Optimizes solving complex min-max problems with stochastic and nonconvex elements.
problem Min-max problems with stochastic and nonconvex elements.
method Combines conic nonexpansiveness, refined inexact Halpern iteration, and multilevel Monte Carlo estimator.
result Optimal or best-known complexity guarantees for $ρ< rac{1}{L}$, improving previous results.
This work analyzes nonexpansive stochastic approximations with Markovian noise, proving convergence in reinforcement learning.
problem Applying stochastic approximation to reinforcement learning settings with nonexpansive operators.
method Investigates nonexpansive stochastic approximations with Markovian noise, providing asymptotic and finite sample analysis.
result First-time proof of convergence for classical tabular average reward temporal difference learning.
VR-GHAL method solves stochastic fixed-point equations with high probability.
problem Solving stochastic fixed-point equations in normed spaces with nonexpansive or contractive operators.
method VR-GHAL, a variance-reduced gradual Halpern method for quadratically smoothable Banach spaces, using clipped stochastic differences.
result The method achieves a high-probability residual bound, reducing the residual nearly geometrically across epochs.
Improved stochastic Halpern iteration for fixed-point approximation in normed spaces.
problem Approximating fixed-points of nonexpansive and contractive operators in normed finite-dimensional spaces.
method Stochastic Halpern iteration with minibatch, analyzing oracle complexity.
result Improved oracle complexity for nonexpansive operators, with a lower bound of Ω(ε−3). Finding a fixed point to a nonexpansive operator, i.e., x∗=Tx∗, abstracts many problems in numerical linear algebra, optimization, and other areas of scientific computing. To solve fixed-point problems, we propose ARock, an algorithmic framework in which multiple agents (machines, processors, or cores) update x i…
We introduce a proximal subdifferential and develop a calculus for nonsmooth functions defined on any Riemannian manifold M. We give several applications of this theory, concerning: 1) differentiability and geometrical properties of the distance function to a closed subset C of M; 2) solvability and implicit func…
New bounds for mixing time and privacy in projected Langevin algorithm and noisy SGD.
problem Analyzing mixing times and privacy in projected Langevin algorithm and noisy SGD.
method New bounds derived using PABI framework and optimization problems.
result New bounds for mixing time and privacy in projected Langevin algorithm and noisy SGD, showing dependency on gradient regularity.
Develops accelerated fixed-point methods with delayed oracles for scientific computing.
problem Approximating fixed points of nonexpansive operators.
method Combines Nesterov's acceleration and KM iteration with delayed inexact oracles.
result Establishes improved convergence rates for fixed-point approximation.
The purpose of this paper is to generalize the convexity of Mabuchi's functional to the conic setting. We first established a frame to study conic cscK metrics, and then the conic Mabuchi functional was introduced in such a way that conic cscK metrics are its critical points. Finally we proved the convexity of the coni…
The paper classifies isoparametric hypersurfaces in conic Finsler spaces.
problem Identifying new isoparametric hypersurfaces in conic Finsler spaces.
method Introduced isoparametric functions and hypersurfaces in conic Finsler spaces, classified them in specific spaces.
result Found additional isoparametric hypersurfaces in conic Minkowski spaces, such as helicoids.
Two unique conic-line arrangements with degree 9 are found.
problem Identifying Zariski pairs of conic-line arrangements.
method Using connected numbers to distinguish topologies.
result Found two pairs of conic-line arrangements with a unique conic.
Study conic singular manifolds, proving Lipschitz normal embedding.
problem Understanding metric properties of conic singular manifolds.
method Analyzing interplay between conic and asymptotically conic behavior.
result Proves Lipschitz normal embedding for conic singular sub-manifolds.
Desingularizes conically singular Cayley submanifolds.
problem Constructing fibrations of compact Spin(7) manifolds by Cayley submanifolds.
method Desingularization through gluing rescaled asymptotically conical submanifolds.
result Conically singular Cayley submanifolds can be desingularized.
Proves existence of Yamabe metrics on conical manifolds with conical points and links.
problem Existence of Yamabe metrics on singular manifolds with conical points and links.
method Derives a counterpart of Aubin's result, uses conical links and Fourier analysis, adds lower-order correction to standard bubbles.
result Derives asymptotic expansions on the Yamabe quotient for generic type metrics.
