The paper extends volume comparison results to total σ_l-curvature.
problem Comparing total σ_l-curvature with σ_k-curvature.
method Volume comparison theorem extension to σ-curvature comparison.
result Comparison holds for metrics close to strictly stable positive Einstein metrics.
In this work, we will verify some comparison results on Kahler manifolds. They are complex Hessian comparison for the distance function from a closed complex submanifold of a Kahler manifold with holomorphic bisectional curvature bounded below by a constant, eigenvalue comparison and volume comparison in terms of scala…
Paper investigates rigidity phenomena for weighted Ricci curvature bounds with Laplacian comparison theorem.
problem Investigating rigidity phenomena for weighted Ricci curvature bounds.
method Derived comparison geometric estimates and generalized for non-symmetric Laplacian.
result Obtained rigidity results for Laplacian comparison theorem, diameter comparisons, and volume comparisons.
Paper extends curvature estimates to new tensor types.
problem Mean curvature and volume comparison estimates for integral generalized quasi-Einstein tensors.
method Extends existing comparison results to new tensor types.
result Global diameter estimates derived from comparison results.
We study the problem of ranking from crowdsourced pairwise comparisons. Answers to pairwise tasks are known to be affected by the position of items on the screen, however, previous models for aggregation of pairwise comparisons do not focus on modeling such kind of biases. We introduce a new aggregation model factorBT …
We prove Hessian comparison theorems, Laplacian comparison theorems and volume comparison theorems of Finsler manifolds under various curvature conditions. As applications, we derive Mckean type theorems for the first eigenvalue of Finsler manifolds, as well as generalize a result on fundamental group due to Milnor to …
The study establishes comparison theorems for weighted Finsler manifolds and spacetimes.
problem Analyzing weighted Finsler manifolds and spacetimes with curvature conditions.
method Using weight function and ε-range, the Bonnet-Myers theorem, Laplacian comparison theorem, and Bishop-Gromov volume comparison theorem are formulated. result New comparison theorems for weighted Finsler manifolds and spacetimes are derived, including those for weighted Riemannian manifolds.
The paper proves geometric comparisons on metric measure spaces with integral Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor bounds.
problem Geometric comparisons on metric measure spaces with specific tensor bounds.
method Integral radial Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor bounds and potential function/gradient bounds.
result Diameter and eigenvalue estimates on smooth metric measure spaces.
The paper proves gradient and comparison inequalities for RCD spaces.
problem Gradient and comparison inequalities for RCD spaces.
method Elliptic Dirichlet problems and Talenti-type comparison.
result Sharp, rigid, and stable Talenti-type comparison results.
We prove mean curvature and volume comparison estimates on smooth metric measure spaces when their integral Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor bounds, extending Wei-Wylie's comparison results to the integral case. We also apply comparison results to get diameter estimates, eigenvalue estimates and volume growth estimates on smoo…
Comparison theorems in centro-affine differential geometry
problem rigidity phenomena of comparison theorems
method study of centro-affine differential geometry
result examples of rigidity phenomena
New volume comparison theorem for gradient Ricci almost solitons.
problem Volume comparison and rigidity of gradient Ricci almost solitons.
method Established a new volume comparison theorem with Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature.
result New volume rigidity result for gradient Ricci almost solitons.
Paper proves new theorems about curvature in weighted manifolds.
problem Understanding curvature in weighted manifolds.
method Proved spectral comparison and splitting theorems for infinity-Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature.
result Results extend existing theorems and provide new supplements.
Volume comparison theorem for rank 1 symmetric spaces proved.
problem Volume comparison for symmetric spaces of non-compact type.
method Normalized Ricci--DeTurck flow to analyze volume functional and derive monotonicity properties.
result Volume comparison theorem established for rank 1 symmetric spaces of non-compact type.
The Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor is extended and comparison theorems are proven.
problem Extending the Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor and proving comparison theorems.
method Generalizations of the drifted Laplacian and Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor, mean curvature comparison theorem, Myers-type theorem, Cheeger-Gromoll splitting theorem.
result Proved a version of the mean curvature comparison theorem and its consequences.
Study compares spectral properties of a specific tensor in geometry.
problem Comparing spectral properties of a specific tensor in geometry.
method Diameter and global weighted volume comparison with a positive lower bound on the N-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensor. result Established diameter and volume comparisons for tensors with positive lower bounds.
