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48 results for curvature matrix

New method efficiently learns positive-definite curvature for neural nets.

problem Efficiently learn positive-definite curvature for neural net training.
method Spectral-factorized positive-definite curvature learning approach.
result Efficiently applies arbitrary matrix roots and generic curvature learning.

Nonnegative sectional curvature linked to matrix displacement convexity.

problem Nonnegative sectional curvature in Riemannian manifolds.
method Matrix displacement convexity as a criterion for nonnegative sectional curvature.
result Entropy functional matrix displacement convexity implies nonnegative sectional curvature.

Alexandrov spaces with non-negative curvature are characterized by the matrix displacement convexity of an entropy tensor.

problem Characterizing non-negative curvature in Alexandrov spaces
method Constructing a parallel trivialization of the entropy tensor
result The entropy tensor is matrix displacement convex on Alexandrov spaces

Since Li and Yau obtained the gradient estimate for the heat equation, related estimates have been extensively studied. With additional curvature assumptions, matrix estimates that generalize such estimates have been discovered for various time-dependent settings, including the heat equation on a Kähler manifold, Ricci…

2017-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper reformulates Bakry-Émery curvature on graphs using eigenvalues.

problem Analyzing curvature on weighted graphs.
method Reformulating curvature as the smallest eigenvalue of a rank one perturbation of the curvature matrix.
result The curvature function is analytic, strictly monotone increasing, and concave until a threshold, after which it is constant.

In this paper we form relations for the determination of the elements of the Eötvös matrix of the Earth's normal gravity field. In addition a relation between the Gauss curvature of the normal equipotential surface and the Gauss curvature of the actual equipotential surface both passing through the point P is presented…

2011-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved heat equation estimates without gradient curvature assumption.

problem Improving Hamilton's matrix Harnack estimate for heat equation without gradient curvature assumption.
method New ingredients include a sharp Li-Yau estimate, a suitable vector field construction, and integral arguments.
result Removed the gradient curvature assumption in Hamilton's estimate for heat equation.

This paper proposes robust matrix variate regression models with rank constraints and vector regularization.

problem High dimensional and noisy matrix-valued predictors in regression models.
method Rank constraint, vector regularization, alternating projected gradient descent algorithm.
result The proposed method achieves the minimax rate of estimation errors.

This paper describes the connection between scattering matrices on conformally compact asymptotically Einstein manifolds and conformally invariant objects on their boundaries at infinity. The conformally invariant powers of the Laplacian arise as residues of the scattering matrix and Branson's Q-curvature in even dimen…

2001-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Ginger efficiently approximates curvature with linear complexity for neural networks.

problem Quadratic memory and cubic time complexity for computing curvature matrices in deep learning.
method Ginger uses eigendecomposition to maintain the inverse of the generalized Gauss-Newton matrix, achieving linear memory and time complexity.
result Ginger provides an effective and efficient curvature approximation for non-convex objectives.

Study connects curvature to graph theory and reveals differences.

problem Exploring differences between Quadratic Orthogonal Bisectional Curvature and Real Bisectional Curvature.
method Real (1,1)--forms and Weitzenböck curvature operator used to represent graph Dirichlet energy.
result Curvature differences illuminated between Quadratic Orthogonal Bisectional Curvature and Real Bisectional Curvature.

This paper extends Jacobi field theory to Jacobi curves and their curvatures.

problem Characterizing and understanding Jacobi curves and their curvatures.
method Developed a new theory of Jacobi curves and associated curvatures, derived Ricci curvature, and presented a Cartan-like theory.
result Jacobi curves are fully characterized by a family of conformal symplectic invariant curvatures.

Wider neural networks have predominantly positive curvature, aiding optimization.

problem Understanding the convex behavior of deep neural networks with varying layer widths.
method Hessian decomposition and gradient analysis of over-parameterized networks.
result For wide networks, the Hessian is dominated by the positive component G, leading to positive curvature.

