Study utility maximization with costs, proving convergence and strategies.
problem Utility maximization with proportional transaction costs.
method Extended weak convergence theory and Meyer--Zheng topology.
result Prove convergence of utility maximization problems and optimal trading strategies.
Paper introduces HRPCFD for efficient training of stochastic processes.
problem Discontinuities in stochastic processes over time.
method High Rank Path Development method and HRPCFD metric.
result Efficient algorithm for training HRPCFD from data.
In this paper we consider Dynkin's games with payoffs which are functions of an underlying process. Assuming extended weak convergence of underlying processes {S(n)}n=0∞ to a limit process S we prove convergence Dynkin's games values corresponding to {S(n)}n=0∞ to the Dynkin's game…
Gradient descent converges to minimum Bayes risk for two-layer ReLU networks in mean field regime.
problem Training two-layer ReLU networks using gradient descent in the mean field regime.
method Describes a condition for convergence to minimum Bayes risk, extending previous results to ReLU-activated networks.
result The condition for convergence does not depend on initialization and concerns weak convergence of network realization.
Proves weak convergence equals mean convergence in GGC.
problem Proving convergence in GGC distributions.
method Using generalized gamma convolution (GGC) and expected utility maximization.
result Weak convergence implies mean convergence in GGC.
The paper proves stability of critical points for conformally invariant Lagrangians.
problem Stability of critical points for conformally invariant Lagrangians under weak convergence.
method Upper-semi-continuity of Morse index plus nullity established for critical points.
result The sum of Morse indices and nullity is bounded from above by the sum of the Morse indices plus the nullity of the weak limit and bubbles.
It is well known that in compact local Lipschitz neighborhood retracts in Euclidean space flat convergence for integer rectifiable currents amounts just to weak convergence. In the present paper we extend this result to integral currents in complete metric spaces admitting a local cone type inequality. These include in…
Variational inference (VI) is a widely used framework in Bayesian estimation. For most of the non-Gaussian statistical models, it is infeasible to find an analytically tractable solution to estimate the posterior distributions of the parameters. Recently, an improved framework, namely the extended variational inference…
Extends stochastic modified equations for optimization algorithms.
problem Improving stochastic gradient optimization algorithms.
method Develops new stochastic modified equations (SMEs) for optimization.
result Computes linear error terms and proves convergence rates.
Sharp bounds on weak convergence rate for rough volatility models.
problem Understanding the convergence rate in discretizing rough volatility models.
method Analyzing general and linear models to derive bounds.
result Sharper bound of \(H + 1/2\) for linear models.
New bounds for generative models under weaker assumptions.
problem Establishing convergence guarantees for generative models under weak assumptions.
method Non-asymptotic 2-Wasserstein distance bounds for probability flow ODEs under weak log-concavity and Lipschitz continuity.
result Concrete convergence rates for generative models, including non-log-concave distributions.
Studied SGD convergence under weak conditions.
problem Convergence of SGD in nonconvex optimization.
method Analyzed biased nonconvex SGD under mild conditions.
result Provided convergence rates and complexities.
Motivated by weak convergence results in the paper of Takahashi and Yoshida (2005), we show strong convergence for an accelerated Euler-Maruyama scheme applied to perturbed stochastic differential equations. The Milstein scheme with the same acceleration is also discussed as an extended result. The theoretical results …
The paper shows how MMD metrizes weak convergence for certain kernels.
problem Characterizing MMD metrizing weak convergence for a wide class of kernels.
method Proving MMD metrizes weak convergence for specific kernels on a locally compact space.
result Corrected prior results and identified new kernels metrizing weak convergence.
Proves curvature tensor convergence for smoothable spaces.
problem Curvature tensor behavior in smoothable Alexandrov spaces.
method Weak convergence of curvature tensors in noncollapsing sequences.
result Proves convergence of curvature tensors in smoothable Alexandrov spaces.
In this paper, we firstly extend Theorem 5.1.1 in \cite {Helein} due to Hélein to a rescaled branched conformal immersed sequence(c.f. Theorem 1.5). By virtue of this local convergence theorem, we study the blowup behavior of a sequence of branched conformal immersions of closed Riemannian surface in Rn w…
Study shows financial value of weak information converges in discrete vs continuous markets.
problem Analyzing financial value of weak information in discrete vs continuous markets.
method Defined minimal probability measure and financial value of weak information, then showed convergence.
result Financial value of weak information converges in discrete vs continuous markets.