Sharp Talenti-type comparison theorem for p-Laplacian on RCD(K,N) spaces.
problem Understanding the p-Laplacian on RCD(K,N) spaces.
method Proving a Talenti-type comparison theorem.
result Sharp, rigid and stable Talenti-type comparison theorem.
Paper tackles clustering with ordinal comparisons, achieving near-optimal results.
problem Clustering with ordinal comparisons when similarity measures are not available.
method Two-step procedure: estimate similarity matrix from comparisons, then apply SDP clustering.
result Near-optimal recovery of planted clustering using near-optimal number of comparisons.
Study compares isoperimetric profiles on manifolds with integral Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Comparing isoperimetric profiles on manifolds with integral Ricci curvature bounds.
method Extending previous work, the study uses integral bounds on Ricci curvature to prove comparison results for isoperimetric profile functions.
result Comparison results for the Isoperimetric profile function in manifolds with integral bounds on Ricci curvature.
Uniform Laplace comparison for Kähler Ricci flow on Fano manifolds.
problem Proving convergence of Kähler-Ricci flows on Fano manifolds.
method Uniform integral Laplace comparison, Cheeger-Colding theory, and previous results.
result Direct proof of the Hamilton-Tian conjecture on convergence of Kähler-Ricci flows, modulo a codimension 4 singular set.
Paper establishes statistical inference for pairwise comparison models.
problem Statistical inference for pairwise comparison models when the number of subjects diverges.
method Identifies Fisher information matrix as a weighted graph Laplacian for asymptotic normality.
result Near-optimal asymptotic normality result for maximum likelihood estimator.
This paper deals with the comparison of two common types of equivalence groups of differential equations, and this gives rise to a number of results presented in the form of theorems. It is shown in particular that one type can be identified with a subgroup of the other type. Consequences of this comparison related in …
The paper proves Laplacian comparison theorems for modified m-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensors on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Analyzing modified m-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensors on Riemannian manifolds.
method Proving Laplacian comparison theorems using modified m-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensors under m≤1.
result Optimal conditions for modified m-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensors under m≤1 are derived.
Sharp comparison theorems for 3D manifolds with scalar curvature bound.
problem Understanding the geometry and topology of 3D manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
method Sharp comparison results for Green's function and spectrum, derived from scalar curvature bounds.
result Sharp upper and lower bounds for the Green's function and spectrum of 3D manifolds.
Paper presents a new insurance model equation for diverse structures.
problem Handling diverse insurance models with a single equation.
method Developed a canonical model construction and stochastic backward equations.
result Comparison theorems for different models follow from the new equation.
Recent work by Locatello et al. (2018) has shown that an inductive bias is required to disentangle factors of interest in Variational Autoencoder (VAE). Motivated by a real-world problem, we propose a setting where such bias is introduced by providing pairwise ordinal comparisons between instances, based on the desired…
A faster algorithm for ranking from pairwise comparisons.
problem Efficiently ranking individuals or objects from pairwise comparisons.
method An alternative and simpler iterative algorithm for ranking that converges faster.
result The new algorithm is over 100 times faster in some cases.
Paper develops formulas and theorems in Hermitian geometry.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Develops second variational formulas and index forms in Hermitian geometry.
result Establishes results analogous to classical theorems in Riemannian geometry.
Graph comparison ties to Alexandrov's theorems.
problem Graph comparison conditions on metric spaces.
method Proof of Alexandrov's implications from graph comparisons.
result Complete description of graphs with trivial comparisons.
We prove a splitting theorem for Riemannian n-manifolds with scalar curvature bounded below by a negative constant and containing certain area-minimising hypersurfaces (Theorem 3). Thus we generalise [25,Theorem 3] by Nunes. This splitting result follows from an area comparison theorem for hypersurfaces with non-positi…
New proofs and refined theorems on bounded cohomology.
problem Properties of bounded cohomology and comparison map.
method Homotopy-theoretic properties and generalizations.
result New proofs and refined versions of vanishing and covering theorems.
Paper compares total quotient curvature and proves bounds for Einstein metric.
problem Comparing total quotient curvature and proving bounds for Einstein metric.
method Established comparison theorems and proved integral inequalities.
result Background Einstein metric achieves a sharp bound on total quotient curvature.