Second-order optimization methods such as natural gradient descent have the potential to speed up training of neural networks by correcting for the curvature of the loss function. Unfortunately, the exact natural gradient is impractical to compute for large models, and most approximations either require an expensive it…

2016-02-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The asymptotic concentration of the Fr{é}chet mean of IID random variables on a Rieman-nian manifold was established with a central limit theorem by Bhattacharya \& Patrangenaru (BP-CLT) [6]. This asymptotic result shows that the Fr{é}chet mean behaves almost as the usual Euclidean case for sufficiently concentrated di…

2019-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper speeds up mean curvature computation for high-dimensional data.

problem Efficiently computing mean curvature in high-dimensional datasets.
method Two contributions: algebraic identity and truncated SVD approximation.
result Mean curvature computation reduced from O(m4)O(m^4) to O(k2m+kmp2)O(k^2 m + k m p^2).

New method tackles over-parameterized matrix sensing with FGD, improving statistical and computational complexity.

problem Solving low rank matrix sensing with over-specified factors when rank is unknown.
method Decomposing the factorized matrix into column spaces to capture extra ranks and analyze convergence.
result Convergence to a statistical error of ildeO(kdσ2/n) ilde{\mathcal{O}} ({k d σ^2/n}) after ildeO(σrσnd) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\frac{σ_{r}}σ\sqrt{\frac{n}{d}}) iterations.

Quaternionic differential geometry expands geometric concepts using quaternions.

problem Generalizing geometric concepts to quaternionic constraints.
method Generalizing curves and surfaces, curvature, torsion, differential forms, and directional derivatives to quaternionic constraints.
result Quaternionic formalism provides a suitable language for differential geometry.

CurvSSL improves SSL by aligning local manifold curvature.

problem Improving self-supervised learning by capturing local manifold geometry.
method CurvSSL augments Barlow Twins with a curvature-based regularizer to align and decorrelate embeddings across augmentations.
result Curvature-regularized SSL yields competitive or improved linear evaluation performance.

Utilizing a weight matrix we study surfaces of prescribed weighted mean curvature which yield a natural generalisation to critical points of anisotropic surface energies. We first derive a differential equation for the normal of immersions with prescribed weighted mean curvature, generalising a result of Clarenz and vo…

2007-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Derives matrix Harnack inequalities for semilinear heat equations on manifolds.

problem Bounding solutions of semilinear heat equations on manifolds with geometric constraints.
method Applies Li-Yau estimates to derive Harnack inequalities for positive solutions.
result Derives matrix Harnack inequalities for positive solutions of semilinear heat equations.

A new method for optimizing deep neural networks using TKFAC.

problem Optimizing deep neural networks with second-order methods.
method Proposes Trace-restricted Kronecker-factored Approximate Curvature (TKFAC) for Fisher information matrix approximation.
result TKFAC improves performance on deep network architectures compared to state-of-the-art algorithms.

The paper defines and calculates fourth fundamental form and i-th curvatures for hypersurfaces in 4D Euclidean space.

problem Calculating curvatures for hypersurfaces in 4D Euclidean space.
method Defining fourth fundamental form and i-th curvatures for hypersurfaces, calculating them on rotational hypersurface, and studying hypersurfaces satisfying a specific differential equation.
result Fourth fundamental form and i-th curvatures are defined and calculated for hypersurfaces in 4D Euclidean space.

Using the notion of vacuum pairs we show how the (square of the) mass matrix of the fermions can be considered geometrically as curvature. This curvature together with the curvature of space-time, defines the total curvature of the Clifford module bundle representing a ``free'' fermion within the geometrical setup of s…

2002-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that there are no spurious local minima in the non-convex factorized parametrization of low-rank matrix recovery from incoherent linear measurements. With noisy measurements we show all local minima are very close to a global optimum. Together with a curvature bound at saddle points, this yields a polynomial ti…

2016-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Study conullity two manifolds with constant scalar curvature.

problem Understanding conullity two manifolds and their geometric properties.
method Analyzing curvature tensor and distribution properties, studying nilpotent and invertible cases.
result Locally irreducible conullity two manifolds admit Lipschitz foliations by totally geodesic flat hyperplanes.

Early training phase affects deep neural network optimization and generalization.

problem The choice of learning rate influences generalization in deep learning models.
method Showed that SGD implicitly penalizes the trace of the Fisher Information Matrix (FIM) from the start of training, and explicitly penalizing the trace of FIM improves generalization.
result Catastrophic Fisher explosion (large trace of FIM early in training) is linked to poor generalization.