Theory for algebraic data on categories via concentration structures.
problem Defining algebraic structures on categories.
method Introducing concentration structures and concentration monoids.
result Every group can be represented as a concentration monoid of a trivial category.
Paper addresses concentration of distances for fractional quasi p-norms, identifying conditions for concentration and anti-concentration.
problem Understanding concentration of distances for fractional quasi p-norms in high dimensions.
method Analyzes conditions for concentration and anti-concentration of distances for fractional quasi p-norms.
result Identifies conditions for concentration and anti-concentration of fractional quasi p-norms, ruling out some approaches and specifying conditions for control.
Study Finsler metric measure manifolds' concentration properties.
problem Understanding concentration properties in Finsler metric measure manifolds.
method Established relationships with observable diameter, isoperimetric inequalities, and first eigenvalue.
result Derived a Cheng type upper bound estimate for the first closed eigenvalue.
New method improves missing mass concentration bounds.
problem Missing mass concentration problem
method New method of estimating concentration of heterogenic sums
result Slightly improved state-of-the-art bounds
Surfaces in 3-manifolds concentrate at curvature critical points.
problem Understanding concentration of surfaces in 3-manifolds.
method Proving surfaces concentrate at critical points of scalar curvature.
result Simply connected H-surfaces concentrate at curvature critical points.
Sharp concentration bounds for i.i.d. variables.
problem Controlling the tail probabilities of independent variables.
method Extension of Sanov's theorem using large deviations and information theory.
result Matching concentration and anti-concentration bounds for i.i.d. samples of any size.
We survey recent results related to the concentration of eigenfunctions. We also prove some new results concerning ball-concentration, as well as showing that eigenfunctions saturating lower bounds for L1-norms must also, in a measure theoretical sense, have extreme concentration near a geodesic.
A new model CDTM improves text classification by concentrating document topics.
problem Unsupervised text classification with diverse topic distributions.
method Imposes an exponential entropy penalty on document topic distribution to encourage concentration.
result More coherent topics and concentrated, sparse document-topic distributions.
Simplified proof of Gaussian concentration inequality using covariance.
problem Gaussian concentration inequality proof
method Covariance representation based on characteristic functions
result Elementary proof of Gaussian concentration inequality
Study on inequalities for multinomial variables.
problem Understanding concentration inequalities for multinomial variables.
method Investigation of Dirichlet and Multinomial random variables.
result Results on concentration inequalities for multinomial variables.
Study provides bounds for estimating intrinsic dimension using Gaussian kernels.
problem Estimating intrinsic dimension from data.
method Finite-sample concentration and anti-concentration bounds for Gaussian kernel sums.
result Explicit dependence on sample size, bandwidth, and geometric parameters.
Developed concentrated liquidity in n-dimensional AMM with polar coordinates in Rust.
problem Risk of stacking too many stablecoin pools.
method Building concentrated liquidity positions with ticks in polar coordinates in Rust.
result Hedging risk of stacking stablecoin pools.
In this paper, we consider a concentration of measure problem on Riemannian manifolds with boundary. We study concentration phenomena of non-negative 1-Lipschitz functions with Dirichlet boundary condition around zero, which is called boundary concentration phenomena. We first examine relation between boundary concen…
Study on volume of tubes and concentration in Riemannian geometry.
problem Understanding concentration loci in Riemannian manifolds and their relation to tube volumes.
method Provided a general formula for tube volumes, specialized to totally geodesic submanifolds, and investigated concentration loci.
result Explicitly proved concentration for codimension one cases and explored characterizations in Wasserstein and Box distances.
Polluting fine dusts in South Korea which are mainly consisted of biomass burning and fugitive dust blown from dust belt is significant problem these days. Predicting concentrations of fine dust particles in Seoul is challenging because they are product of complicate chemical reactions among gaseous pollutants and also…
This study assesses risk concentration in MDB portfolios using Monte Carlo simulations.
problem Risk concentration in MDB portfolios of a few borrowers.
method Realistic MDB portfolio simulations and Monte Carlo analysis.
result Current risk adjustments may be overly conservative.
We study concentration phenomena of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on closed Riemannian manifolds. We prove that the volume measure of a closed manifold concentrates around nodal sets of eigenfunctions exponentially. Applying the method of Colding and Minicozzi we also prove restricted exponential concentration inequa…
A limit point p of a discrete group of Mobius transformations acting on S^n is called a concentration point if for any sufficiently small connected open neighborhood U of p, the set of translates of U contains a local basis for the topology of S^n at p. For the case of Fuchsian groups (n = 1), every concentration point…
New approach to concentration inequalities for unbounded state space dynamical systems.
problem Concentration inequalities for unbounded state space dynamical systems.
method Functional analytic framework, transport-entropy inequality.
result Exponential concentration inequalities for sampling from stationary distribution.
