The study finds billiard trajectories with infinitely many reflections in certain cones.
problem Existence of billiard trajectories with infinitely many reflections.
method Analysis of C3 convex cones and elliptic cones in R3. result Existence of C2 convex cones with billiard trajectories having infinitely many reflections. This paper proves integrability of Birkhoff billiards inside convex cones.
problem Proving integrability of Birkhoff billiards in non-traditional shapes.
method Analyzing the billiard inside a convex cone, proving integrability using a first integral of degree two.
result The Birkhoff billiard inside a convex C3 cone is integrable. The paper examines conditions for stochastic invariance of cones in SPDEs with jumps.
problem Stochastic invariance of cones in SPDEs with jumps.
method Sufficient conditions for stochastic invariance of closed convex cones in abstract L2-spaces. result Conditions for stochastic invariance of cones are provided and analyzed.
The Lee-Gauduchon cone is a convex cone of cohomology classes for complex manifolds.
problem Understanding the Lee-Gauduchon cone for complex manifolds.
method Analyzing the Lee-Gauduchon cone as a convex cone of cohomology classes.
result The Lee-Gauduchon cone is a bimeromorphic invariant.
The paper solves area minimizing problems in special geometric cones.
problem Area minimizing problems in conformal cones.
method Defining NCM condition, proving existence of minimal graphs, solving in specific cones.
result Existence of minimal graphs in mean convex conformal cones.
The study of limit cones for multi-Fuchsian representations in (PSL2R)d.
problem Characterizing the structure of limit cones for multi-Fuchsian representations.
method Analysis of normalized multi-lengths and convex cones in R≥0d. result Different regimes of limit cones exist, with some having finite sides and others dense extremal rays.
Anti-de Sitter spacetimes embed cone-metrics as bent Cauchy surfaces.
problem Embedding cone-metrics in anti-de Sitter spacetimes.
method Proving embeddings using Fuchsian representations and GHMC spacetimes.
result Unique embeddings of cone-metrics in GHMC anti-de Sitter spacetimes.
A small projective 4-manifold created via Dehn filling.
problem Creating a small positive Euler characteristic closed convex projective 4-manifold.
method Explicit construction through continuous path of projective cone-manifolds and Dehn filling of a cusped hyperbolic 4-manifold.
result Obtained a closed orientable convex projective four-manifold with small positive Euler characteristic.
Proves stability of cone-volume measure with nearly constant density.
problem Stability of cone-volume measure with near constant density.
method Proves stability of cone-volume measure with near constant density.
result Homothetic copy of the body is close to the unit ball in the L2-distance. We consider graphical solutions to mean curvature flow and obtain a stability result for homothetically expanding solutions coming out of cones of positive mean curvature: If another solution is initially close to the cone at infinity, then the difference to the homothetically expanding solution becomes small for large…
We characterize embedded $\C^1$ hypersurfaces of Rn as the only locally closed sets with continuously varying flat tangent cones whose measure-theoretic-multiplicity is at most m<3/2. It follows then that any (topological) hypersurface which has flat tangent cones and is supported everywhere by balls of uniform r…
Study geodesic flows on cones over Riemannian manifolds, showing superintegrability.
problem Behavior of geodesics on cones over arbitrary Riemannian manifolds.
method Show existence of first integrals uniquely determining geodesics.
result Geodesic flow on cones is superintegrable and Liouville--Arnold integrable for non-radial trajectories.
We prove an existence theorem for convex hypersurfaces of prescribed Gauss curvature in the complement of a compact set in Euclidean space which are close to a cone.
Study proves radial symmetry in convex cones using subharmonic functions.
problem Proving radial symmetry in convex cones with boundary conditions.
method Using maximum principle and integral identities for subharmonic functions.
result Proves radial symmetry and Serrin-type results for partially overdetermined problems.
Paper constructs geometric transitions between hyperbolic and Anti-de Sitter geometries.
problem Transitioning between hyperbolic and Anti-de Sitter geometries.
method Construction via Half-pipe geometry on ΣimesS1 with cone singularities. result Deformation of convex core structure as bending laminations collapse.
CoNES optimizes blackbox functions using convex optimization and information geometry.
problem Optimizing high-dimensional blackbox functions efficiently.
method Formulated as a convex program that adapts evolutionary strategies gradient estimates.
result Vastly outperforms conventional blackbox optimization methods on benchmarks and MuJoCo tasks.
