Minimal submanifolds confined in space are highly restricted.
problem Understanding minimal submanifolds in confined spaces.
method Analyzing structural restrictions and volume growth properties.
result Proper minimal immersions with sublinear height growth must have Euclidean volume growth.
Fast algorithm samples confined polygons efficiently.
problem Sampling confined random equilateral closed polygons efficiently.
method Uses symplectic geometry to sample moment polytope, leading to a linear-time algorithm.
result Explicit formulas for expected distances and total curvature of vertices to the origin.
5D SCFTs can have confining vacua with strings and unbroken symmetries.
problem Investigating phases of 5D SCFTs by varying couplings.
method Using geometric realisation of M-theory on metrically conical Calabi-Yau threefolds.
result Many 5D SCFTs have couplings leading to massive, confining vacua with strings and unbroken symmetries.
We probe the character of knotting in open, confined polymers, assigning knot types to open curves by identifying their projections as virtual knots. In this sense, virtual knots are transitional, lying in between classical knot types, which are useful to classify the ambiguous nature of knotting in open curves. Modell…
Neural networks' optimization dynamics are confined to a single basin despite connected basins in the loss landscape.
problem Neural networks' optimization dynamics are confined to a single basin despite connected basins in the loss landscape.
method Identifying entropic barriers arising from the interplay between curvature variations along low-loss paths and noise in optimization dynamics.
result Curvature-induced entropic forces bias noisy dynamics back toward the endpoints, explaining the confinement and connectivity of solutions.
The study characterizes hypersurfaces in weighted cylinders and generalizes confinement properties.
problem Characterizing hypersurfaces in weighted Riemannian products.
method Analyzing parabolic hypersurfaces with boundary in weighted cylinders.
result Generalized confinement properties of hypersurfaces in weighted cylinders.
Study of bound states in quantum layers with confining potentials.
problem Investigating bound states in quantum layers with confining potentials.
method Developed a general approach using parallel coordinates based on the surface but outside its cut locus.
result Discrete eigenvalues exist for certain quantum layers with positive total Gauss curvature.
Study confined subgroups in groups with contracting elements, showing their growth rate is strictly greater than half of the ambient growth rate.
problem Understanding the growth rate of confined subgroups in groups with contracting elements.
method Through boundary actions, analyzing the Hopf decomposition and quotient growth.
result Confined subgroups have a growth rate strictly greater than half of the ambient growth rate.
CONFINE enhances neural networks' interpretability without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Lack of interpretability in deep neural networks, especially in healthcare.
method CONFINE uses conformal prediction to generate prediction sets with robust uncertainty estimates.
result CONFINE achieves correct efficiency up to 3.3% higher than original accuracy.
New framework shows C∗-simplicity for groups without certain subalgebras.
problem Characterizing C∗-simplicity of groups. method Introducing confined subalgebras and Uniformly Recurrent States.
result A countable discrete group is C∗-simple if it has no non-trivial amenable confined subalgebras. Extends confining subset theory to describe hyperbolic actions of solvable groups with higher rank abelianizations.
problem Describing hyperbolic actions of solvable groups with higher rank abelianizations.
method Extends confining subset theory to apply to solvable groups with higher rank abelianizations.
result Complete description of hyperbolic actions of generalized solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups.
Examples are presented of how the geometric notion of the mean curvature is used for general magnetic field configurations and magnetic surfaces. It is shown that the mean magnetic curvature is related to the variation of the absolute value of the magnetic field along its lines. Magnetic surfaces of constant mean curva…
Sharp growth tightness proven for group quotients.
problem Growth behavior of group quotients by confined subgroups.
method Statistically convex-cocompact action with contracting elements.
result Sharp growth tightness proven, with applications to uniformly recurrent subgroups.
Random walks and polygons are used to model polymers. In this paper we consider the extension of writhe, self-linking number and linking number to open chains. We then study the average writhe, self-linking and linking number of random walks and polygons over the space of configurations as a function of their length. W…
We consider an open domain with a compact boundary in an Euclidean space and a Schroedinger operator with magnetic field on this domain. We give sufficient conditions on the rate of growth of the magnetic field near the boundary which guarantees essential self-adjointness of this operator. From the physical point of vi…
Study on membranes under confinement, proving existence and regularity of minimizers.
problem Existence and regularity of minimizers for constrained Helfrich energy.
method Elliptic system analysis, careful study of measure-valued Lagrange multiplier.
result Optimal regularity for solutions throughout branch points, rigid behavior for unit ball minimizers.
