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48 results for capillarity functional

Capillarity functionals are parameter invariant functionals defined on classes of two-dimensional parametric surfaces in R3 as the sum of the area integral and a non homogeneous term of suitable form. Here we consider the case of a class of non homogenous terms vanishing at infinity for which the corresponding capillar…

2016-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves existence of minimal surfaces with fixed boundary contact angle.

problem Existence of minimal surfaces with fixed boundary contact angle.
method Min-max construction in the spirit of Almgren-Pitts for the capillarity functional.
result Existence of minimal surfaces in a bounded convex subset of R^3 with fixed boundary contact angle.

Study on capillarity minimizers with nonlocal repulsion and gravity, proving existence and nonexistence.

problem Minimizing an energy functional with capillarity, nonlocal repulsion, and gravity.
method Quantitative isoperimetric inequalities applied to capillarity problem in a half-space.
result Existence and nonexistence of minimizers for various nonlocal kernels and masses.

New Heintze-Karcher inequality helps understand droplet shapes.

problem Characterize the shape of droplets inside smooth containers.
method Obtained a new form of the Heintze-Karcher inequality for mean convex hypersurfaces with boundary on curved substrates.
result New mathematical inequality aids in understanding droplet shapes.

Study sharp inequalities for perimeter functionals in capillarity and convex cones.

problem Quantitative isoperimetric inequalities for perimeter functionals in capillarity and convex cones.
method Derivation of Fuglede-type estimates and application of selection principle.
result Sharp quantitative isoperimetric inequalities in strong and barycentric forms.

We study the capillarity equation from the global point of view of behavior of its solutions without explicit regard to boundary conditions. We show its solutions to be constrained in ways, that have till now not been characterized in literature known to us.

2016-03-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Derives equilibrium law for Plateau borders in wet soap films and foams.

problem Equilibrium law for Plateau borders in wet foams and films.
method Rigorous derivation using Gauss' capillarity theory, homotopic spanning condition, and effective compactness theorems.
result Sharp regularity properties of energy minimizers for Plateau borders in wet foams and films.

Study on minimizing singular capillary cones with stability and instability results.

problem Minimizing singular capillary cones with free boundary.
method Stability criterion à la Jerison-Savin, Simons-type inequality for convex, homogeneous, symmetric functions of principal curvatures, boundary condition specific to capillary setting.
result Minimizing cones with non-sign-changing mean curvature are flat in dimensions up to 4, and non-trivial axially symmetric cones are unstable in dimensions up to 6.

New minimal surfaces in spheres with complex topologies from capillarity.

problem Constructing minimal surfaces in spheres with rich topologies.
method General construction of embedded minimal and constant mean curvature surfaces in Sn\mathbb{S}^n using capillary hypersurfaces.
result Non-trivial sphere bundles over various base spaces, including Stiefel manifolds and complex quadrics.

Study proves existence of weak mean curvature flow with contact angle.

problem Existence of weak mean curvature flow with prescribed contact angle.
method Compactness theorem for varifolds and Ilmanen's regularization extended to capillarity.
result Existence of weak mean curvature flow with contact angle for general θθ.

Study classifies graphs in Euclidean and non-Euclidean spaces with specific curvature conditions.

problem Classifying graphs with prescribed curvature in various spaces.
method Proves rigidity and classification results for graphs in Riemannian manifolds, focusing on R2\mathbb{R}^2 and R3\mathbb{R}^3.
result Provides general splitting theorems for graphs in these settings.

Develops BV function and finite perimeter set theory on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Theory of BV functions and finite perimeter sets on arbitrary Riemannian manifolds.
method Localization framework combining Euclidean and metric measure space techniques.
result Recovery of key Euclidean results in Riemannian setting.

Bayesian inference reconstructs external potentials in DFT for many-particle systems.

problem Reconstructing external potentials in classical density-functional theory (DFT) for many-particle systems.
method Combines Bayesian inference with classical DFT to probabilistically reconstruct external potentials.
result Accurately infers external potentials and density profiles with uncertainty quantification.

Develops methods for selecting and estimating smooth functional coefficients in high-dimensional multivariate functional data.

problem Functional predictor selection and estimation of smooth functional coefficients in high-dimensional multivariate functional data.
method Functional group-sparse regression methods in a generic Hilbert space of infinite dimension.
result Consistency of estimation and selection (oracle property) under infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces.

FFBO optimizes functions as inputs and outputs, improving on existing BO methods.

problem Optimizing functions as both inputs and outputs in complex systems.
method Function-on-function Gaussian process (FFGP) model with a separable operator-valued kernel, scalar upper confidence bound (UCB) acquisition function, and scalable functional gradient ascent algorithm (FGA).
result FFBO outperforms existing methods in synthetic and real-world data.

