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48 results for Weak Assumptions

We obtain sharp quantitative Laplacian upper and lower estimates under no assumption on curvatures. As a result, we derive quantitative Laplacian, area and volume comparison theorems for tubes in Riemannian and Kähler manifolds under weak integral curvature assumptions. We also give some applications, such as a general…

2019-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss the maximum modulus principle, and weak unique continuation, for CR functions on an abstract almost CR manifold M. We investigate these matters under the assumption of weak pseudoconcavity, and obtain sharp results about propagation along Sussmann leaves.

2007-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Formalizes weak and strong verification for LLMs, controlling errors without assumptions.

problem Balancing cost and reliability in reasoning with LLMs.
method Formalizes weak-strong verification policies, introduces metrics, develops online algorithm.
result Optimal policies admit a two-threshold structure, and calibration and sharpness govern value of weak verifiers.

Study uses weak transport for non-convex costs in fixed-income markets.

problem Characterizing optimal caplet pricing in fixed-income markets.
method Introduced weak optimal transport for non-convex costs, reduced general costs to convex problems.
result Established robust super-replication results for fixed-income markets.

We study the task of online boosting--combining online weak learners into an online strong learner. While batch boosting has a sound theoretical foundation, online boosting deserves more study from the theoretical perspective. In this paper, we carefully compare the differences between online and batch boosting, and pr…

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Sharp regularity for Pfaff system leads to isometric immersions in arbitrary dimensions.

problem Existence and regularity of isometric immersions in arbitrary dimensions.
method Proving W1,2W^{1,2}-regularity for Pfaff system with antisymmetric L2L^2-coefficient matrix.
result Equivalence between W2,2W^{2,2}-isometric immersions and weak solubility of Gauss--Codazzi--Ricci equations.

Long time existence and convergence to a circle is proved for radial graph solutions to a mean curvature type curve flow in warped product surfaces (under a weak assumption on the warp potential of the surface). This curvature flow preserves the area enclosed by the evolving curve, and this fact is used to prove a gene…

2016-10-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves inextendibility of weak null singularities from curvature blow-up.

problem Inextendibility of weak null singularities in the context of curvature blow-up.
method Introduces a new strategy to infer Cloc0,1C^{0,1}_{\mathrm{loc}}-inextendibility from curvature blow-up.
result Expected to contribute to the resolution of strong cosmic censorship conjecture.

Paper proves rigidity of weak solutions for anisotropic N-Laplacian equations with Neumann or Robin boundary conditions.

problem Rigidity of weak solutions for anisotropic N-Laplacian equations with boundary conditions.
method Established a key integral inequality involving anisotropic gradient and second fundamental form, proving rigidity under natural monotonicity assumptions.
result All weak solutions to Neumann boundary problems are constant without a priori boundedness assumption.

New research shows label refinement and weak training have limitations for aligning LLMs.

problem Limitations of refinement methods for aligning large language models.
method Analyzed probabilistic assumptions and alternative approaches to label refinement and weak training.
result Label refinement and weak training suffer from irreducible error, leaving a performance gap.

Boosting combines weak hypotheses to create accurate predictions under bounded VC dimension.

problem How to combine weak hypotheses to achieve accurate predictions efficiently.
method Designing a novel boosting algorithm with complex aggregation rules for bounded VC dimension classes.
result The new boosting algorithm requires fewer weak hypotheses than classical lower bounds, provided they belong to a bounded VC class.

New model shows weak teachers can help strong students learn even with imperfect labels.

problem Improving strong student's performance with weak teacher's imperfect pseudolabels.
method Stylized overparameterized spiked covariance model with Gaussian covariates, proving two phases of generalization.
result Provable successful and random guessing phases of strong student's generalization.

We give a proof that Brakke's mean curvature flow under the unit density assumption is smooth almost everywhere in space-time. More generally, if the velocity is equal in a weak sense to its mean curvature plus some given α-Hölder continuous vector field, then we show C^{2,α} regularity almost everywhere.

2012-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of providing nonparametric confidence guarantees for undirected graphs under weak assumptions. In particular, we do not assume sparsity, incoherence or Normality. We allow the dimension DD to increase with the sample size nn. First, we prove lower bounds that show that if we want accurate infe…

2013-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes an algorithm to recover full supervision from weakly labeled data.

problem Machine learning requires expensive data annotation, motivating the use of weak supervision.
method The paper introduces a disambiguation principle and an empirical disambiguation algorithm for partial labelling.
result The algorithm achieves exponential convergence rates under learnability assumptions.

In this note, we prove the existence of weak solutions of the Chern-Ricci flow through blow downs of exceptional curves, as well as backwards smooth convergence away from the exceptional curves on compact complex surfaces. The smoothing property for the Chern-Ricci flow is also obtained on compact Hermitian manifolds o…

2017-01-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper tackles performative risk optimization under weak convexity assumptions.

problem Optimizing performative risk in a closed-loop prediction system with weak convexity.
method Relaxing convexity assumptions to maintain optimization feasibility.
result Iterative optimization methods remain applicable even with weakened convexity conditions.

Efficiently clusters data with weak assumptions, robust to contamination.

problem General-shaped clustering under weak parametric assumptions with data contamination.
method Two-step hybrid robust clustering algorithm combining trimmed k-means and hierarchical agglomeration.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods in various applications.

A new method for weakly supervised learning that improves model accuracy.

problem Training machine learning models with precise labels is expensive; weak supervision provides a low-cost alternative.
method Data consistent weak supervision algorithm that searches over classifiers to find plausible labelings, considering features of the training data and estimating labels for low/no coverage data.
result Empirically, the method significantly outperforms state-of-the-art weak supervision methods on text and image classification tasks.