Q-learning for average cost MDPs gets a concentration bound.
problem Finding bounds for Q-learning in average cost MDPs.
method Derives a concentration bound using shortest path problem equivalence.
result Numerical comparison with relative value iteration shows the bound's effectiveness.
Sharp concentration results for sums of heavy-tailed random variables.
problem Analyzing sums of independent heavy-tailed random variables.
method Using concentration inequalities and large deviation principles for distributions satisfying specific tail bounds.
result Sharp concentration inequalities and large deviation results for sums of heavy-tailed random variables.
The paper reviews and improves concentration inequalities for statistical inference.
problem Analyzing statistical inference in various settings with high-dimensional data.
method Review and improvement of concentration inequalities for different types of random variables and statistical measures.
result Fresh new results and improved bounds with sharper constants.
Study analyzes impact of concentrated liquidity on trading fees and provider returns.
problem Impact of concentrated liquidity on trading fees and provider returns.
method Comparison of average liquidity provider returns before and after concentrated liquidity introduction; quantification of fundamental strategies performance.
result Concentrated liquidity strategies outperform in certain trading pairs and market conditions.
In this paper, we study the Lévy-Milman concentration phenomenon of 1-Lipschitz maps into infinite dimensional metric spaces. Our main theorem asserts that the concentration to an infinite dimensional ℓp-ball with the ℓq-distance function for 1≤p<q≤+∞ is equivalent to the concentration to the…
This work explores the characteristics of financial contagion in networks whose links distributions approaches a power law, using a model that defines banks balance sheets from information of network connectivity. By varying the parameters for the creation of the network, several interbank networks are built, in which …
We give concentration bounds for martingales that are uniform over finite times and extend classical Hoeffding and Bernstein inequalities. We also demonstrate our concentration bounds to be optimal with a matching anti-concentration inequality, proved using the same method. Together these constitute a finite-time versi…
New concentration inequalities for tensors with heavy-tailed coefficients.
problem Developing bounds for Euclidean functions of tensors with sub-Weibull distributions.
method Extending concentration inequalities to sub-Weibull random tensors, using new inequalities for heavy-tailed random variables and martingale analysis.
result Established a phase transition between sub-gaussian and heavy-tailed regimes for Euclidean functions of tensors.
Proves new concentration inequalities for sub-gaussian and sub-exponential variables.
problem Understanding functions of independent random variables better.
method Sub-gaussian and sub-exponential conditions, Rademacher complexities, Lipschitz function classes.
result Extension of Rademacher complexities to unbounded sub-exponential distributions.
Paper studies equatorial concentration of measure in sphere immersions and submersions.
problem Equatorial concentration of measure in sphere immersions and submersions.
method Analyzes concentration of measure phenomena in the sphere.
result Describes an equatorial concentration of measure for minimal immersions and submersions.
Study on stock portfolio concentration among Finnish households and investors.
problem Understanding the concentration of stock portfolios owned by Finnish households and investors.
method Analysis of stock portfolios using Herfindahl-Hirschman index over 20 years.
result High portfolio concentration observed in Finnish retail investors, similar to institutional investors.
Improved estimation of concentration using half-spaces for adversarial vulnerability.
problem Understanding the concentration of measure phenomenon and its impact on adversarial vulnerability.
method Extending Gaussian Isoperimetric Inequality to non-spherical Gaussian measures and arbitrary ℓ_p-norms, using half-spaces to estimate concentration.
result Proposed method finds tighter intrinsic robustness bounds, providing evidence against concentration as a cause of adversarial vulnerability.
New theorem shows curvature concentration depends linearly on volume ratio.
problem Gap theorem for nonnegative Ricci curvature manifolds with small curvature concentration.
method Exhibited Ricci flow solution with faster than 1/t curvature decay.
result Curvature concentration depends linearly on asymptotic volume ratio.
Local smoothing of metrics with small curvature, removing Ricci curvature condition.
problem Establishing local smoothing of metrics with curvature concentration.
method Local mollification, removing Ricci curvature condition, Sobolev constants and volume growth.
result Compactness of manifolds with small curvature concentration under Ahlfors regularity and Sobolev constant.
