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48 results for almost formality

The paper proves a quadratic formality for Sasakian manifolds' representation varieties.

problem Analyzing the variety of representations of fundamental groups of Sasakian manifolds.
method Proving almost-formality of de Rham complex and vanishing cup product theorem.
result Quadratic formality of analytic germs of representation varieties.

Study on cohomology of G2 manifolds, proving almost formality.

problem Cohomology of compact torsion-free G2 manifolds.
method Analysis of the interplay between exterior derivative and derivation, using Hodge theory and G2 structure properties.
result Proves compact torsion-free G2 manifolds are 'almost formal'.

Holomorphic bundles on complex manifolds with boundary are studied, extending results from Donaldson's work.

problem Extending holomorphic structures to complex manifolds with boundary.
method Analyzing formally integrable almost complex structures and their extensions to holomorphic structures.
result Holomorphic structures can be extended to a neighborhood of a strictly pseudoconvex boundary.

Under appropriate assumptions, we generalize the concept of linear almost Poisson struc- tures, almost Lie algebroids, almost differentials in the framework of Banach anchored bundles and the relation between these objects. We then obtain an adapted formalism for mechanical systems which is illustrated by the evolution…

2011-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Characterizes structures on generalized tangent bundles and CRF-structures.

problem Understanding structures on generalized tangent bundles and CRF-structures.
method Equivalent characterizations and spinor formalism for CRF-structures.
result Characterization of generalized complex manifolds as products and infinitesimal deformations of CRF-structures.

The paper explores the formality of low-dimensional manifolds using algebraic structures.

problem Investigating the formality of low-dimensional manifolds.
method Introducing Poincaré DGCAs of Hodge type and small algebra/quotient algebras to study equivalence classes of manifolds.
result A (r1)(r-1) connected Poincaré DGCA of Hodge type is AA_\infty-quasi-isomorphic to an A3A_3-algebra, with the formality determined by a specific Harrison cohomology class.

We study the boundary asymptotics of ACH metrics which are formally Einstein. In terms of the partially integrable almost CR structure induced on the boundary at infinity, existence and uniqueness of such formal asymptotic expansions are studied. It is shown that there always exist formal solutions to the Einstein equa…

2010-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The study finds conditions for the existence of extremal toric almost Kähler metrics.

problem Conditions for the existence of extremal toric almost Kähler metrics.
method Observation and application of recent results on K-stability and Abreu equation.
result Existence of extremal toric almost Kähler structures is equivalent to uniform K-stability.

One (actually, almost the only effective) way to prove formality of a differentiable manifold is to be able to produce a suitable derivation δδ such that dδ-lemma holds. We first show that such derivation δδ generates a (1,1)-tensor field (we denote it by RR). Then, we show that the supercommutation of dd and δδ

2011-03-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends Double Field Theory with new kinematical structure.

problem Formalizing Double Field Theory on para-Hermitian manifolds.
method Constructing a canonical connection and generalised Lie derivative for a Leibniz algebroid.
result Integrability conditions for symmetry algebra closure under non-flat and non-constant ηη and ωω.

Motivated by understanding the limiting case of a certain systolic inequality we study compact Riemannian manifolds having all harmonic 1-forms of constant length. We give complete characterizations as far as Kähler and hyperbolic geometries are concerned. In the second part of the paper, we give algebraic and topologi…

2004-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The abstract discusses constructing manifolds with specific algebraic models using Lie group actions.

problem Constructing manifolds with prescribed algebraic models through Lie group actions.
method Using principal KK-bundles and algebraic models, the abstract describes methods to construct manifolds with specific properties.
result The existence of algebraic models for manifolds with prescribed properties has implications on the structure of cohomology jump loci and representation varieties.

Paper proves a quantitative estimate for transforming almost complex structures into standard ones.

problem Transforming almost complex structures into standard ones on bounded domains.
method Proves existence of global diffeomorphisms under Hölder-Zygmund conditions.
result Existence of a global diffeomorphism in a specified Hölder-Zygmund class.

We sketch our recent application of a non-commutative version of the Cartan `moving-frame' formalism to the quantum Euclidean space RqNR^N_q, the space which is covariant under the action of the quantum group SOq(N)SO_q(N). For each of the two covariant differential calculi over RqNR^N_q based on the RR-matrix formalism, we…

2000-07-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Almost all local minima in neural networks are strongly convex.

problem The prevalence of strongly convex neighborhoods around local minima in neural network optimization landscapes.
method Rigorous analysis of shallow neural networks with analytic activation functions, dividing parameter space into efficient and redundant domains.
result For shallow neural networks on the efficient domain, almost all local minima are strongly convex.

