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This paper explores saturation effects in spectral algorithms over large dimensions.

problem Saturation effects in spectral algorithms over large dimensions.
method Improved minimax lower bound and gradient flow with early stopping strategy.
result Exact convergence rates of spectral algorithms in large dimensional settings.

Study local geometry of mixture models via spectral theory, revealing transitions in training dynamics.

problem Understanding the local geometry of high-dimensional mixture models.
method Spectral theory of Hessian and information matrices, focusing on i.i.d. Gaussian mixtures.
result Exact formulas for limits of spectral distribution and outlier eigenvalues, connecting training dynamics to effective dynamics.

For random graphs distributed according to stochastic blockmodels, a special case of latent position graphs, adjacency spectral embedding followed by appropriate vertex classification is asymptotically Bayes optimal; but this approach requires knowledge of and critically depends on the model dimension. In this paper, w…

2013-11-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Study bandit problem on smooth graph functions for recommender systems.

problem Online learning problems involving graphs, like content-based recommendation.
method Introduced spectral bandit problem and two algorithms that scale linearly in effective dimension.
result Learned user preferences for thousands of items from just tens nodes evaluations.

The paper shows how to recover true node positions from a graph or similarity matrix.

problem Recovering true distances and positions from a graph or similarity matrix.
method Two steps: matrix factorisation followed by nonlinear dimension reduction.
result Nonlinear dimension reduction can recover latent positions close to a manifold where geodesic distance is encoded.

Study on elasticity with mixed boundary conditions, proving spectral asymptotics.

problem Analyzing spectral asymptotics for linear elasticity with mixed boundary conditions.
method Established two-term spectral asymptotics for linear elasticity on smooth compact manifolds.
result Verification of general formulae through explicit examples in 2D and 3D.

We consider the problem of learning regression functions from pairwise data when there exists prior knowledge that the relation to be learned is symmetric or anti-symmetric. Such prior knowledge is commonly enforced by symmetrizing or anti-symmetrizing pairwise kernel functions. Through spectral analysis, we show that …

2015-06-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Spectral gradient methods outperform Euclidean in certain deep learning scenarios.

problem When do spectral gradient updates outperform Euclidean in deep learning?
method Layerwise condition comparing squared nuclear-to-Frobenius ratio to stable rank of activations.
result Spectral updates can be more effective than Euclidean in deep networks and transformers.

The paper tackles a bandit problem on graphs with smooth functions, aiming to recommend items with high expected ratings.

problem Online learning problems involving graphs, such as content-based recommendation.
method Introduced the notion of effective dimension and proposed two algorithms for solving the problem.
result The algorithms can learn good estimators of user preferences from just tens of nodes evaluations.

Bayesian method uses data spectra to estimate non-sparse high-dimensional models.

problem Handling many parameters in high-dimensional Bayesian statistics.
method Data-adaptive Gaussian prior aligned with leading eigenvectors of sample covariance.
result Posterior contraction rates reveal the effect of spectral mass on prediction error.

New proof of Llarull's rigidity theorem in odd dimensions via spectral flow.

problem Rigidity of smooth maps from compact spin manifolds to spheres.
method Spectral flow argument for odd dimensions, generalization to convex hypersurfaces.
result Generalization of Llarull's theorem to arbitrary smooth strictly convex hypersurfaces.

Study characterizes cryospheric spectral feature space using joint PC+t-SNE approach.

problem Characterize cryospheric spectral feature space for remote sensing applications.
method Compare and contrast two approaches for identifying feature space basis vectors via dimensionality reduction (PCA and t-SNE).
result Joint characterization reveals distinct continua and clusters of ice reflectance properties.

In this work we prove that every locally symmetric smooth submanifold gives rise to a naturally defined smooth submanifold of the space of symmetric matrices, called spectral manifold, consisting of all matrices whose ordered vector of eigenvalues belongs to the locally symmetric manifold. We also present an explicit f…

2012-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel model captures high-dimensional copulas with spectral dynamics and regularization.

problem Modeling time-varying, asymmetric, tail-dependent copulas in high dimensions.
method Score-driven dynamics for eigenvalues, non-linear shrinkage for biases, parsimonious and scalable.
result Model outperforms recent alternatives in capturing co-movements and diversification potential.

The study shows how geometric Weyl bulk-density exponent rigidifies spectral encodings in O-regularly varying classes.

problem Understanding spectral encodings under Weyl growth conditions.
method Analyzing geometric Weyl bulk-density exponent and proving spectral rigidity.
result The geometric Weyl bulk-density exponent (d2)/2(d-2)/2 rigidifies spectral encodings in the O-regularly varying class, leading to unique admissible exponents and scaling laws.

