Paper disproves Wright's periodic map conjecture.
problem Existence of periodic maps on closed hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzes automorphisms and curve behavior on surfaces.
result No periodic map can fill every curve with its image.
The paper generalizes product inequalities for random vectors and their applications.
problem Understanding concentration of measure for products of random vectors.
method Develops expressions for the concentration of functionals of random vectors based on product norms.
result Provides generalized Hanson-Wright inequalities and applications to random matrices.
Space exploration technology advances exponentially, consistent with Moore's and Wright's laws.
problem Predicting the advancement of space exploration technology.
method Analysis of Moore's and Wright's laws applied to space exploration technology.
result Spacecraft technology advances exponentially, consistent with Moore's and Wright's laws.
A new distribution family extends the α-stable distribution with a degree of freedom parameter.
problem Lack of moments in the α-stable distribution. method Wright function framework to combine and extend distribution families.
result Generalized α-stable distribution with valid moments. New proof for higher rank subvarieties in genus three.
problem Classifying higher rank invariant subvarieties in genus three.
method Uses recent techniques developed by Apisa and Wright.
result Short and simplified proof of classification.
Study identifies specific subvarieties in translation surfaces with quadratic field.
problem Characterizing invariant subvarieties in translation surfaces with quadratic field.
method Analyzing algebraically primitive subvarieties in strata of translation surfaces.
result Only specific subvarieties identified: decagon, Weierstrass curves, etc.
Constructs subvarieties in translation surface strata using combinatorial input.
problem Creating subvarieties in translation surface strata.
method Combining Hurwitz spaces theory with combinatorial input.
result Constructs Teichmueller curves and orbit closures.
New insights into data geometry reveal manifold structure in grid-cell activity.
problem Understanding the roles of different dimensions in data geometry.
method Generalised Hanson-Wright inequality and random function model analysis.
result Persistence diagrams reveal latent homology and manifold structure.
In 1992, David Wright proved a remarkable theorem about which contractible open manifolds are covering spaces. He showed that if a one-ended open manifold M has pro-monomorphic fundamental group at infinity which is not pro-trivial and is not stably Z, then M does not cover any manifold (except itself). In the non-mani…
We complete the classification of rank two affine manifolds in the moduli space of translation surfaces in genus three. Combined with a recent result of Mirzakhani and Wright, this completes the classification of higher rank affine manifolds in genus three.
New law predicts first extinction in resampling processes.
problem Intractable extinction times in resampling processes.
method Modeling multinomial updates as independent square-root diffusions.
result Closed-form law for first-extinction time with linear cost.
Study disproves conjecture about quadratic differentials.
problem Apisa-Wright conjecture about branched covers of quadratic differentials.
method Provided counterexamples to the conjecture.
result Found infinite family of non-cyclic 1-cylinder surfaces.
Forecasting technological progress is of great interest to engineers, policy makers, and private investors. Several models have been proposed for predicting technological improvement, but how well do these models perform? An early hypothesis made by Theodore Wright in 1936 is that cost decreases as a power law of cumul…
Unified analysis simplifies Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma for data reduction.
problem Efficiently reducing high-dimensional data while preserving geometry.
method Unified analysis of various JL constructions using probabilistic tools.
result First rigorous proof and extension of spherical construction's effectiveness.
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.
Study resolves conjecture on overparameterized linear models' generalization.
problem Asymptotic generalization of multiclass classification with overparameterized models.
method Gaussian covariates bi-level model, Hanson-Wright inequality variant.
result Min-norm interpolating classifier can be suboptimal compared to noninterpolating classifiers.
Efficiently estimates covariance for sub-Weibull vectors with sub-Gaussian rate.
problem Outliers in high-dimensional covariance estimation.
method Cross-Fitted Norm-Truncated Estimator for Sub-Weibull distributions.
result Achieves optimal sub-Gaussian rate with O(Nd2) operations. Classifies components of k-differentials and their orbit closures.
problem Classifying components of strata of k-differentials and their orbit closures.
method Algebraic approach using multiscale compactification.
result Complete classification of components of strata of holomorphic and meromorphic k-differentials.