We prove that within a certain threshold, the odd Betti numbers of any compact almost-hermitian manifold satisfying a degenerate Kähler condition are even, and the even Betti numbers are strictly positive.

problem The topology of Kähler manifolds is largely determined by the geometry due to its rigidity.
method We prove that within a certain threshold, the odd Betti numbers of any compact almost-hermitian manifold satisfying a degenerate Kähler condition are even, and the even Betti numbers are strictly positive.
result We prove that within a certain threshold, the odd Betti numbers of any compact almost-hermitian manifold satisfying a degenerate Kähler condition are even, and the even Betti numbers are strictly positive.

This paper studies geometric structures on manifolds with specific symplectic properties.

problem Understanding geometric structures on manifolds with quaternionic skew-Hermitian properties.
method Equivalent definitions, intrinsic torsion, classification of geometries, explicit connections.
result Classification of symmetric spaces with invariant torsion-free structures.

The paper studies almost complex torus manifolds using graphs and Hirzebruch genera, proving properties of their fixed points and cohomology.

problem Understanding the fixed points and cohomology of almost complex torus manifolds.
method Using directed labeled multigraphs and Hirzebruch genera to encode and analyze the manifolds.
result Almost complex torus manifolds have positive Todd genus and at least n+1 fixed points.

We propose a new approach for Collaborative Filtering which is based on Boolean Matrix Factorisation (BMF) and Formal Concept Analysis. In a series of experiments on real data (Movielens dataset) we compare the approach with the SVD- and NMF-based algorithms in terms of Mean Average Error (MAE). One of the experimental…

2013-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The fundamental theorem of the theory of optimal control, the Pontryagin maximum principle (PMP), is extended to the setting of almost Lie (AL) algebroids, geometrical objects generalizing Lie algebroids. This formulation of the PMP yields, in particular, a scheme comprising reductions of optimal control problems simil…

2009-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new gauge theory for fuzzy geometries using finite-dimensional algebras.

problem Modeling fuzzy geometries in noncommutative geometry.
method Introduces a Yang-Mills-Higgs matrix model based on gauge matrix spectral triples.
result States Yang-Mills-Higgs theory as an explicit random multimatrix model.

The paper proves neural networks are almost always surjective, impacting model safety.

problem Ensuring neural networks can generate any output, including harmful content.
method Analyzing fundamental neural architectures and generative models.
result Many neural architectures are almost always surjective, allowing for arbitrary outputs.

Large neural networks learn low-dimensional representations that balance complexity and regularity.

problem Understanding the tradeoff between low-dimensional representations and complexity in deep neural networks.
method Computed finite depth corrections to reveal a measure of regularity that bounds the pseudo-determinant of the Jacobian.
result Proved the conjectured bottleneck structure in learned features as network depth increases, showing almost all hidden representations are approximately low-dimensional and weight matrices have singular values close to 1.

Study shows global invertibility in nonlinear elasticity with vanishing self-repulsion term.

problem Global invertibility in nonlinear elasticity with a vanishing nonlocal self-repulsion term.
method Proves global invertibility in the ΓΓ-limit of elastic energy with a vanishing nonlocal self-repulsion term.
result Global invertibility can be obtained in the ΓΓ-limit of the elastic energy with a vanishing nonlocal self-repulsion term.

Model-based Bayesian Reinforcement Learning (BRL) allows a found formalization of the problem of acting optimally while facing an unknown environment, i.e., avoiding the exploration-exploitation dilemma. However, algorithms explicitly addressing BRL suffer from such a combinatorial explosion that a large body of work r…

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We calculate the Chern classes and Chern numbers for the natural almost Hermitian structures of the partial flag manifolds F_n=SU(n+2)/S(U(n)\times U(1)\times U(1)). For all n>1 there are two invariant complex algebraic structures, which arise from the projectivizations of the holomorphic tangent and cotangent bundles …

2007-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper generalizes Cartan Geometry using Polacek and Siegel's approach.

problem Formulating sigma model dynamics in a covariant way.
method Using Polacek and Siegel's generalised curvature and torsion approach within the generalised metric formalism.
result Almost all higher generalised tensors correspond to covariant derivatives of the generalised Riemann tensor.

The paper constructs quantizations for symplectic manifolds with specific Laplacian properties.

problem Quantization of compact symplectic manifolds with higher Landau levels.
method Develops Berezin-Toeplitz quantization using a Bochner Laplacian with specific spectral properties.
result The quantization provides a formal star-product for the lowest Landau level.

3D BF theory on certain 3-manifolds evaluated via residues and large k limits.

problem Singular and ill-defined partition function of 3D BF theory.
method Direct evaluation of path integral for specific 3-manifolds, using residues and large k limits of Chern-Simons matrix integrals.
result 3 definitions of the integral offer insights into the sum/integral over all flat connections.