Computes spectral Einstein functional for Witten deformation on even-dimensional spin manifolds.

problem Calculating the spectral Einstein functional for a specific deformation.
method Computes the spectral Einstein functional for the Witten deformation on even-dimensional spin manifolds.
result Computed the spectral Einstein functional for the Witten deformation on even-dimensional spin manifolds.

This paper explains spectral clustering and its equivalence to PCA, breaking it into fully connected and multi-connected cases.

problem Understanding the mathematics behind spectral clustering and its equivalence to PCA.
method Dividing spectral clustering into two categories based on graph connectivity and proving the equivalence to PCA.
result Spectral clustering and PCA are equivalent, with specific proofs for fully connected and multi-connected graphs.

The paper establishes a continuous embedding between two types of Barron spaces in neural networks.

problem Understanding the relationship between two types of Barron spaces in neural networks.
method Introduced a continuous embedding inequality between Barron and spectral Barron spaces.
result The embedding inequality holds for any function in the spaces, with constants independent of the input dimension.

Introduces relative information gain for improving Gaussian process regression rates.

problem Improving the sample complexity of estimating or maximizing unknown functions.
method Introduces relative information gain, interpolates between effective dimension and information gain, and proves PAC-Bayesian bounds.
result Obtains minimax-optimal rates of convergence through the relative information gain.

Unified framework explains why overfitting is benign in interpolating learning.

problem Understanding why overfitting is benign in highly overparameterized models.
method Spectral-transport stability framework.
result Sharp benign-overfitting criterion and explicit phase-transition rates.

New spectral clustering method for graphs with uneven node degrees.

problem Challenges in community detection for graphs with heterogeneous degree distributions.
method Spectral clustering on spherical coordinates with degree correction.
result Improved performance in representing computer networks.

Graph Laplacians adapt to different manifold dimensions, while Dirichlet energies converge to a tensorized Dirichlet energy.

problem Understanding machine learning methods for data with varying intrinsic dimensions.
method Γ-convergence of graph Dirichlet energies and spectral convergence of graph Laplacians on intersecting manifolds of varying dimensions.
result Normalized Dirichlet energy converges to a tensorized Dirichlet energy that adapts to all dimensions simultaneously.

This paper improves sample efficiency in noisy inductive matrix completion with side-information.

problem Improving sample efficiency in noisy inductive matrix completion with side-information.
method Nonconvex projected gradient descent algorithm with spectral initialization.
result Achieves linear convergence and stable recovery at a sample complexity governed by the effective side-information dimension.

Spectral deconfounding improves machine learning models by reducing hidden confounding effects.

problem Machine learning models can be misled by hidden confounders, leading to unreliable predictions.
method Develops a nonlinear spectral deconfounding framework for gradient boosting that modifies boosting dynamics to slow down in confounding-aligned directions.
result Spectrally deconfounded boosting improves estimation of the target function under hidden confounding and is more scalable.

Extends spectral torus band inequalities for compact manifolds with scalar curvature bounds.

problem Proving upper bounds for the width of compact manifolds with boundary.
method Utilizes spacetime harmonic functions, μ-bubbles, and spinorial Callias operators.
result Generalizes Schoen-Yau black hole existence theorem to higher dimensions.

We first show that hypergeometric functions appear naturally as spectral functions when applying pseudo-differential calculus to decipher heat kernel asymptotic in the situation where the symbol algebra is noncommutative. Such observation leads to a unified (works for arbitrary dimension) method of computing the modula…

2017-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study reveals learning curves and benign overfitting in spectral algorithms for large dimensions.

problem Understanding learning curves and benign overfitting in spectral algorithms for large-dimensional data.
method Analysis of learning curves and benign overfitting in spectral algorithms for inner-product kernels on the sphere and general domains.
result Characterization of three distinct regimes: over-regularized, under-regularized, and interpolation regimes, revealing benign overfitting across both under-regularized and interpolation regimes.

Study spectral properties on manifolds with conical singularities, proving new inequalities.

problem Analyzing spectral properties and geometric inequalities on manifolds with conical singularities.
method Develops new inequalities for manifolds with conical singularities, not covered by existing methods.
result Proves a Bakry-Émery inequality, Hardy inequality, and spectral gap estimate.

To each non-isotropic almost-complex immersion of a 2-torus into S6 S ^ 6 we associate an algebraic curve, called the spectral curve, and a linear flow in the intersection of two Prym varieties on this spectral curve. We show that generically the spectral curve is smooth and compute the dimension of the moduli space o…

2008-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves spectral embedding for multipartite networks, revealing latent subspaces and providing consistent node representations.

problem Improving spectral embedding for multipartite networks to better represent node types.
method Developed a follow-on step to spectral embedding that recovers node representations in their intrinsic rather than ambient dimension, proving consistency under a specific model.
result Node representations in multipartite networks lie near type-specific subspaces, and the proposed method recovers these representations consistently.