Paper tackles offline RL with weak assumptions on both function classes and data coverage.

problem Achieve sample-efficient offline RL with weak assumptions on both factors.
method Simple algorithm based on primal-dual formulation of MDPs, with density-ratio function modeling dual variables.
result Polynomial sample complexity achieved under realizability and single-policy concentrability.

New approach finds solutions to games with unbounded controls.

problem Existence of equilibrium in mean-field games with unbounded controls.
method Weak formulation and new existence/stability results for quadratic-growth generalized McKean-Vlasov BSDEs.
result Existence of equilibrium result for non-Markovian mean-field games with unbounded control space.

New bounds for generative models under weaker assumptions.

problem Establishing convergence guarantees for generative models under weak assumptions.
method Non-asymptotic 2-Wasserstein distance bounds for probability flow ODEs under weak log-concavity and Lipschitz continuity.
result Concrete convergence rates for generative models, including non-log-concave distributions.

New offline RL method works with limited data and function approximators.

problem Sample efficiency with limited data and weak function approximators.
method Pessimistic algorithm based on version space formed by marginalized importance sampling (MIS), with gap assumption.
result Guarantees sample efficiency for simple algorithm under specific assumptions.

Study optimal transport on globally hyperbolic spacetimes, focusing on weak Kantorovich potentials' regularity.

problem Investigate regularity of weak Kantorovich potentials on globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
method Apply insights from Riemannian and Lorentzian cases to study ππ-solutions.
result Conclude existence, uniqueness, and structure of optimal transport maps.

Study Nash equilibrium in mean field portfolio games with random market parameters.

problem Modeling wealth and relative performance in competitive financial markets.
method Martingale optimality principle approach to characterize Nash equilibrium in mean field FBSDE.
result Unique Nash equilibrium found under weak interaction assumption and market parameters independence.

The problem of prescribing conformally the scalar curvature of a closed Riemannian manifold as a given Morse function reduces to solving an elliptic partial differential equation with critical Sobolev exponent. Two ways of attacking this problem consist in subcritical approximations or negative pseudo gradient flows. W…

2019-01-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently plans large MDPs with weak function approximations.

problem Planning in large MDPs with limited function approximation capabilities.
method Uses linear value function approximation with weak requirements and a generative oracle.
result Produces almost-optimal actions for any state with polynomial computation time.

New algorithm solves saddle point problems in Banach spaces.

problem Solving saddle point problems in real reflexive Banach spaces.
method Stochastic Bregman Primal-Dual Splitting Algorithm with relative smoothness and strong convexity assumptions.
result Almost sure convergence to saddle points under various conditions.

Unified framework for best arm identification and dueling bandits regret minimization.

problem Best arm identification and dueling bandits regret minimization.
method Tree-Guided Identify-Then-Exploit (TG-ITE) framework.
result Unified approach achieving optimal sample complexity and regret guarantees.

The paper establishes general results in Lorentzian optimal transport theory.

problem Establishing strong duality and optimality conditions in Lorentzian optimal transport.
method Providing non-trivial assumptions on measures, characterizing optimality, and proving regularity results.
result Regularity results for cc-convex functions and (weak) Kantorovich potentials do not extend to the Lorentzian setting, but under suitable assumptions, they are locally semconvex.

In this paper, we prove that on a Fano manifold MM which admits a Kähler-Ricci soliton $(\om,X)$, if the initial Kähler metric $\om_{\vphi_0}$ is close to $\om$ in some weak sense, then the weak Kähler-Ricci flow exists globally and converges in Cheeger-Gromov sense. Moreover, if $\vphi_0$ is also KXK_X-invariant, the…

2010-04-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework identifies population quantities from MNAR feedback using weak shadow variables from pretrained models.

problem Estimating mean outcomes from MNAR user feedback with bias and lack of identification.
method Develops a partial identification framework using linear programs and weak shadow variables from pretrained models.
result Bounds on estimand are obtained by solving linear programs incorporating pretrained model predictions.

End-to-end approach for weak supervision improves downstream model performance.

problem Data-labeling bottleneck in machine learning applications.
method Directly learning the downstream model by maximizing its agreement with probabilistic labels generated from weak supervision sources.
result Improved performance over prior work in terms of downstream model performance and robustness.

Study shows offline RL with partial coverage and weak function classes is possible.

problem Learning optimal policies from logged data with function approximation.
method Marginalized Importance Sampling (MIS) with additional covering distribution.
result Finite-sample guarantees for sample-efficient offline RL for general MDPs.

Unified approach for multicalibration in weakly supervised learning.

problem Existing multicalibration methods require clean input-label pairs, which are unavailable in weakly supervised learning.
method Developed estimators and post-hoc correction methods for multicalibration under weak supervision.
result Unified framework for estimating and correcting multicalibration under weak supervision with finite-sample guarantees.

New method improves IV estimation with many weak and invalid instruments.

problem Identification in linear IV models with unknown validity.
method Non-convex penalized approaches, surrogate sparsest penalty.
result Advantages over other IV estimators in selection consistency and weak IV strength conditions.

We connect high-dimensional subset selection and submodular maximization. Our results extend the work of Das and Kempe (2011) from the setting of linear regression to arbitrary objective functions. For greedy feature selection, this connection allows us to obtain strong multiplicative performance bounds on several meth…

2016-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantizes Willmore energy in Riemannian manifolds with bounded energy and area.

problem Quantization of Willmore energy in bounded energy and area conditions.
method Uniform boundedness of Willmore energy and area, weak convergence of maps, and conformal structures in compact domain.
result Quantization of Willmore energy holds under specified conditions.