The moduli space of genus 3 translation surfaces with a single zero has two connected components. We show that in the odd connected component H^{odd}(4) the only GL^+(2,R) orbit closures are closed orbits, the Prym locus Q(3,-1^3), and H^{odd}(4). Together with work of Matheus-Wright, this implies that there are only f…
Develops a new volatility model for prediction markets.
problem Volatility forecasting in prediction markets differs from standard asset markets.
method Combines Wright-Fisher and Glosten-Milgrom mechanisms to model binary prediction markets.
result Structural model outperforms standard ARCH/GARCH models in volatility forecasting.
Develops a new volatility model for prediction markets.
problem Volatility forecasting in prediction markets differs from standard asset markets.
method Combines Wright-Fisher and Glosten-Milgrom mechanisms to model binary prediction markets.
result Structural model outperforms standard ARCH/GARCH models in volatility forecasting.
The study shows acylindrical hyperbolicity for Artin groups not associated with joins or cones.
problem Proving acylindrical hyperbolicity for Artin groups of infinite type not associated with joins or cones.
method Developing and extending the clique-cube complex and action studies of Charney and Morris-Wright.
result Acylindrical hyperbolicity demonstrated for Artin groups of infinite type associated with graphs that are not cones.
Study shows periodic points of Prym eigenforms in specific genera.
problem Understanding periodic points of Prym eigenforms in translation surfaces.
method Geometric proof using Prym involution and affine automorphism group.
result Fixed points of Prym involution are periodic points of Prym eigenforms.
Geometric flow on curves in S^3 generates YO equations solutions.
problem Modeling short wave-long wave interaction.
method Simple geometric flow on curves in S3. result Constructs transverse curves for YO equations periodic solutions.
The study connects spheres in specific surface curve graphs, proving connectivity and classifying components.
problem Proving connectivity and classifying components of spheres in curve graphs of low and medium complexity surfaces.
method Analyzing specific surfaces Σ2,0,Σ1,3,Σ0,6 and Σ0,5,Σ1,2, proving connectivity and classifying components. result Spheres of any radius are connected in Σ2,0,Σ1,3,Σ0,6, and the union of two consecutive spheres is connected in Σ0,5 and Σ1,2. We introduce a mean-reverting SDE whose solution is naturally defined on the space of correlation matrices. This SDE can be seen as an extension of the well-known Wright-Fisher diffusion. We provide conditions that ensure weak and strong uniqueness of the SDE, and describe its ergodic limit. We also shed light on a use…
Starting from a sequence of independent Wright-Fisher diffusion processes on [0,1], we construct a class of reversible infinite dimensional diffusion processes on $\DD_\infty:= \{{\bf x}\in Let $MbeacompleteRiemnnianmanifoldandμthedistributionofthediffusionprocessgeneratedby\ff 1 2\DD+ZwhereZ$…
Classifies GL(2,R)-invariant subvarieties with zero Lyapunov exponents.
problem Classifying GL(2,R)-invariant subvarieties with specific properties.
method Classification based on homological dimensions and Lyapunov exponents.
result Explicit exceptions list for GL(2,R)-invariant subvarieties with zero Lyapunov exponents.
We show that on any translation surface, if a regular point is contained in a simple closed geodesic, then it is contained in infinitely many simple closed geodesics, whose directions are dense in the unit circle. Moreover, the set of points that are not contained in any simple closed geodesic is finite. We also constr…
Following findings by Ormerod and Mounfield, Wright rises the problem whether a power or an exponential law describes the distribution of occurrences of economic recession periods. In order to clarify the controversy a different set of GDP data is hereby examined. The conclusion about a power law distribution of recess…
Optimizes sub-Gaussian matrices for preserving data distances.
problem Improving the performance of sub-Gaussian matrices in preserving data distances.
method Analyzes sub-Gaussian matrices and their dependence on the sub-Gaussian norm, presenting optimal bounds.
result Optimal dependence on the sub-Gaussian norm for sub-Gaussian matrices as near isometries on sets.
A tutorial on non-asymptotic system identification methods.
problem Identifying system parameters in linear models.
method Covering technique, Hanson-Wright Inequality, method of self-normalized martingales.
result Streamlined proofs of least-squares based estimator performance.
