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48 results for curvature dynamics

Study of mean curvature flows with conical singularities using mathematical techniques.

problem Understanding the dynamics of mean curvature flows near conical singularities.
method Feynman-Kac formula and invariant cone method for noncompact settings.
result Generic initial perturbations avoid conical singularities in mean curvature flows.

ITF improves DSR but inflates curvature, while marginal likelihood reduces it, affecting QoIs.

problem Curvature mismatch between teacher forcing and marginal likelihood in chaotic dynamical systems.
method Comparing objective-induced curvatures of ITF and marginal likelihood in a probabilistic switching augmentation of AL-RNNs.
result Curvature inflation by ITF and reduction by marginal likelihood affect dynamical quantities of interest.

Study sharp interface limit of Allen-Cahn equation to characterize mean curvature flow with boundary conditions.

problem Characterizing mean curvature flow with Dirichlet or dynamic boundary conditions.
method Varifold formulation, phase field method, extending Brakke flow.
result Sharp interface limit of Allen-Cahn equation converges to mean curvature flow with boundary conditions.

We introduce a scalable measure of curvature for analyzing training dynamics of large language models.

problem Analyzing the training dynamics of large language models due to high computational cost of measuring Hessian sharpness.
method We introduce critical sharpness and relative critical sharpness as computationally efficient measures capturing Hessian sharpness phenomena.
result We provide the first demonstration of sharpness phenomena at scale up to 7B parameters.

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.

In this note, we study the dynamics and associated zeta functions of conformally compact manifolds with variable negative sectional curvatures. We begin with a discussion of a larger class of manifolds known as convex co-compact manifolds with variable negative curvature. Applying results from dynamics on these spaces,…

2011-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on dynamic curves with elastic energy and spontaneous curvature.

problem Modeling and analyzing dynamic planar curves with elastic energy.
method Gradient flow of inclination angle, nonlocal quasilinear system, local well-posedness, global existence, convergence.
result Local well-posedness, global existence, convergence of the flow for weak regularity initial data.

The study proves stability of various graphical translators in mean curvature flow.

problem Stability of graphical translators in mean curvature flow.
method Existence of longtime solution to mean curvature flow, dynamical stability results for various graphical translators.
result Dynamical stability of various types of graphical translators.

We study the variation of a smooth volume form along extremals of a variational problem with nonholonomic constraints and an action-like Lagrangian. We introduce a new invariant describing the interaction of the volume with the dynamics and we study its basic properties. We then show how this invariant, together with c…

2016-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Solves Plateau problem for surfaces in pinched curvature manifolds.

problem Asymptotic Plateau problem for immersed surfaces in pinched curvature manifolds.
method Complete solution to asymptotic Plateau problem, providing dynamical stability of hypersurface laminations.
result Achieved complete solution to the asymptotic Plateau problem for immersed surfaces of constant extrinsic curvature in Cartan--Hadamard manifolds.

Study calculates curvature for fluid dynamics group, proving positivity.

problem Analyzing curvature in fluid dynamics groups with Coriolis force.
method Calculates Misiolek curvature of central extension group.
result Positivity of sectional curvature implies existence of conjugate points.

Gradient-based methods struggle with saddle points; curvature exploitation helps.

problem Gradient-based methods struggle with saddle points, leading to undesired stable stationary points.
method Exploits curvature information to escape undesired stationary points.
result Different optimization methods, including gradient and Adagrad, can escape non-optimal stationary points when curvature exploitation is used.

We study the mean curvature flow of hypersurfaces in Rn+1\R^{n+1}, with initial surfaces sufficiently close to the standard nn-dimensional sphere. The closeness is in the Sobolev norm with the index greater than n2+1\frac{n}{2}+1 and therefore it does not impose restrictions of the mean curvature of the initial surface. W…

2011-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

A new framework describes dissipation using a metriplectic 4-bracket.

problem Describing dissipation in a way that preserves energy and entropy.
method Using a metriplectic 4-bracket, a quantity like the Poisson bracket with symmetries motivated by Riemannian curvature.
result The metriplectic 4-bracket dynamics includes all known previous binary bracket theories for dissipation.

Minimal Lagrangians in certain curved spaces are stable under specific flows.

problem Stability of minimal Lagrangians in Kähler-Einstein manifolds of non-positive curvature.
method Proved stability under Lagrangian mean curvature flow.
result Equivalence between linear and dynamical stability for C1C^1-close Lagrangians.

This paper describes metrics with varying curvature properties in a specific manifold.

problem Characterizing regions in a manifold with specific curvature properties.
method Using a projected Ricci flow and studying the dynamics of regions in the manifold.
result Sign curvature maintenance and escaping in regions of the manifold.

Adaptively preconditions SGLD for faster convergence and better generalization.

problem Pathological curvature in deep network loss landscapes.
method Adaptive estimation of noise parameters to precondition isotropic gradient noise.
result Adaptively preconditioned SGLD achieves faster convergence and generalization equivalent of SGD.