In this article, we investigate the volume comparison with respect to scalar curvature. In particular, we show volume comparison holds for small geodesic balls of metrics near a V-static metric. For closed manifold, we prove the volume comparison for metrics near a strictly stable Einstein metric. As applications, we g…
Study compares manifolds with boundary under weighted Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Understand geometric properties of manifolds with boundary under lower weighted Ricci curvature bounds.
method Use lower N-weighted Ricci curvature bounds with ε-range to study comparison geometry. result Conclude splitting theorems and comparison geometric results for inscribed radius, volume, and eigenvalues.
Paper compares solutions of Poisson equations on Riemannian manifolds with Robin boundary.
problem Comparing solutions of Poisson equations on Riemannian manifolds with Robin boundary.
method Using Schwarz rearrangement and isoperimetric inequalities.
result Extends results on Poisson equations with Ric≥(n−1)κ. Pairwise comparison data arises in many domains, including tournament rankings, web search, and preference elicitation. Given noisy comparisons of a fixed subset of pairs of items, we study the problem of estimating the underlying comparison probabilities under the assumption of strong stochastic transitivity (SST). We…
We prove a comparison theorem on the first Neumann eigenvalue on Bakry-Emery manifolds. Examples are constructed to illustrate the sharpness of the result. A linear explicit lower bound is also proved. We also discuss the asymptotic sharpness of such a result.
Proves curvature comparison for Riemannian bands in low dimensions.
problem Curvature comparison in Riemannian bands with lower bounds.
method Uses warped products over scalar-flat manifolds with log-concave warping.
result Scalar and mean curvature comparison results proven.
Study improves Poisson equation solutions on various manifolds.
problem Improving solutions to Poisson equation on different types of manifolds.
method Established L1 estimates for mixed boundary conditions on manifolds with specific curvature properties. result Generalized existing theorems to broader Riemannian settings.
We present a number of related comparison results, which allow to compare moment explosion times, moment generating functions and critical moments between rough and non-rough Heston models of stochastic volatility. All results are based on a comparison principle for certain non-linear Volterra integral equations. Our u…
A common problem in machine learning is to rank a set of n items based on pairwise comparisons. Here ranking refers to partitioning the items into sets of pre-specified sizes according to their scores, which includes identification of the top-k items as the most prominent special case. The score of a given item is defi…
We describe min-max formulas for the principal eigenvalue of a V-drift Laplacian defined by a vector field V on a geodesic ball of a Riemannian manifold N. Then we derive comparison results for the principal eigenvalue with the one of a spherically symmetric model space endowed with a radial vector field, under p…
Viscosity solutions are suitable notions in the study of nonlinear PDEs justified by estimates established via the maximum principle or the comparison principle. Here we prove that the isoperimetric profile functions of Riemannian manifolds with Ricci lower bound are viscosity super-solutions of some nonlinear differen…
New equivalences found linking parabolicity, comparison principle, and capacity on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Understanding parabolicity and related concepts on Riemannian manifolds.
method Establishing new equivalences between parabolicity, comparison principle, and capacity.
result Equivalence between p-parabolicity and the comparison principle for the p-Laplace equation. The paper compares heat kernels on manifolds with Robin boundary conditions.
problem Comparing heat kernels on manifolds with different boundary conditions.
method Proving comparison theorems for heat kernels on geodesic balls and minimal submanifolds.
result Eigenvalue comparison theorem for the first Robin eigenvalues on minimal submanifolds.
A new comparison theorem for geometric spaces.
problem Geometric space comparison theorems.
method Relative form of Toponogov comparison theorem.
result New geometric space comparison theorem established.
Novel CNN-based gaze scanpath comparison distinguishes experts from novices in dental radiograph interpretation.
problem Distinguishing expertise in dental radiograph interpretation based on gaze behavior.
method Convolutional neural networks (CNN) process scene information at the fixation level, using image patches as input to compare gaze scanpaths.
result 93% accuracy in distinguishing experts from novices using image patch features.
In this paper we prove Hessian and Laplacian comparison theorems for the Lorentzian distance function in a spacetime with sectional (or Ricci) curvature bounded by a certain function by means of a comparison criterion for Riccati equations. Using these results, under suitable conditions, we are able to obtain some esti…