Unified framework for measuring concentration in weighted networks considering both weight distributions and network structure.
problem Traditional indices neglect the topology of relationships among network elements.
method Develops a family of topology-aware concentration indices that jointly account for weight distributions and network structure.
result The proposed indices preserve key properties and allow concentration to be evaluated across different dimensions of dependence.
New concentration inequality for U-statistics of Markov chains.
problem Proving a concentration inequality for U-statistics of order two in uniformly ergodic Markov chains.
method Inductive analysis using martingale techniques, uniform ergodicity, Nummelin splitting, and Bernstein's inequality.
result Recovery of convergence rate for U-statistics of independent random variables and canonical kernels, with improved results for dependent kernels.
The paper provides concentration inequalities for Markov chain variance estimators.
problem Estimating the variance of Markov chains with concentration properties.
method Martingale decomposition method for uniformly geometrically ergodic Markov chains.
result Explicit control of the p-th moment of the OBM estimator difference and dependence on p and mixing time.
In this paper we study the local regularity of closed surfaces immersed in a Riemannian 3-manifold flowing by Willmore flow. We establish a pair of concentration-compactness alternatives for the flow, giving a lower bound on the maximal time of existence of the flow proportional to the concentration of the curvature an…
This paper surveys the evolution of industrial concentration of the Brazilian automotive market as well as its positioning in the worldmarket. Data available by OICA (International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers) were used to better understand the characteristics of the Brazilian market on the world stage.…
Blockchain scaling reduces gas fees, allowing more frequent liquidity updates and concentration.
problem Adverse selection risk and high gas fees on decentralized exchanges.
method Instrumental variables analysis using blockchain scaling solutions (Arbitrum, Polygon) as instruments.
result Higher repositioning intensity and precision lead to greater liquidity concentration, benefiting small trades.
A new matrix concentration inequality for random products of matrices.
problem Understanding the behavior of random matrix products under bounded independent positive semidefinite matrices.
method Developed a non-asymptotic concentration inequality for the product of matrices.
result The inequality provides a bound on the deviation of the matrix product from its expected value.
Deep learning method improves risk assessment for small loan portfolios.
problem Measuring name concentration risk in small loan portfolios.
method Deep learning approach using Monte Carlo simulations with importance sampling.
result New method outperforms existing analytical methods for small portfolios.
Many recent works have shown that adversarial examples that fool classifiers can be found by minimally perturbing a normal input. Recent theoretical results, starting with Gilmer et al. (2018b), show that if the inputs are drawn from a concentrated metric probability space, then adversarial examples with small perturba…
In the present paper, the minimal investment risk for a portfolio optimization problem with imposed budget and investment concentration constraints is considered using replica analysis. Since the minimal investment risk is influenced by the investment concentration constraint (as well as the budget constraint), it is i…
Develops inequalities for high-dimensional linear processes with dependent innovations.
problem Estimating high-dimensional VAR(p) systems and HAC covariance estimation.
method Concentration inequalities for l∞ norm of vector linear processes with sub-Weibull, mixingale innovations. result Obtained concentration bounds for the maximum entrywise norm of lag-h autocovariance matrices. Sharp stability result for maps near infinitely concentrated minimisers.
problem Stability of maps near minimisers with infinite concentration.
method Dynamic approach to deform maps into harmonic maps, controlling topology changes.
result Sharp quantitative estimates on map distance to infinitely concentrated minimisers.
Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) is a widely used risk metric in applications such as finance. We derive concentration bounds for CVaR estimates, considering separately the cases of light-tailed and heavy-tailed distributions. In the light-tailed case, we use a classical CVaR estimator based on the empirical distributi…
Paper establishes convergence rates and concentration bounds for stochastic approximation and reinforcement learning with Markovian noise.
problem Analyzing convergence rates and concentration bounds for stochastic approximation and reinforcement learning with Markovian noise.
method Novel discretization of the mean ODE of stochastic approximation algorithms using intervals with diminishing length.
result First almost sure convergence rate and maximal concentration bound with exponential tails for contractive stochastic approximation algorithms with Markovian noise.
This work achieves exponential concentration in heavy-tailed data over CAT(κ) spaces using the Fréchet median.
problem Achieving robust estimation in heavy-tailed data distributions.
method Developing a concentration bound for the Fréchet median in CAT(κ) spaces.
result Exponential concentration of the Fréchet median in CAT(κ) spaces over heavy-tailed data.