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48 results for collapsing maps

This work builds the connection between the regularity theory of optimal transportation map, Monge-Ampère equation and GANs, which gives a theoretic understanding of the major drawbacks of GANs: convergence difficulty and mode collapse. According to the regularity theory of Monge-Ampère equation, if the support of the …

2019-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a new approach to simple homotopy theory of polyhedra using finite topological spaces. We define the concept of collapse of a finite space and prove that this new notion corresponds exactly to the concept of a simplicial collapse. More precisely, we show that a collapse of finite spaces induces a simplicial …

2006-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Variational autoencoders often collapse, showing latent variables are non-identifiable.

problem Posterior collapse in variational autoencoders due to non-identifiable latent variables.
method Proves latent variable non-identifiability causes posterior collapse. Proposes latent-identifiable models using Brenier maps and input convex neural networks.
result Latent-identifiable models resolve posterior collapse and provide meaningful representations.

Unified proof of smooth fibration theorems for collapsed manifolds.

problem Smooth fibration theorems for collapsed manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below.
method Generalized Reifenberg condition and transformation technique for almost splitting maps.
result Unified proof of smooth fibration theorems in many previous works.

This study investigates abrupt learning dynamics in Transformers, revealing plateau formation and internal representation collapse.

problem Abrupt learning in Transformers, particularly during the loss plateau.
method Investigates mechanisms of abrupt learning in shallow Transformers, focusing on attention maps and hidden states.
result Reveals plateau formation, internal representation collapse, and strong repetition bias in outputs.

We exhibit families of Ricci-flat Kahler metrics on K3 surfaces which collapse to an interval, with Tian-Yau and Taub-NUT metrics occurring as bubbles. There is a corresponding continuous surjective map from the K3 surface to the interval, with regular fibers diffeomorphic to either 3-tori or Heisenberg nilmanifolds.

2018-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Compactness theory for biharmonic maps on degenerating Einstein manifolds.

problem Analyzing biharmonic maps on degenerating Einstein manifolds.
method Developed a compactness theory using asymptotic analysis over degenerating neck regions.
result Established a compactness theory for biharmonic maps with finitely many bubbles.

Study of splitting maps in Type I Ricci flows for understanding singular set structure.

problem Understanding the structure of the singular set in non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
method Construction and investigation of almost splitting maps on Ricci flows that are almost self-similar.
result Sharp splitting maps remain splitting maps at smaller scales under certain conditions.

Stability of Morse index for harmonic maps on degenerating surfaces analyzed.

problem Analyzing stability of Morse index for harmonic maps on degenerating Riemann surfaces.
method Analysis of second variation of energy, identification of conditions for upper semicontinuity, explicit contribution of geodesics.
result Sharper control of spectrum of Jacobi operator, explicit contribution of geodesic segments to Morse index.

We formulate a theory of pointed manifolds, accommodating both embeddings and Pontryagin-Thom collapse maps, so as to present a common generalization of Poincaré duality in topology and Koszul duality in En\mathcal{E}_n-algebra.

2014-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyse the singularity formation of congruences of solutions of systems of second order PDEs via the construction of \emph{shape maps}. The trace of such maps represents a congruence volume whose collapse we study through an appropriate evolution equation, akin to Raychaudhuri's equation. We develop the necessary g…

2015-12-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Existence of harmonic maps near projections in hyperbolic spaces for large convex sets.

problem Existence of harmonic maps near projections in hyperbolic spaces.
method Weak quasi-isometry condition, non-collapsing property, harmonic measures.
result Existence of harmonic maps at finite distance from projections of large convex sets in hyperbolic spaces.

Suppose a sequence MjM_j of Alexandrov spaces collapses to a space XX with only weak singularities. Yamaguchi constructed a map fj:MjXf_j:M_j\to X called an almost Lipschitz submersion for large jj. We prove that if MjM_j has a uniform positive lower bound for the volumes of spaces of directions, which is sufficiently la…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

It was recently proved that embedded solutions of Euclidean hypersurface flows with speeds given by concave (convex), degree one homogeneous functions of the Weingarten map are interior (exterior) non-collapsing. These results were subsequently extended to hypersurface flows in the sphere and hyperbolic space. In the f…

2013-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Similarity algebra extends algebraic structures with quantitative bounds.

problem Exact algebraic structures with strict axioms.
method Framework for approximate algebraic and Lie structures with ε\varepsilon-estimates.
result Similarity structures converge to classical algebraic objects as εightarrow0\varepsilon ightarrow 0.