Chirped sinosoids and interferometric phase plots are functions that are not periodic, but are the composition of a smooth function and a periodic function. These functions functions factor into a pair of maps: from their domain to a circle, and from a circle to their codomain. One can easily imagine replacing the circ…

2015-01-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The Fridman function is bounded by the injectivity radius for certain hyperbolic manifolds.

problem Bounding the Fridman function for hyperbolic manifolds.
method Analyzing the relationship between the Fridman function and the injectivity radius function.
result The Fridman function is bounded above by the injectivity radius function for certain hyperbolic manifolds.

The paper extends mixability theory to function-valued forecasts, proving various loss functions are mixable.

problem Efficient aggregation of functional and probabilistic forecasts in online prediction games.
method Adapting mixable and exponentially concave loss functions to function-valued forecasts.
result Various loss functions used for probabilistic forecasting are mixable (exp-concave).

The paper proves isoparametric functions on Finsler space forms under specific conditions.

problem Understanding isoparametric functions in Finsler space forms.
method Proving transnormal functions as isoparametric functions and constructing global and local isoparametric functions using the distance function.
result Generalization of Theorem B to Finsler space forms.

Paper introduces a nonparametric functional graphical model for random functions.

problem Estimating probabilistic conditional independence in functional graphical models.
method Functional sufficient dimension reduction to relax Gaussian or copula Gaussian assumptions.
result Enhances estimation accuracy and retains probabilistic conditional independence.

Robustifies elicitable functionals to handle small distribution misspecifications.

problem Determining uniquely optimal forecasts under distributional misspecification.
method Integrates statistical robustness into elicitable functionals using Kullback-Leibler divergence.
result Robust elicitable functionals admit unique solutions at the boundary of uncertainty regions.

The paper characterizes strong Hamel functions using symmetries and proves their preservation properties.

problem Characterizing strong Hamel functions and their symmetries in Finsler spaces.
method Analyzing geodesic spray, strong dual symmetries, and strong dynamical symmetries.
result Strong Hamel functions can be characterized in terms of strong dual symmetries and strong dynamical symmetries.

Two new methods improve forecasting of functional time series data.

problem Forecasting of functional time-dependent data.
method Functional Singular Spectrum Analysis (FSFA) based forecasting methods.
result Our methods outperform existing algorithms for periodic stochastic processes.

The paper connects convex functions to p-subharmonic functions and proves their equivalence.

problem Understanding the relationship between convex functions and p-subharmonic functions.
method Average principle, variational methods, and PDE techniques.
result Convex functions on R^n are p-subharmonic for every p > 1.

Study stabilizers of smooth functions on surfaces, focusing on Morse-Bott functions.

problem Understanding the homotopy type of stabilizers of smooth functions on surfaces.
method Analyzing the homotopy properties of stabilizers for a specific class of smooth functions.
result The homotopy type of the connected component of the identity map of the stabilizer is completely described for Morse-Bott functions.

A new deep neural network tackles nonlinear functional regression with improved dimensionality reduction.

problem Nonlinear functional regression in infinite-dimensional functional data analysis.
method Functional deep neural network with adaptive kernel embedding and projection steps.
result Explicit rates of approximating nonlinear smooth functionals are derived, and the network is shown to be effective in both simulated and real datasets.

New model for network analysis using functional data.

problem Existing network models treat nodes as functions, but this paper introduces functional edges.
method Transform adjacency matrix into functional adjacency tensor, apply Tucker decomposition, regularize basis matrices, and solve tensor completion problem.
result The model effectively captures community structure and handles irregular functional edge data.

The study finds a special type of smooth function on connected sums of manifolds.

problem Finding smooth functions that are Morse on preimages of non-extrema values.
method Investigates internally Morse (I-Morse) and neat with respect to Reeb graph (N-Reeb) functions.
result Constructs an IN-Morse-Reeb function on a connected sum of given manifolds.

NeuTSFlow models continuous functions behind time series forecasting.

problem Forecasting treats time series as discrete sequences, ignoring their continuous nature.
method NeuTSFlow uses Neural Operators to learn the transition between historical and future function families.
result NeuTSFlow outperforms traditional methods in forecasting accuracy and robustness.

New spectral functionals for Dirac operators with inner fluctuations computed.

problem Spectral functionals and Dirac operators with inner fluctuations.
method Extension of spectral functionals for Dirac operators with inner fluctuations.
result Computed spectral Einstein functional for Dirac operator with inner fluctuations on even-dimensional spin manifolds.

Regularizers change the geometric properties of loss functions in neural networks.

problem Understanding how different regularizers affect the geometric properties of loss functions in neural networks.
method Examined several regularizers, including weight decay, to determine if the regularized loss function becomes Morse.
result For certain regularizers, the regularized loss function becomes Morse, indicating a change in geometric properties.