We study the Kähler-Ricci flow on compact Kähler manifolds whose canonical bundle is big. We show that the normalized Kähler-Ricci flow has long time existence in the viscosity sense, is continuous in a Zariski open set, and converges to the unique singular Kähler-Einstein metric in the canonical class. The key ingredi…
This paper extends the convergence analysis of Langevin Monte Carlo beyond Poincaré inequalities.
problem Analyzing convergence of Langevin Monte Carlo under various functional inequalities.
method Establishing upper and lower bounds for Langevin diffusions and LMC under weak Poincaré inequalities.
result Explicitly quantifies the effect of the initializer on the performance of LMC algorithm.
We study the rate of growth of normalized Hodge numbers along a tower of abelian covers of a smooth projective variety with semismall Albanese map. These bounds are in some cases optimal. Moreover, we compute the L2-Betti numbers of irregular varieties that satisfy the weak generic Nakano vanishing theorem e.g., var…
Study approximates weak error for specific stochastic models with rough and Gaussian mean-reverting volatility.
problem Approximating weak error for specific stochastic models with rough and Gaussian mean-reverting volatility.
method Used Euler type scheme with integrated kernels to study weak convergence rate.
result Obtained weak convergence rate of min(3α−1,1) for discretised rough Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process and stochastic rough volatility model. Boosting is a popular way to derive powerful learners from simpler hypothesis classes. Following previous work (Mason et al., 1999; Friedman, 2000) on general boosting frameworks, we analyze gradient-based descent algorithms for boosting with respect to any convex objective and introduce a new measure of weak learner p…
Extends weak continuity of Yang-Mills connections to a broader class.
problem Weak compactness of Ω-Yang-Mills connections. method Compensation compactness argument applied to Yang-Mills fields.
result Weak continuity result extended to Ω-Yang-Mills connections. A general method to construct recombinant tree approximations for stochastic volatility models is developed and applied to the Heston model for stock price dynamics. In this application, the resulting approximation is a four tuple Markov process. The first two components are related to the stock and volatility processe…
In this paper we discuss the possibility of using multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) methods for weak approximation schemes. It turns out that by means of a simple coupling between consecutive time discretisation levels, one can achieve the same complexity gain as under the presence of a strong convergence. We exemplify thi…
Improved approximations for rough Heston model reduce errors.
problem Lack of Markov and semimartingale properties in rough Heston model.
method Markovian approximations with weak error analysis.
result Super-polynomial convergence of new approximations.
The paper studies deep neural networks with Gaussian weights and finds their asymptotic behavior.
problem Understanding the behavior of deep neural networks with large width.
method Function-space perspective, Gaussian process analysis, weak convergence in large-width limit.
result Deep neural networks with large width converge to a continuous Gaussian process.
Paper proposes an algorithm to recover full supervision from weakly labeled data.
problem Machine learning requires expensive data annotation, motivating the use of weak supervision.
method The paper introduces a disambiguation principle and an empirical disambiguation algorithm for partial labelling.
result The algorithm achieves exponential convergence rates under learnability assumptions.
Neural networks trained with actor-critic algorithms converge to ODEs under weak convergence analysis.
problem Challenges in convergence analysis due to changing data distributions in online learning.
method Geometric ergodicity of data samples, Poisson equation, weak convergence techniques.
result Actor and critic networks converge to solutions of ODEs with random initial conditions.
New algorithm improves convergence of gradient boosting trees.
problem Global convergence of Newton boosting in tabular machine learning.
method Introduces Gradient Regularized Newton Descent for GBDTs, proving linear convergence for smooth, strongly convex losses and O(k21) rate for general convex losses. result Achieves globally convergent second-order GBDT algorithm with rate matching first-order boosting.
Preserves scalar curvature bounds under weak convergence of 3-manifolds.
problem Preserving scalar curvature bounds under weak convergence of 3-manifolds.
method Comparison between μ-bubbles in M_k and M.
result Scalar curvature lower bounds are preserved under weak convergence.
Let (X,ω) be a compact connected Kähler manifold and denote by (Ep,dp) the metric completion of the space of Kähler potentials Hω with respect to the Lp-type path length metric dp. First, we show that the natural analytic extension of the (twisted) Mabuchi K-energy to Ep is …
Stability of Yang-Mills connections' Morse indices and nullity in 4D.
problem Stability of Yang-Mills connections' Morse indices and nullity in 4D under weak convergence.
method Proves stability results of the Morse index plus nullity of Yang-Mills connections in dimension 4 under weak convergence.
result Stability of the sum of Morse indices and nullity of a sequence of Yang-Mills connections.
