arXiv research

The questions when two Morse function on closed manifolds are conjugated is investigated. Using the handle decompositions of manifolds the condition of conjugation is formulated. For each Morse function on 3-manifold the ordered generalized Heegaard diagram is built. The criteria of Morse function conjugation are given…

For a surface group, a new bound is given for conjugator length function.

Harmonic functions of two variables are exactly those that admit a conjugate, namely a function whose gradient has the same length and is everywhere orthogonal to the gradient of the original function. We show that there are also partial differential equations controlling the functions of three variables that admit a c…

Generalizes Fenchel conjugation to nonlinear functions on arbitrary sets.

The study shows conditions for thermostats to have no conjugate points.

The study examines continuous mean curvature functions on manifolds without conjugate points.

In this short note, we prove that the usual $Θ$ function on a Riemannian manifold without conjugate points is uniformly bounded from below. This extends a result of Green in two dimensions. This elementary lemma implies that the Bérard remainder in the Weyl law is valid for a manifold without conjugate points, without …

Simplified proof for Tsallis-INF algorithm without conjugate functions.

We prove the following theorem. Let $U$ be a pseudo-harmonic function on a surface $M^2$. For a real valued continuous function $V : M^2 \to {\mathbb R}$ to be a conjugate pseudo-harmonic function of $U$ on $M^2$ it is necessary and sufficient that $V$ is open on level sets of $U$.

Study geodesics on Grushin spaces, proving upper bounds on conjugate times.

Each compact Riemannian manifold with no conjugate points admits a family of functions whose integrals vanish exactly when central Busemann functions split linearly. These functions vanish when all central Busemann functions are sub- or superharmonic. When central Busemann functions are convex or concave, they must be …

The paper defines Fenchel conjugate and biconjugate on Hadamard manifolds.

The paper defines subdifferentials on Hadamard manifolds and identifies conditions for Fenchel conjugate equality.

We exploit an ansatz in order to construct power series expansions for pairs of conjugate functions defined on domains of Euclidean $3$--space. Convergence properties of the resulting series are investigated. Entire solutions which are not harmonic are found as well as a $2$-parameter family of examples which contains …

Study finds conjugate points in geodesics of Kolmogorov flows on torus.

New energy functional bounds Ricci flows on ancient spaces.

Study geodesic ray transform on 2D manifolds with conjugate points.

This note provides a novel, simple analysis of the method of conjugate gradients for the minimization of convex quadratic functions. In contrast with standard arguments, our proof is entirely self-contained and does not rely on the existence of Chebyshev polynomials. Another advantage of our development is that it clar…

Introduces GG-convex risk measures and derives their dual representations.

We study the pointwise supremum of convex integral functionals $\mathcal{I}_{f,γ}(ξ)= \sup_{Q} \left( \int_Ωf(ω,ξ(ω))Q(dω)-γ(Q)\right)$ on $L^\infty(Ω,\mathcal{F},\mathbb{P})$ where $f:Ω\times\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\overline{\mathbb{R}}$ is a proper normal convex integrand, $γ$ is a proper convex function on the set of p…

The paper generalizes rigidity results for contact Anosov flows with bunching assumption.

We discuss a natural form of Ricci--flow conjugation between two distinct general relativistic data sets given on a compact $n\geq 3$-dimensional manifold $Σ$. We establish the existence of the relevant entropy functionals for the matter and geometrical variables, their monotonicity properties, and the associated conve…

We propose a novel Bayesian approach to solve stochastic optimization problems that involve finding extrema of noisy, nonlinear functions. Previous work has focused on representing possible functions explicitly, which leads to a two-step procedure of first, doing inference over the function space and second, finding th…

We find all pairs of real analytic functions $f$ and $g$ in $\bbR^n$ such that $|\nabla f|=|\nabla g|$ and $(\nabla f)(\nabla g)=0$.

We consider an equivariant analogue of a conjecture of Borcherds. Let $Y$ be a real $K3$ surface without real points. Let $g$ be a Ricci-flat Kaehler metric on $Y$ invariant under the complex conjugation. We shall prove that the equivariant determinant of the Laplacian of $(Y,g)$ with respect to the complex conjugation…

A new method speeds up deep neural network training.

We construct non-trapping asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with boundary conjugate points but no interior conjugate points.

In this paper we study nonconvex penalization using Bernstein functions. Since the Bernstein function is concave and nonsmooth at the origin, it can induce a class of nonconvex functions for high-dimensional sparse estimation problems. We derive a threshold function based on the Bernstein penalty and give its mathemati…

A condition for a statistical manifold to have an equiaffine structure is studied. The facts that dual flatness and conjugate symmetry of a statistical manifold are sufficient conditions for a statistical manifold to have an equiaffine structure were obtained in [2] and [3]. In this paper, a fact that a statistical man…

The paper tackles efficient computation of optimal transport by approximating conjugates with amortized optimization.

Estimates geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points.

Improved method for numerical conformal mappings on complex domains.

This paper analyzes M-estimators under infinite-variance noise in high dimensions.

The paper studies $p$-harmonic functions and their conjugates, showing they converge to calibrations of laminations.

New method speeds up inference for non-conjugate Gaussian processes.

We introduce a multiple conjugation biquandle, and show that it is the universal algebra to define a semi-arc coloring invariant for handlebody-links. A multiple conjugation biquandle is a generalization of a multiple conjugation quandle. We extend the notion of $n$-parallel biquandle operations for any integer $n$, an…

The paper studies Jacobi fields and conjugate points in projective sprays.

Paper describes how to extend multiple conjugation quandles using maps.

We consider functions with isolated critical points on a closed surface. We prove that in a neighborhood of a critical point the function conjugates with Re$z^k$ for the some nonnegative integer k. The full topological invariant of such functions is constructed.

The study examines Hopfian properties of conjugation quandles and their underlying groups.

Upper bound for conjugate radius in open manifolds with scalar curvature and spectrum constraints.

Study ergodic properties of geodesic flows on specific manifolds without conjugate points.

A well-known Lemma in Riemannian geometry by Klingenberg says that if $x_0$ is a minimum point of the distance function $d(p,\cdot)$ to $p$ in the cut locus $C_p$ of $p$, then either there is a minimal geodesic from $p$ to $x_0$ along which they are conjugate, or there is a geodesic loop at $p$ that smoothly goes throu…

Bayesian model uses simple functions to forecast macroeconomic data.

Study conjugate locus in convex 3-manifolds using Jacobi fields.

Paper finds new criteria for conjugate points in fluid flows.

New surfaces with conjugate points have global blow-down maps in their TT spaces.

The aim of this article is to present a comparative review of Riemannian and Finsler geometry. The structures of cut and conjugate loci on Riemannian manifolds have been discussed by many geometers including H. Busemann, M. Berger and W. Klingenberg. The key point in the study of Finsler manifolds is the non-symmetric …