The study examines knot probabilities in confined lattice polygons.
problem Determining the relative knotting probabilities in confined lattice knots.
method Used Monte Carlo algorithms to enumerate conformations of lattice knots in a confined volume.
result Relative knotting probabilities are small, with the model dominated by unknots.
We study geometric properties of complete non-compact bounded self-shrinkers and obtain natural restrictions that force these hypersurfaces to be compact. Furthermore, we observe that, to a certain extent, complete self-shrinkers intersect transversally a hyperplane through the origin. When such an intersection is comp…
We consider the problem of minimizing the bending or elastic energy among Jordan curves confined in a given open set Ω. We prove existence, regularity and some structural properties of minimizers. In particular, when Ω is convex we show that a minimizer is necessarily a convex curve. We also provide an example of a…
We study the problem of so-called geometric quantum confinement in a class of two-dimensional incomplete Riemannian manifold with metric of Grushin type. We employ a constant-fibre direct integral scheme, in combination with Weyl's analysis in each fibre, thus fully characterising the regimes of presence and absence of…
Classifies quantum particle behavior on a special cylinder.
problem Quantum confinement and transmission on a Grushin cylinder.
method Characterizes self-adjoint realizations of the Laplace-Beltrami operator.
result Identifies physically meaningful extensions of the Hamiltonian.
We study the mean curvature flow of complete space-like submanifolds in pseudo-Euclidean space with bounded Gauss image, as well as that of complete submanifolds in Euclidean space with convex Gauss image. By using the confinable property of the Gauss image under the mean curvature flow we prove the long time existence…
Hydrogen atom confined in an inverted-Gaussian potential, with detailed numerical methods and results.
problem Studying hydrogen atom in a specific potential.
method Three numerical methods: Lagrange-mesh, fourth order finite differences, and finite element method.
result Accurate numerical results for hydrogen atom energies and eigenfunctions, improving previous literature.
Geometric QCD framework establishes stable vacuum for quark confinement.
problem Quark confinement in QCD.
method Geometric construction of stable vacuum using Hodge-dual surfaces.
result Existence and stability of the Hodge-dual surface in 4D ensures quark confinement.
A closed equilateral random walk in 3-space is a selection of unit length vectors giving the steps of the walk conditioned on the assumption that the sum of the vectors is zero. The sample space of such walks with n edges is the (2n−3)-dimensional Riemannian manifold of equilateral closed polygons in R3…
There is significant interest in using modern neural networks for scientific applications due to their effectiveness in modeling highly complex, non-linear problems in a data-driven fashion. However, a common challenge is to verify the scientific plausibility or validity of outputs predicted by a neural network. This w…
New minimal surfaces grow area very quickly.
problem Understanding minimal surfaces with rapid area growth.
method Examples of minimal immersions in Euclidean space.
result Proper minimal surfaces with rapid area growth found.
We consider the quantum completeness problem, i.e. the problem of confining quantum particles, on a non-complete Riemannian manifold M equipped with a smooth measure ω, possibly degenerate or singular near the metric boundary of M, and in presence of a real-valued potential V∈Lloc2(M). The main …
Improved neural network surrogates for ICF using manifold and cycle consistency.
problem Modeling and predicting complex physical processes in inertial confinement fusion.
method Training neural network surrogates that are consistent with the physical manifold and cyclically consistent.
result Surrogates are superior in predictive performance, more resilient to sampling artifacts, and more data efficient.
Third coefficient of lens space knots' Alexander polynomials restricts surgeries to specific torus knots.
problem Restricting lens space surgeries to specific configurations.
method Analyzing Alexander polynomials of lens space knots and their surgeries.
result Third coefficient condition confines surgeries to (2,2g+1)-torus knots. Stochastic gradient descent on manifolds improves low-rank approximation.
problem Efficiently approximate large matrices with lower rank.
method Stochastic gradient descent on a manifold.
result Algorithm outperforms Euclidean space methods on Netflix Prize data.