We present a novel approach for nonparametric regression using wavelet basis functions. Our proposal, waveMesh, can be applied to non-equispaced data with sample size not necessarily a power of 2. We develop an efficient proximal gradient descent algorithm for computing the estimator and establish adaptive m…
In this paper, we prove that a sequence of weak almost Kähler-Ricci solitons under further suitable conditions converge to a Kähler-Ricci soliton with complex codimension of singularities at least 2 in the Gromov-Hausdorff topology. As a corollary, we show that on a Fano manifold with the modified K-energy bounded belo…
Develops ELBD for efficient feature selection in VAE latent variables.
problem Feature selection in latent variables of VAE and its variants.
method ELBD score algorithm and weak convergence approximation for optimization.
result Effective feature selection and optimization of VAE models.
In this paper we find tight sufficient conditions for the continuity of the value of the utility maximization problem from terminal wealth with respect to the convergence in distribution of the underlying processes. We also establish a weak convergence result for the terminal wealths of the optimal portfolios. Finally,…
Improved KL bounds and Wasserstein guarantees for diffusion flow matching under minimal conditions.
problem Theoretical convergence properties of Brownian motion based diffusion flow matching.
method Refined analysis under Kullback-Leibler and 2-Wasserstein distances.
result State-of-the-art scaling in KL convergence bounds under minimal conditions.
Develops high-order approximations for financial models, proving convergence and regularity.
problem Challenges in approximating and regularizing the Heston model due to its square root diffusion term.
method Random grid technique, Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) process, log-Heston process, PDE analysis.
result Achieves weak approximations of any order for smooth test functions in the Heston model, extending to log-Heston process.
New examples of manifolds with positive scalar curvature and infinitely many poles.
problem Constructing manifolds with positive scalar curvature and understanding their limits.
method Extending previous examples to create new sequences of manifolds.
result Found new examples of manifolds with infinitely many poles and positive scalar curvature.
Paper studies identifiability and stability of drifting fields in generative modeling.
problem Identify and stabilize drifting fields in generative modeling.
method Introduces companion-elliptic kernel families to address limitations of Laplace kernel.
result Establishes field identifiability and demonstrates scalar observables for weak convergence.
Study on error rates for approximating rough volatility models.
problem Simulation of rough volatility models with fractional Brownian motion.
method Analysis of weak error rates for numerical schemes, focusing on fBm and cubic test functions.
result Convergence rates for approximations are (3H+21)∧1 for exact left-point discretization and H+21 for hybrid schemes. LMC algorithm receives first convergence guarantees under weak smoothness conditions.
problem Convergence guarantees for LMC under weak smoothness conditions.
method Using Latała--Oleszkiewicz or modified log-Sobolev inequalities.
result First convergence guarantees for LMC under weak smoothness conditions.
The paper explores identifiability and stability in drifting fields using companion-elliptic kernels.
problem Identifying and stabilizing drifting fields in generative modeling.
method Introduces companion-elliptic kernel families and analyzes their properties to address identifiability and stability issues.
result Established field identifiability for arbitrary Borel probability measures and demonstrated that field convergence alone does not guarantee weak convergence.
Paper studies central bank's strategy to control systemic risk in interbank system.
problem Minimizing average distance between log-monetary reserves and target levels.
method Weak formulation, Ekeland's variational principle, Gamma-convergence, stochastic Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation.
result Proves convergence of optimal strategies as number of banks increases.
New KSDs control moments in approximations, improving diagnostics and tests.
problem Inability of standard KSDs to control moment convergence.
method Developed alternative diffusion KSDs under sufficient conditions.
result First KSDs to exactly characterize q-Wasserstein convergence.
We present the extended Kuranishi space for Kodaira surface as a non-trivial example to Kontsevich and Barannikov's extended deformation theory. We provide a non-trivial example of Hertling-Manin's weak Frobenius manifold. In addition, we find that Kodaira surface is its own mirror image. Our computation is done in the…
Study rough volatility models using path-dependent PDEs and fractional Brownian motions.
problem Modeling and analyzing rough volatility in financial markets.
method Showed conditional expectations are unique classical solutions to path-dependent PDEs derived from functional Itô formula. Leverage these to study weak rates of convergence for discretized stochastic integrals.
result Obtained optimal weak error rates for approximating log-stock prices in rough volatility models.