Proves conditions for positive scalar curvature on certain manifolds with conical singularities.
problem Conditions for positive scalar curvature on manifolds with isolated conical singularities.
method Analyzes isolated conical singularities and uses Geroch type results.
result No metric with positive scalar curvature on X#Tn with isolated conical singularity. Confocal conics form an orthogonal net. Supplementing this net with one of the following: 1) the net of Cartesian coordinate lines aligned along the principal axes of conics, 2) the net of Apollonian pencils of circles whose foci coincide with the foci of conics, 3) the net of tangents to a conic of the confocal family…
Study on spherical conical metrics and their reducibility on compact Riemann surfaces.
problem Existence and geometric structure of reducible spherical conical metrics.
method Analysis of monodromy groups and geometric cutting of surfaces.
result Existence of reducible spherical conical metrics with saddle points on the same geodesic.
In this paper we develop a systematic deformation theory for conic constant curvature metrics on a closed surface when all cone angles are less than 2π; in particular, we define and study the Teichmüller space Tγ,kconic of conic constant curvature metrics on a surface of genus γ with k …
Based on C. Li and Y. Rubinstein's upper bisectional curvature bound estimate for the conic Kähler metric, we can construct a smoothing sequence for the conic metric with uniformly upper bisectional curvature bound. For the conic metric along a simple normal crossing divisor with triple or higher multiple points we may…
Proves smoothness of conical singularities in mean curvature flow.
problem Resolving singularities in mean curvature flow.
method Analyzes smooth hypersurfaces with isolated conical singularities.
result Smoothness of level set flow through asymptotically conical singularities.
Study finds conditions for conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature in conic metrics.
problem Finding conditions for conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature in conic metrics.
method Analyzes conformal deformations within a class of incomplete Riemannian metrics that generalize conic orbifold singularities.
result Determines sufficient conditions for the existence of a conformal deformation to a conic metric with constant scalar curvature -1.
Study describes ALF instantons with conical singularities.
problem Understanding ALF instantons with conical singularities.
method Applied techniques from previous work.
result Only 4D subfamilies can be smoothly compactified with conical singularities.
We establish a parabolic version of Tian's C2,α-estimate for conical complex Monge-Ampere equations, which includes conical Kähler-Einstein metrics. Our estimate will complete the proof of the existence of unnormalized conical Kähler-Ricci flow in arXiv:1411.7284.
We prove that the conical Kähler-Ricci flows introduced in \cite{CYW} exist for all time t∈[0,+∞). These immortal flows possess maximal regularity in the conical category. As an application, we show if the twisted first Chern class C1,β is negative or zero, the corresponding conical Kähler-Ricci flows co…
We study metrics on conic 2-spheres when no Einstein metrics exist. In particular, when the curvature of a conic metric is positive, we obtain the best curvature pinching constant. We also show that when this best pinching constant is approached, the conic 2-sphere has an explicit Gromov-Hausdorff limit. This is a gene…
Study conic-line arrangements of degree 7, finding their topology and components.
problem Understanding the topology and components of conic-line arrangements of degree 7.
method Examined the embedded topology using SageMath and Sirocco package.
result Determined the number of connected components and fundamental groups.
Conic singular sub-manifolds are Lipschitz Normally Embedded in compact non-Euclidean manifolds.
problem Understanding the Lipschitz geometry of conic singular sub-manifolds.
method Analyzing the metric properties of conic singular sub-manifolds in compact non-Euclidean manifolds.
result Connected conic singular sub-manifolds are Lipschitz Normally Embedded.
The paper explores conic-line arrangements via Poncelet's theorem and finds families of reducible curves.
problem Understanding the topology of conic-line arrangements using Poncelet's theorem.
method Study unramified double covers induced by Poncelet transverses.
result Existence of families of Zariski pairs of degree 2m+6 for m≥2. Constructs surfaces with conical singularities using variational methods.
problem Creating Hamiltonian Stationary Surfaces with specific singularities.
method Variational methods and convergence process similar to Ginzburg-Landau analysis.
result Obtained surfaces with prescribed conical singularities related to optimal Wente constants.
Paper proves unique conical tangent flows in all dimensions.
problem Proving uniqueness of conical singularities in mean curvature flows.
method Based on Chodosh-Schulze's work in hypersurfaces, extended to all codimensions.
result Uniqueness of asymptotically conical tangent flows in all codimensions.
Generically, topological insulators have conical points leading to Dirac-like currents.
problem Understanding the conical structure of degeneracies in topological phases of matter.
method Analyzing Hermitian matrices with three parameters to show conical points.
result Adiabatic deformations of topological insulators result in Dirac-like currents whose total conductivity equals the chiral number of conical points.
Paper shows regularizing flow for conical Kähler-Ricci equations.
problem Regularizing property of conical Kähler-Ricci flow.
method Regularizing property of the twisted conical Kähler-Ricci flow from a positive closed current with zero Lelong number.
result Extends regularizing property to conical singularity case.