The study proves that certain minimal hypersurfaces in 4D space must be planes.
problem The extension of the half-space theorem to higher dimensions is obstructed.
method Analyzes topological properties of minimal hypersurfaces in R4. result Complete, properly embedded minimal hypersurfaces in R4 with bounded curvature and diffeomorphic to R3 must be planes. A 3D catenoid in 4D space is a minimal hypersurface that cannot be extended to a higher-dimensional half-space.
problem Extending the half-space theorem to higher dimensions in R4. method Analyzing the topological constraints on minimal hypersurfaces in R4. result A complete, properly embedded minimal hypersurface in a slab in R4 must be a hyperplane. Virtual reality brings non-Euclidean geometry to life.
problem Understanding non-Euclidean geometry is challenging.
method Interactive visualizations in virtual reality.
result Users can experience non-Euclidean geometry firsthand.
The local geometry of high dimensional neural network loss landscapes can both challenge our cherished theoretical intuitions as well as dramatically impact the practical success of neural network training. Indeed recent works have observed 4 striking local properties of neural loss landscapes on classification tasks: …
Study the Hessian geometry of an ideal gas in a centrifuge.
problem Understanding the Hessian geometry of an ideal gas in a centrifuge.
method Investigate the Hessian geometry associated with an ideal gas in a spherical centrifuge, using the action of the Euclidean rotation group.
result The Hessian geometry of a spherical rigid body is isometric to a hyperbolic space in the high angular velocity limit.
This paper computes fixed point Floer cohomology for Dehn twists on surfaces.
problem Computing fixed point Floer cohomology for Dehn twists.
method Developed tools for computing fixed point Floer cohomology and product for Dehn twists in all dimensions.
result Splitting of the product and differential into local and Morse-theoretic contributions.
New theorem links symmetries to first integrals in plasma physics.
problem Understanding the relationship between symmetries and first integrals in divergence-free fields.
method Developed a Noether-type Theorem reformulation for three-dimensional divergence-free vector fields.
result Converse of the Noether-type Theorem holds on the toroidal region, proving the existence of flux coordinates.
The stick number of a knot is the minimum number of segments needed to build a polygonal version of the knot. Despite its elementary definition and relevance to physical knots, the stick number is poorly understood: for most knots we only know bounds on the stick number. We adopt a Monte Carlo approach to finding bette…
We present atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of two Polyethylene systems where all entanglements are trapped: a perfect network, and a melt with grafted chain ends. We examine microscopically at what level topological constraints can be considered as a collective entanglement effect, as in tube model theories, o…
Deep learning compares turbulence models in plasma physics.
problem Predicting edge plasma turbulence in magnetic fusion reactors.
method Physics-informed deep learning framework for comparing two-fluid and gyrokinetic models.
result Good overall agreement between two-fluid theory and gyrokinetic models in turbulent field fluctuations.
New algorithm clusters sparse data effectively.
problem Challenges in clustering sparse data.
method Deterministic Information Bottleneck framework for joint feature weighting and clustering.
result Demonstrated effectiveness on real-world genomics data.
Extends FJS analysis to general label spaces, including classification and regression.
problem Distribution shift in general label spaces, including covariate and label shifts.
method Proposes a framework for analyzing FJS in general label spaces and generalizes existing results.
result Generalizes FJS analysis to general label spaces, including classification and regression.
Let L be a special Lagrangian submanifold of a compact, Calabi-Yau manifold M with boundary lying on the symplectic, codimension 2 submanifold W. It is shown how deformations of L which keep the boundary of L confined to W can be described by an elliptic boundary value problem, and two results about minimal…
The paper proves nonexistence results for translating solitons in r-mean curvature flow.
problem Proving nonexistence of translating solitons in r-mean curvature flow.
method Establishing nonexistence results under suitable growth conditions on curvature and second fundamental form.
result Properly immersed translating solitons cannot be confined to certain half-spaces.
Study how knots occupy space using topological methods.
problem Understanding how knots occupy a volume of space.
method Statistical analysis of persistent homology features from Vietoris-Rips complexes.
result Existence of correlations between geometric and topological features of knots.
We prove that an m-dimensional unit ball D^m in the Euclidean space {\mathbb R}^m cannot be isometrically embedded into a higher-dimensional Euclidean ball B_r^d \subset {\mathbb R}^d of radius r < 1/2 unless one of two conditions is met -- (1)The embedding manifold has dimension d >= 2m. (2) The embedding is not smoot…
A new complex space resolves projective structures on surfaces.
problem Understanding projective structures on compact surfaces.
method Proposed a complex analytic space Pg and analyzed it for g=1. result The space Pg naturally resolves the orbifold locus of Ag=1.