In this paper, we propose a method for image-set classification based on convex cone models, focusing on the effectiveness of convolutional neural network (CNN) features as inputs. CNN features have non-negative values when using the rectified linear unit as an activation function. This naturally leads us to model a se…
Closed hyperbolic manifolds are proven to minimize volume over all Alexandrov spaces with curvature bounded below by -1 in the same bilipschitz class. As a corollary compact convex cores with totally geodesic boundary are proven to minimize volume over all hyperbolic manifolds in the same bilipschitz class. Also, close…
Study coning totally geodesic boundaries of hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Understanding metrics on coned-off spaces of hyperbolic manifolds.
method Analyzing the geometric and group-theoretic properties of coned-off spaces.
result Explicit conditions for negatively curved metrics and locally convex subsets.
Inverse curvature flows shape star-shaped hypersurfaces into spheres.
problem Evolution of star-shaped hypersurfaces inside a convex cone.
method Inverse curvature flows, convexity of the cone, gradient and Hölder estimates.
result Hypersurfaces converge to a round sphere as time goes to infinity.
Study on p-Laplace equation in convex cones, proving rigidity under specific conditions.
problem Overdetermined problem for p-Laplace equation in convex cones. method Established properties of capacitary potential, used P-function, isoperimetric inequality, and Heintze-Karcher inequality. result Rigidity result under orthogonal intersection assumption.
The paper provides uniform length estimates for trajectories on flat cone surfaces.
problem Estimating the length of trajectories on flat cone surfaces.
method Using self-intersection numbers and constants depending only on the flat metric, the paper focuses on convex flat cone spheres with a positive curvature gap and a fixed number of singularities.
result Uniform two-sided estimates for trajectory lengths on convex flat cone spheres are obtained.
Fast algorithm recovers principal eigenvector from noisy matrices.
problem Recovering the first principal eigenvector from noisy positive semidefinite matrices.
method Cone projected power iteration algorithm.
result Achieves polynomial time complexity and small error for certain convex cones.
Smooths out complex shapes into simpler forms.
problem Transforming complex shapes into simpler, smooth forms.
method Perturbing minimizing hypercones and viscosity mean convex cones into smooth, properly embedded hypersurfaces.
result Properly embedded smooth minimizing hypersurfaces and self-expanders are achieved.
Study on Serrin's problem in convex cones with rigidity results and geometric inequalities.
problem Serrin's overdetermined problem in convex cones of Riemannian manifolds.
method Rigidity results, soap bubble theorem, Heintze-Karcher inequality, drift Laplacian analysis.
result Characterization of intersections of geodesic balls with cones in Riemannian manifolds.
Paper solves a complex equation for unbounded convex sets.
problem Solving the Lp dual Minkowski problem for unbounded closed sets. method Using variational properties of Monge-Ampère functionals, the paper proves existence, regularity, and uniqueness of solutions.
result Existence, regularity, and uniqueness of solutions to the Monge-Ampère type equation for p≥1. Study on extremals in sub-Lorentzian geometry defined by antinorm.
problem Characterizing extremals in sub-Lorentzian structures.
method Deriving Hamiltonian system and conditions for extremal trajectories.
result Conditions for normal extremal trajectories and properties of abnormal extremals.
We investigate subgroups of SL (n,Z) which preserve an open nondegenerate convex cone in real n-space and admit in that cone as fundamental domain a polyhedral cone of which some faces are allowed to lie on the boundary. Examples are arithmetic groups acting on selfdual cones, Weyl groups of certain Kac-Moody algebras …
Compact hypersurfaces minimize area in convex cones with free boundary.
problem Finding compact hypersurfaces minimizing area in convex cones with free boundary.
method Minimizing an anisotropic area functional under a volume constraint.
result Compact hypersurfaces are contained in a Wulff-shape.
Clarifies definitions of global hyperbolicity in various spaces.
problem Clarifying terminology in recent literature on global hyperbolicity.
method Comparing definitions in Lorentzian length spaces, optimal transport, and topological preordered spaces.
result The causal relation is a closed order and preserves compactness in all cases.