Study linear subvarieties of meromorphic differential strata, proving toric closures and new proofs of theorems.
problem Understanding linear subvarieties in strata of meromorphic differentials.
method Investigate closures in multi-scale compactification, prove restrictions on period coordinates.
result Prove closures are locally toric varieties, generalize cylinder deformation theorem.
We are interested in strong approximations of one-dimensional SDEs which have non-Lipschitz coefficients and which take values in a domain. Under a set of general assumptions we derive an implicit scheme that preserves the domain of the SDEs and is strongly convergent with rate one. Moreover, we show that this general …
Study non-parametric frequency-domain system identification from finite samples.
problem Frequency-domain system identification from limited data.
method Empirical Transfer Function Estimate (ETFE) under sub-Gaussian colored noise and stability assumptions.
result ETFE estimates are concentrated around true values with a finite-sample rate of Ntot−1/3 for all frequencies in the H∞ norm. Classifies GL(2,R)-invariant subvarieties in complex geometry.
problem Classifying GL(2,R)-invariant subvarieties.
method Classification of natural subvarieties including double covers and Teichmüller space.
result Classification of high rank invariant subvarieties and new examples.
We present the Wright-Fisher Indian buffet process (WF-IBP), a probabilistic model for time-dependent data assumed to have been generated by an unknown number of latent features. This model is suitable as a prior in Bayesian nonparametric feature allocation models in which the features underlying the observed data exhi…
We consider the following question: Which parameters in the extension of a rational pleating ray across the boundary of $\Cal M$, the Maskit embedding of the Teichmüller space of once punctured tori correspond to a Kleinian group? Using methods of Keen and Series and Wright we prove a local result, stating that on each…
Artin groups not free of infinity are shown to have finite centers.
problem Characterizing Artin groups with finite centers.
method Reduced clique-cube complexes and actions on them.
result Artin groups not free of infinity have finite centers, and are trivial in many cases.
The paper studies geometric loci and their invariants in complex dynamics.
problem Analyzing geometric loci and their invariants in complex dynamics.
method Intersection theory and dynamical invariants on the flex and gothic loci.
result Determined the divisor class of the flex locus and various tautological intersection numbers on the gothic locus.
Graphical modelling has a long history in statistics as a tool for the analysis of multivariate data, starting from Wright's path analysis and Gibbs' applications to statistical physics at the beginning of the last century. In its modern form, it was pioneered by Lauritzen and Wermuth and Pearl in the 1980s, and has si…
Wright showed that, if a 1-ended simply connected locally compact ANR Y with pro-monomorphic fundamental group at infinity admits a proper Z-action, then that fundamental group at infinity can be represented by an inverse sequence of finitely generated free groups. Geoghegan and Guilbault strengthened that result, prov…
Bing-Whitehead Cantor sets were introduced by DeGryse and Osborne in dimension three and greater to produce examples of Cantor sets that were non standard (wild), but still had simply connected complement. In contrast to an earlier example of Kirkor, the construction techniques could be generalized to dimensions bigger…
Given a finite collection of C1 vector fields on a C2 manifold which span the tangent space at every point, we consider the question of when there is locally a coordinate system in which these vector fields are Cs+1 for s∈(1,∞], where Cs denotes the Zygmund space of order s…
New Cantor sets with high-dimensional projections discovered.
problem Understanding projections of Cantor sets in high dimensions.
method Construction and analysis of Cantor sets in Rn. result Cantor sets can be moved to have (n−2)-dimensional projections in (n−1)-planes. Many theoretical results on estimation of high dimensional time series require specifying an underlying data generating model (DGM). Instead, along the footsteps of~\cite{wong2017lasso}, this paper relies only on (strict) stationarity and β-mixing condition to establish consistency of lasso when data comes from a $β…
The paper studies neural networks with wide layers and finds a deformed semicircle law.
problem Investigating spectral distributions of neural networks in the ultra-wide regime.
method Analyzes empirical kernel matrices, proves deformed semicircle law, provides nonlinear Hanson-Wright inequality.
result Emergence of a deformed semicircle law in the ultra-wide neural network regime.
The paper improves bounds on geodesic lengths and their simplicity on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Estimating the distribution of geodesic lengths on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing the moduli space of hyperbolic surfaces with the Weil-Petersson metric.
result Most geodesics of certain lengths are simple and non-separating, confirming a conjecture.