Study finds limits for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics on unstable surfaces.
problem Optimal upper bounds for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics on K-unstable del Pezzo surfaces.
method Established optimal upper bounds for cone angles of Kähler-Einstein metrics with conical singularities.
result Optimal upper bounds for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics on K-unstable del Pezzo surfaces.
Study curve shortening flow on Riemann surfaces with conic singularities.
problem Analyzing curve shortening flow on surfaces with conic singularities.
method Generalized Huisken's comparison function to Riemann surfaces and surfaces with conic singularities. Reproofed Gage-Hamilton-Grayson theorem. Proved CSF can't touch conic singularities with cone angles ≤ π.
result CSF can't touch conic singularities with cone angles ≤ π for embedded simple closed curves.
Proves positive mass theorem on conical manifolds with small angles.
problem Proving the positive mass theorem on conical manifolds with small cone angles.
method Analyzes conical manifolds with small cone angles, assuming spin structure and locally conformal flatness.
result Proves the positive mass theorem under specified conditions.
We discuss the constant σ2 problem for conic 4-spheres. Based on earlier works of Chang-Han-Yang and Han-Li-Teixeira, we are able to find a necessary condition for the existence problem. In particular, when the condition is sharp, we have the uniqueness result similar to that of Troyanov in dimension 2. It indicat…
The paper classifies Landsberg metrics on a 2D Lie group and proves a conjecture.
problem Classifying Landsberg metrics on a 2D Lie group.
method Analyzing left invariant conic Finsler metrics on a 2D non-Abelian Lie group.
result Any left invariant conic Landsberg metric on G must be Berwald. The abstract proves spherical surface decompositions with conical singularities.
problem Decomposing surfaces with spherical metrics and conical singularities.
method Geometric triangulations and irreducible components of standard shapes.
result Spherical polygons, including half-spherical concave polygons, can be arbitrarily complicated.
Paper proves Whitney stratified spaces can be given a conically smooth structure.
problem Proving Whitney stratified spaces can be given a conically smooth structure.
method Introduced conically smooth structure by Ayala, Francis, and Tanaka. Proved conjecture that any Whitney stratified space admits a canonical conically smooth structure.
result Established a connection between Whitney stratified spaces and conically smooth spaces.
The paper proves the existence of Sasaki-Einstein metrics on specific Sasakian manifolds.
problem Proving the existence of conic Sasaki-Einstein metrics on log Fano Sasakian manifolds of dimension five.
method Deriving uniform L^{4}-bounds and analyzing the conic Sasaki-Ricci flow.
result Existence of conic Sasaki-Einstein metrics on log Fano Sasakian manifolds of dimension five.
We compute the fundamental groups of the complements of the family of real conic-line arrangements with up to two conics which are tangent to each other at two points, with an arbitrary number of tangent lines to both conics. All the resulting groups turn out to be big.
In this paper, we study the stability of the conical Kähler-Ricci flows on Fano manifolds. That is, if there exists a conical Kähler-Einstein metric with cone angle 2πβ along the divisor, then for any β′ sufficiently close to β, the corresponding conical Kähler-Ricci flow converges to a conical Kähler-Einstein me…
In this paper, we study the long-term behavior of the conical Kähler-Ricci flow on Fano manifold M. First, based on our work of locally uniform regularity for the twisted Kähler-Ricci flows, we obtain a long-time solution to the conical Kähler-Ricci flow by limiting a sequence of these twisted flows. Second, we study…
Paper classifies conic submanifolds in control systems.
problem Characterizing and classifying conic submanifolds in control systems.
method Feedback equivalence of control-affine and fully nonlinear systems.
result Complete description of non-degenerate conic submanifolds.
New approach to prescribing Gaussian curvature on spheres with conical singularities.
problem Prescribing Gaussian curvature on the 2-sphere with conical singularities.
method Variational methods not relying on Moser-Trudinger inequality, plus precompactness theorem.
result Sufficient conditions for a positive function to be the Gaussian curvature of a conformal conical metric.
Unique circle patterns on spheres found for spherical conical metrics.
problem Non-uniqueness in circle packing for spherical metrics.
method Prescribed geodesic total curvature instead of cone angles.
result Unique existence of circle patterns for spherical conical metrics.
Proves immediate transversality for conic singularities.
problem Transversality issues in Morse complexes with conic singularities.
method Proves immediate transversality for conic singularities in Morse complexes.
result Immediate transversality holds for conic singularities.
The study bounds and characterizes surfaces containing smooth conics and twistor fibers in a flag threefold.
problem Bounding and characterizing surfaces containing smooth conics and twistor fibers in a flag threefold.
method Analyzing the family of smooth conics and using algebraic properties to construct surfaces.
result The only smooth cases of surfaces containing infinitely many twistor fibers are of bidegree (1,1).