel-Whitney classes.
method Analysis of cusped arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds of simplest type.
result Existence of manifolds with non-vanishing Stiefel-Whitney classes and absence of spin^C structures.
New retraction on symplectic Stiefel manifold with closed-form inverse.
problem Efficient mapping of manifold data to Euclidean domain.
method Introduces a new retraction map with a closed-form inverse.
result The new retraction has a closed-form inverse, unlike previous methods.
Researchers find examples of real Bott manifolds with nonzero dual Stiefel-Whitney class wbar_{n-ahat(n)} for all n nonzero mod 4.
problem Finding compact orientable manifolds with nonzero dual Stiefel-Whitney classes of largest possible grading.
method Constructing real Bott manifolds for all n nonzero mod 4.
result Examples of real Bott manifolds with the desired property are found for all n nonzero mod 4.
A geometric construction of Sullivan's Stiefel-Whitney homology classes of a real analytic variety X is given by means of the conormal cycle of an embedding of X in a smooth variety. We prove that the Stiefel-Whitney classes define additive natural transformations from certain constructible functions to homology. W…
New method for identifying autoregressive systems on manifolds.
problem Identifying autoregressive systems on Stiefel and Grassmann manifolds.
method Defining parameters as orthogonal group elements, averaging over observations, conjugate gradient descent on manifolds.
result System parameters can be estimated efficiently using the proposed algorithm.
Study geodesic orbit metrics in quaternionic Stiefel manifolds.
problem Characterize geodesic orbit spaces in quaternionic Stiefel manifolds.
method Analyze homogeneous Riemannian spaces (M=G/H,g) with geodesics as orbits of subgroups. result Identify conditions for $(\Sp(n)/\Sp(n_1) imes \cdots imes \Sp(n_s), g)$ to be a geodesic orbit space.
New algorithm finds sparse matrices on Stiefel manifold for optimisation.
problem Finding sparse matrices on Stiefel manifold for optimisation.
method Modified Orthogonal Iteration algorithm for sparse global optimality.
result Proposed method finds globally optimal sparse Stiefel matrices.
We develop matrix models for Grassmann, flag, and Stiefel manifolds.
problem Creating efficient models for Grassmann, flag, and Stiefel manifolds.
method Orthogonally-equivariant matrix submanifold models derived for each manifold.
result Exhaustive list of orthogonally-equivariant submanifold models for the lowest dimensions.
A new method solves optimization problems on the generalized Stiefel manifold using random estimates of B.
problem Optimization over the generalized Stiefel manifold in applications like CCA, ICA, and GEVP.
method Cheap stochastic iterative method that converges to critical points on the manifold.
result The method achieves the same convergence rates as Riemannian optimization but with lower per-iteration cost.
Bounds on geodesic distances on Stiefel manifold derived from new metrics.
problem Improving geodesic computation algorithms and understanding Stiefel manifold.
method New geometric insights and Lipschitz constants for geodesic distances.
result Explicit bounds on geodesic distances and conditions for attaining bounds.
New quasi-geodesics for Stiefel manifold simplify complex computations.
problem Efficiently solving geodesic endpoint problem on Stiefel manifold.
method Derived new representations of quasi-geodesics for large-scale computations.
result New quasi-geodesics are closer to Riemannian geodesics.
Paper optimizes PCA for fairness using MMD and Stiefel manifold optimization.
problem Fair principal component analysis (PCA) to minimize MMD between protected classes.
method Formulates fair PCA as non-convex optimization over Stiefel manifold, solves using REPMS with theoretical guarantees.
result Our approach outperforms prior work in fairness, explained variance, and runtime.
New algorithm computes flag mean and median on flag manifolds.
problem Computing first order flag statistics on flag manifolds.
method Transformed problem to Stiefel manifold for optimization.
result Proved convergence and effectiveness of the flag-mean computation.
An efficient algorithm for Riemannian logarithm on Stiefel manifold family.
problem Efficient computation of Riemannian logarithm on Stiefel manifold for various metrics.
method Generalizes a matrix-algebraic approach for the canonical metric to a one-parameter family of metrics.
result Conserves local linear convergence for the family of metrics.
A new method for averaging data on manifolds is proposed, offering simplicity and efficiency.
problem The difficulty of computing Fréchet means on manifolds, especially Stiefel and Grassmann.
method Proposed RL-barycenters, simpler arithmetic means projected onto the manifold.
result RL-barycenters yield simple yet effective means on Stiefel and Grassmann manifolds.
This paper studies clustering for possibly high dimensional data (e.g. images, time series, gene expression data, and many other settings), and rephrase it as low rank matrix estimation in the PAC-Bayesian framework. Our approach leverages the well known Burer-Monteiro factorisation strategy from large scale optimisati…
New formulas for geodesics on Stiefel and flag manifolds using trust-region method.
problem Computing geodesics and logarithms on Stiefel and flag manifolds.
method Closed-form geodesic formulas, trust-region solver, Fréchet derivatives.
result Efficient computation of geodesic distance and logarithm map.
Moduli space of genus zero stable maps to the projective three-space naturally carries a real structure such that the fixed locus is a moduli space for real rational spatial curves with real marked points. The latter is a normal projective real variety. The singular locus being in codimension at least two, a first Stie…
Paper introduces MSA for weakly supervised covariance alignment in MEG signals.
problem Limited labeled signals in target datasets for MEG applications.
method Mixing model Stiefel Adaptation (MSA) leveraging unlabeled data.
result MSA outperforms recent methods in brain-age regression with MEG signals.
We build a new probability measure on closed space and plane polygons. The key construction is a map, given by Knutson and Hausmann using the Hopf map on quaternions, from the complex Stiefel manifold of 2-frames in n-space to the space of closed n-gons in 3-space of total length 2. Our probability measure on polygon s…
Real Bott manifolds is a class of flat manifolds with holonomy group Z2k of diagonal type. In this paper we want to show how we can compute even Stiefel - Whitney classes on real Bott manifolds. This paper is an answer to the question of professor Masuda if is it possible to extend A. Gąsior "Spin-structure…
Efficiently optimizes orthogonal and Stiefel matrices on parallel units.
problem Optimization over orthogonal groups on parallel units.
method CWY and T-CWY transforms for parametrization and optimization.
result CWY and T-CWY methods lead to convergence on parallel units.
Study of instantons on Stiefel manifold with G2 and Sasakian structures.
problem Characterizing and classifying instantons on Stiefel manifold.
method Reductive decomposition, spinorial approach, Weitzenböck-type formula with torsion.
result Classification of invariant connections and rigidity results for G2-instantons.