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We extend the definition of algebraic entropy to endomorphisms of affine varieties. We calculate algebraic entropy of the action of elements of mapping class groups on various character varieties, and show that it is equal to a quantity we call the spectral radius, a generalization of the dilatation of a Pseudo-Anosov …

We show that many algebraic actions of higher-rank abelian groups on zero-dimensional groups are mutually disjoint. The proofs exploit differences in the entropy geometry arising from subdynamics and a form of Abramov--Rokhlin formula for half-space entropies.

Characterizes pseudo-Anosov mapping classes using cluster algebra techniques.

New invariant measures loop iterations in algebraic structures.

We establish isosystolic inequalities for a class of manifolds which includes the aspherical manifolds. In particular, we relate the systolic volume of aspherical manifolds first to their minimal entropy, then to the algebraic entropy of their fundamental groups.

We prove a uniform version of the Tits alternative. As a consequence, we obtain uniform lower bounds for the Cheeger constant of Cayley grahs of finitely generated non virtually solvable linear groups in arbitrary characteristic. Also we show that the algebraic entropy of discrete subgroups of a given Lie group is unif…

The paper constructs diffeomorphisms on a $G_2$-manifold achieving entropy bounds.

We give several Bishop-Gromov relative volume comparisons with integral Ricci curvature which improve the results in \cite{PW1}. Using one of these volume comparisons, we derive an estimate for the volume entropy in terms of integral Ricci curvature which substantially improves an earlier estimate in \cite{Au2} and giv…

Compact RCD spaces derived from singular Kahler metrics on 3D projective varieties.

The conformal module of conjugacy classes of braids implicitly appeared in a paper of Lin and Gorin in connection with their interest in the 13. Hilbert Problem. This invariant is the supremum of conformal modules (in the sense of Ahlfors) of certain annuli related to the conjugacy class. This note states that the conf…

Efficient approximations reduce computation of matrix-based Renyi's entropy.

Study minimal volume entropy for free-by-cyclic groups and 2D right-angled Artin groups.

The study connects Hilbert entropy to non-differentiability points of limit sets in flag spaces.

We consider magnetic flows on 2-step nilmanifolds $M = Γ\backslash G$, where the Riemannian metric $g$ and the magnetic field $σ$ are left-invariant. Our first result is that when $σ$ represents a rational cohomology class and its restriction to $\mathfrak{g} = T_eG$ vanishes on the derived algebra, then the associated…

New measure of maximal entropy found for a class of geometrically finite groups.

The ability of many powerful machine learning algorithms to deal with large data sets without compromise is often hampered by computationally expensive linear algebra tasks, of which calculating the log determinant is a canonical example. In this paper we demonstrate the optimality of Maximum Entropy methods in approxi…

Introduces TSI, a variance-based measure for persistence barcodes.

A single algebraic identity unifies information-theoretic variational results.

Proves finite measure implies product structure for certain discrete subgroups.

A pseudo-Anosov surface automorphism $φ$ has associated to it an algebraic unit $λ_φ$ called the dilatation of $φ$. It is known that in many cases $λ_φ$ appears as the spectral radius of a Perron-Frobenius matrix preserving a symplectic form $L$. We investigate what algebraic units could potentially appear as dilatatio…

On the predual of a von Neumann algebra, we define a differentiable manifold structure and affine connections by embeddings into non-commutative L_p-spaces. Using the geometry of uniformly convex Banach spaces and duality of the L_p and L_q spaces for 1/p+1/q=1, we show that we can introduce the α-divergence, for αin (…

Let $X$ be an $n$-dimensional simply connected manifold of pinched sectional curvature $-a^2 \leq K \leq -1$. There exist a positive constant $C(n,a)$ such that for any finitely generated discrete group $Γ$ acting on $X$, then either $Γ$ is virtually nilpotent or the algebraic entropy $Ent (Γ) \geq C(n,a)$.

Infinite volume requires no atoms at the bottom of the spectrum for certain groups.

The Milnor Problem (modified) in the theory of group growth asks whether any finite presented group of vanishing algebraic entropy has at most polynomial growth. We show that a positive answer to the Milnor Problem (modified) is equivalent to the Nilpotency Conjecture in Riemannian geometry: given $n, d>0$, there exist…

Rényi divergence is related to Rényi entropy much like Kullback-Leibler divergence is related to Shannon's entropy, and comes up in many settings. It was introduced by Rényi as a measure of information that satisfies almost the same axioms as Kullback-Leibler divergence, and depends on a parameter that is called its or…

Let T be the nilpotent group of 4 x 4 real upper triangular matrices. In this note we show that the Euler equations of certain left-invariant riemannian metrics on T have a horseshoe. We also show, with the aid of a numerical computation of a Melnikov-type integral, that the Euler equations of the sub-riemannian Carnot…

We introduce a new distance metric for non-linear embeddings of Tempered Exponential Measures.

Formula for harmonic current dimension on foliated surfaces, extending Brunella's inequality.

Enhances RL by controlling policy stochasticity through trajectory entropy constraints.

The paper calculates bounds for risk metrics and entropies under partial information constraints.

The paper analyzes worst-case distortion risk metrics and weighted entropy under partial information.

Entropy measures geodesic flow complexity.

Entropy for uniform hypergraphs defined via tensor theory.

HCLM framework uses entropy regularization for open learning systems.

The main result of this article is that if a $3$-manifold $M$ supports an Anosov flow, then the number of conjugacy classes in the fundamental group of $M$ grows exponentially fast with the length of the shortest orbit representative, hereby answering a question raised by Plante and Thurston in 1972. In fact we show th…

Coupled entropy corrects flaws in Tsallis entropy for complex systems.

The paper examines robustness of topological entropy in geodesic flows.

Entropy rigidity for Finsler flows but collapse for Reeb flows.

JES optimizes expensive functions by considering joint entropy over input and output spaces.

We give a notion of entropy for general gemetric structures, which generalizes well-known notions of topological entropy of vector fields and geometric entropy of foliations, and which can also be applied to singular objects, e.g. singular foliations, singular distributions, and Poisson structures. We show some basic p…

Generic low-entropy hypersurfaces in 4-6D flow with only generic singularities.

Researchers explore gauge freedom in entropies of $q$-Gaussian measures.

Study shows rigidity for entropy minimizers in non-monotone cases.

We prove curvature-free versions of the celebrated Margulis Lemma. We are interested by both the algebraic aspects and the geometric ones, with however an emphasis on the second and we aim at giving quantitative (computable) estimates of some important invariants. Our goal is to get rid of the pointwise curvature assum…

DAC enhances exploration in reinforcement learning with entropy regularization.

Entropy study of geodesic flow on convex projective surfaces.

Study bounds self-shrinker entropy using Li-Yau volume and Colding-Minicozzi entropy.

This paper controls a boundary term in Huisken's formula for entropy.