We study the problem of existence of regions separating a given amount of volume with the least possible perimeter inside a Euclidean cone. Our main result shows that nonexistence for a given volume implies that the isoperimetric profile of the cone coincides with the one of the half-space. This allows us to give some …
Given a convex cone in the \emph{prescribed} warped product, we consider hypersurfaces with boundary which are star-shaped with respect to the center of the cone and which meet the cone perpendicularly. If those hypersurfaces inside the cone evolve along the inverse mean curvature flow, then, by using the convexity of …
dboost optimizes prediction models for convex cone problems.
problem Optimizing prediction models for decision-making.
method Gradient boosting with implicit differentiation for convex quadratic cone programming.
result dboost reduces out-of-sample decision regret.
The paper classifies a space of generalized cusps and its moduli.
problem Classifying the moduli space of generalized cusps.
method Generalized cusp classification, representation theory, and geometric structures.
result The moduli space of generalized cusps is homeomorphic to a subspace of conjugacy classes of representations.
Learning graph representations via low-dimensional embeddings that preserve relevant network properties is an important class of problems in machine learning. We here present a novel method to embed directed acyclic graphs. Following prior work, we first advocate for using hyperbolic spaces which provably model tree-li…
We consider a smooth Euclidean solid cone endowed with a smooth homogeneous density function used to weight Euclidean volume and hypersurface area. By assuming convexity of the cone and a curvature-dimension condition we prove that the unique compact, orientable, second order minima of the weighted area under variation…
Algorithm for exact partitioning of high-order models using convex tensor relaxation.
problem Exact partitioning of high-order models.
method Defining a general class of m-degree Homogeneous Polynomial Models, relaxing the high-order combinatorial problem to a convex conic form problem, defining the Carathéodory symmetric tensor cone, and constructing a primal-dual certificate. result The solution of the convex relaxation is correct and provides a statistical upper bound for exact partitioning.
Study shows unique tangent cones for area-minimizing currents at boundary points.
problem Uniqueness of tangent cones for area-minimizing currents with arbitrary multiplicity.
method Analysis of area minimizing currents in C2 submanifolds with arbitrary boundary multiplicity. result Tangent cones are unique at density Q/2 boundary points. If a convex body C has modular and irreducible face lattice (and is not strictly convex), there is a face-preserving homeomorphism from C to a section of a cone of hermitian matrices or C has dimension 8, 14 or 26.
New conical metrics found on toric varieties with convex cones.
problem Finding conical metrics on toric affine varieties.
method Existence result for inhomogeneous Monge-Ampere equation, transversal a priori estimates.
result Existence of conical Ricci flat Kahler metrics on Q-Gorenstein affine toric varieties.
Open, connected, saturated sets W without holonomy in codimension one foliations play key roles as fundamental building blocks. Here, for the case of foliated 3-manifolds, we produce a finite system of closed, convex, non-overlapping polyhedral cones in the first cohomology of W with real coefficients such that the iso…
An affine manifold is a manifold with an affine structure, i.e. a torsion-free flat affine connection. We show that the universal cover of a closed affine 3-manifold M with holonomy group of shrinkable dimension (or discompacité in French) less than or equal to two is diffeomorphic to $\bR^3$. Hence, M is irreducib…
Study convex hyperbolic cone-metrics on 3-manifold boundaries, proving unique bent realizations.
problem Convex hyperbolic cone-metrics on 3-manifold boundaries and their bent realizations.
method Alexandrov-Weyl-type problem, bent metrics, controllably polyhedral, Lipschitz topology.
result Unique bent realizations for convex hyperbolic cone-metrics on 3-manifold boundaries.
We prove that every closed oriented 3-manifold admits a hyperbolic cone-manifold structure with cone-angle arbitrarily close to 2pi.
We prove curvature estimates for general curvature functions. As an application we show the existence of closed, strictly convex hypersurfaces with prescribed curvature F, where the defining cone of F is $\C_+$. F is only assumed to be monotone, symmetric, homogeneous of degree 1, concave and of class $C^{m,\al}$…
We consider strictly convex hypersurfaces with the boundary which meets a strictly convex cone perpendicularly. We prove that if these hypersurfaces expand inside this cone, driven by the power of the Gauss curvature, then the evolution exists for all the time and the evolving hypersurfaces converge smoothly to a piece…
We show that the cone associated with a moment map for an action of a torus on a contact compact connected manifold is a convex polyhedral cone and that the moment map has connected fibers provided the dimension of the torus is bigger than 2 and that no orbit is tangent to the contact distribution. This may be consider…
Affine deformations of convex cones on projective surfaces.
problem Understanding affine actions on convex cones.
method Geometric correspondence and convex tube domains.
result Quotients of convex domains are affine manifolds with convex surfaces.