We prove a dynamical wave trace formula for asymptotically hyperbolic (n+1) dimensional manifolds with negative (but not necessarily constant) sectional curvatures which equates the renormalized wave trace to the lengths of closed geodesics. A corollary of this dynamical trace formula is a dynamical resonance-wave trac…

2008-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Discrete line fields on surfaces generalize vector fields and model curvature dynamics.

problem Modeling geometric and physical properties on surfaces using line fields.
method Discretization of Morse-Smale line fields on surfaces, defining critical elements and their indices.
result Euler theorem and homotopy type characterization hold for discrete line fields.

In this paper we prove two theorems. The first one is a structure result that describes the extrinsic geometry of an embedded surface with constant mean curvature (possibly zero) in a homogeneously regular Riemannian three-manifold, in any small neighborhood of a point of large almost-maximal curvature. We next apply t…

2014-01-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Existence of unstable shrinking solutions in fractional mean curvature flow.

problem Existence and stability of self-shrinkers in fractional mean curvature flow.
method Existence proof of homothetically shrinking solutions with prescribed boundary conditions.
result Unstable shrinking solutions, except the ball, for fractional mean curvature flow.

Study stabilizes translating solitons in hyperbolic space for MCF.

problem Stability of translating solitons in hyperbolic space.
method Developed theory, constructed rotationally invariant translators, used avoidance principle and maximum principle.
result Horospheres are dynamically stable as radial graphical solutions to MCF.

Geometric approach monitors dynamic large graphs, detects major events.

problem Monitoring dynamic large graphs is challenging due to local changes affecting global properties.
method Developed a geometric approach using Ollivier-Ricci curvature for real-time monitoring.
result Detects major events and changes via graph embedding geometry.

The Ricci flow preserves positivity on Stiefel manifolds.

problem Preserving positivity of Ricci curvature on Stiefel manifolds.
method Normalized Ricci flow on Stiefel manifolds.
result Normalized Ricci flow evolves metrics with mixed Ricci curvature into positive ones.

In this paper we characterize planar central configurations in terms of a sectional curvature value of the Jacobi-Maupertuis metric. This characterization works for the NN-body problem with general masses and any 1/rα1/r^α potential with α>0α> 0. We also observe dynamical consequences of these curvature values for relati…

2017-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

It is shown that the equation which describes constant mean curvature surface via the generalized Weierstrass-Enneper inducing has Hamiltonian form. Its simplest finite-dimensional reduction has two degrees of freedom, integrable and its trajectories correspond to well-known Delaunay and do Carmo-Dajzcer surfaces (i.e.…

1995-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The Almost Hermitian Curvature flow was introduced by Streets and Tian in order to study almost hermitian structures, with a particular interest in symplectic structures. This flow is given by a diffusion-reaction equation. Hence it is natural to ask the following: which almost hermitian structures are dynamically stab…

2013-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on gradient dynamics of shallow ReLU networks for least-squares interpolation.

problem Understanding the gradient dynamics of shallow ReLU networks for interpolation.
method Theoretical and empirical analysis of gradient flow in non-redundant parameterization.
result Identification of two learning regimes: kernel and adaptive, with distinct interpolant shapes.

Sandpile Economics explains how economies can be prone to large crises from small shocks.

problem Capitalist economies' recurrent crises disproportionate to shocks.
method Formal framework interpreting instability as geometric fragility of production networks.
result Curvature of production networks predicts medium-run output dynamics and resilience.

Chirality affects the curvature of molecular networks, influencing their shape and stability.

problem Understanding how chirality influences the curvature of molecular networks.
method Langevin dynamics simulations and constrained gradient optimization of square lattice networks.
result Linking chirality dictates the sign of Gaussian curvature in molecular chainmail networks.

The elastica is a curve in R3\R^3 that is stationary under variations of the integral of the square of the curvature. Elastica is viewed as a dynamical system that arises from the second order calculus of variations, and its quantization is discussed.

2015-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We derive integral and sup-estimates for the curvature of stably marginally outer trapped surfaces in a sliced space-time. The estimates bound the shear of a marginally outer trapped surface in terms of the intrinsic and extrinsic curvature of a slice containing the surface. These estimates are well adapted to situatio…

2005-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper characterizes strong Hamel functions using symmetries and proves their preservation properties.

problem Characterizing strong Hamel functions and their symmetries in Finsler spaces.
method Analyzing geodesic spray, strong dual symmetries, and strong dynamical symmetries.
result Strong Hamel functions can be characterized in terms of strong dual symmetries and strong dynamical symmetries.

Study of a 3D system on Wallach spaces, finding interrelations with invariant metrics.

problem Understanding the dynamics of a 3D system on Wallach spaces.
method Analyzing the normalized Ricci flow on generalized Wallach spaces.
result Characterized interrelations between the normalized Ricci flow and invariant metrics on Wallach spaces.

Proves CLT for Brownian paths on pinched negative curvature manifolds.

problem Distribution of Brownian paths on pinched negative curvature manifolds.
method Proof of central limit theorem for distances and Green functions.
result Central limit theorem holds for Brownian paths in pinched negative curvature.

Model financial dynamics using 2-manifold geometries, revealing the torus as best for cyclical data.

problem Financial forecasting using complex market data.
method Embedding market data onto 2-manifolds (S2, R2, H2, T) guided by uniformization theorem, inferring latent curvature.
result The torus geometry best predicts cyclical financial data, aligning with IS-LM theory.