Proposes PSCs for UQ in deep nets without retraining.

problem Estimating uncertainty in deep nets with a single pass.
method Identifies sensitive, smooth intermediate layer, fits probabilistic model.
result PSCs achieve UQ and OOD detection performance matching existing methods.

For fibred boundary and fibred cusp metrics, Hausel, Hunsicker, and Mazzeo identified the space of L2L^2 harmonic forms of fixed degree with the images of maps between intersection cohomology groups of an associated stratified space obtained by collapsing the fibres of the fibration at infinity onto its base. In the pr…

2012-05-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian deep learning faces posterior collapse due to likelihood vs. prior competition.

problem Posterior collapse in Bayesian deep learning models.
method Identified competition between likelihood and prior regularization in a linear latent variable model.
result Posterior collapse is related to neural and dimensional collapse, suggesting a broader learning issue.

Encoder-decoder GANs architectures (e.g., BiGAN and ALI) seek to add an inference mechanism to the GANs setup, consisting of a small encoder deep net that maps data-points to their succinct encodings. The intuition is that being forced to train an encoder alongside the usual generator forces the system to learn meaning…

2017-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

NullSpaceNet maps inputs to a joint-nullspace for clearer class separability.

problem Class separability and interpretability in image classification.
method NullSpaceNet maps inputs to a joint-nullspace, collapsing same-class inputs and separating different classes.
result NullSpaceNet achieves superior performance with reduced parameters and time.

Study on Neural Collapse limits in deep learning.

problem Understanding the limits of Neural Collapse in deep learning.
method Investigated Neural Collapse in the context of generalization and feature learning, refining conjectures and conducting experiments.
result Neural Collapse primarily occurs on the train set and not on the test set, suggesting it is an optimization phenomenon with unclear connections to generalization.

The set of totally geodesic representatives of a homotopy class of maps from a compact Riemannian manifold MM with nonnegative Ricci curvature into a complete Riemannian manifold NN with no focal points is path-connected and, when nonempty, equal to the set of energy-minimizing maps in that class. When NN is compact…

2018-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Nonuniform tubular neighborhoods of curves in Euclidean n-space are studied by using weighted distance functions and generalizing the normal exponential map. Different notions of injectivity radii are introduced to investigate singular but injective exponential maps. A generalization of the thickness formula is obtaine…

2007-05-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical analysis shows annealing prevents mode collapse in Gaussian mixtures.

problem Mode collapse in variational inference for multimodal distributions.
method Analyzed annealing strategies for Gaussian mixtures, derived formulas, and tested on neural networks.
result Appropriately chosen annealing schemes can robustly prevent mode collapse.

Despite excellent progress in recent years, mode collapse remains a major unsolved problem in generative adversarial networks (GANs).In this paper, we present spectral regularization for GANs (SR-GANs), a new and robust method for combating the mode collapse problem in GANs. Theoretical analysis shows that the optimal …

2019-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New method controls posterior collapse in VAEs without network architecture constraints.

problem Posterior collapse in VAEs reduces diversity of generated samples.
method Introduces Latent Reconstruction (LR) loss to control posterior collapse.
result Controls posterior collapse on various datasets without architectural constraints.

Collapsibility is a combinatorial strengthening of contractibility. We relate this property to metric geometry by proving the collapsibility of any complex that is CAT(0) with a metric for which all vertex stars are convex. This strengthens and generalizes a result by Crowley. Further consequences of our work are: (1) …

2011-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved VAE models avoid posterior collapse in text modeling.

problem Posterior collapse in VAEs leads to poor data manifold parameterization.
method Coupled-VAE couples a VAE with a deterministic autoencoder to improve encoder and decoder parameterizations.
result Coupled-VAE consistently improves results in probability estimation and latent space richness.

Prove that collapsing CSC metrics can be perturbed to invariant collapsing CSC metrics.

problem Prove that collapsing constant scalar curvature metrics can be perturbed to invariant collapsing constant scalar curvature metrics.
method Prove that a sequence of constant scalar curvature metrics which is collapsing with bounded curvature to a manifold can be perturbed to a sequence of invariant collapsing constant scalar curvature metrics.
result Prove that a sequence of constant scalar curvature metrics which is collapsing with bounded curvature to a manifold can be perturbed to a sequence of invariant collapsing constant scalar curvature metrics.

We will simplify the earlier proofs of Perelman's collapsing theorem of 3-manifolds given by Shioya-Yamaguchi and Morgan-Tian. Among other things, we use Perelman's semi-convex analysis of distance functions to construct the desired local Seifert fibration structure on collapsed 3-manifolds. The verification of Perelma…

2009-08-22abs ↗pdf ↗