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48 results for extremal function

Extremal length is an important conformal invariant on Riemann surface. It is closely related to the geometry of Teichmuller metric on Teichmuller space. By identifying extremal length functions with energy of harmonic maps from Riemann surfaces to R\mathbb{R}-trees, we study the second variation of extremal length fu…

2012-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops statistical framework for analyzing functional data extremes.

problem Analyzing extremes of functional data in Hilbert spaces.
method Regular variation in Hilbert spaces, Peaks-Over-Threshold framework, functional PCA.
result Proposes a dimension reduction method for functional extreme observations.

Sharp inequalities and extremizers for J functional on Kähler manifolds.

problem Understanding the large scale asymptotic of the J functional on Kähler metrics.
method Proving sharpness of inequalities and studying extremizing potentials/rays on toric Kähler manifolds, and existence of radial extremizers on general Kähler manifolds.
result Sharpness of inequalities and existence of extremizing potentials/rays on toric Kähler manifolds, and equivalence with plurisupported currents on general Kähler manifolds.

In this paper, we show that the extremal length functions on Teichmüller space are log-plurisubharmonic. As a corollary, we obtain an alternative proof of L.Liu and W.Su's results on the plurisubharmonicity of extremal length functions. We also obtain alternative proofs of S.Krushkal's results that a function defined b…

2015-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniqueness of weighted extremal metrics on Kähler manifolds proven.

problem Uniqueness of weighted extremal Kähler metrics on compact Kähler manifolds.
method Proof of uniqueness using modified Mabuchi energy and weighted K-semistability.
result Uniqueness of weighted extremal Kähler metrics up to automorphisms.

We study singularities of geodesics flows in two-dimensional generalized Finsler spaces (pseudo-Finsler spaces). Geodesics are defined as extremals of a certain auxiliary functional whose non-isotropic extremals coincide with extremals of the action functional. This allows to consider isotropic lines as (unparametrized…

2015-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends fractional LpL^p uncertainty principles with extremizers and stability results.

problem Investigating uncertainty principles in fractional LpL^p settings.
method Analyzing the fractional Schrödinger equation to find extremal functions and sharp constants.
result Proves stability of extremizers for fractional uncertainty inequalities.

We investigate the properties of a modulus of a foliation on a Riemannian manifold. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an extremal function and state some of its properties. We obtain the integral formula which, in a sense, combines the integral over the manifold with integral over the lea…

2012-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider strictly stationary heavy tailed time series whose finite-dimensional exponent measures are concentrated on axes, and hence their extremal properties cannot be tackled using classical multivariate regular variation that is suitable for time series with extremal dependence. We recover relevant information ab…

2013-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves regularity of extremal function on compact Kähler manifolds.

problem Regularity of extremal function on compact Kähler manifolds.
method Local property analysis and equivalence of continuity and Hölder continuity.
result Equivalence of classical notions of local LL-regularity and locally Hölder continuous property.

Improves forecast calibration for extreme events using modified loss functions.

problem Improperly specified models do not issue calibrated forecasts for extreme events.
method Adapting loss functions based on weighted scoring rules and tail miscalibration regularization.
result Calibrated forecasts for extreme wind speeds can be improved by suitable adaptations to the loss function during model training.

Study on extremizers for Sobolev inequality on curved manifolds.

problem Existence of extremizers for the sharp pp-Sobolev inequality on Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative curvature.
method Nonsmooth concentration compactness methods and Mosco-convergence results for Cheeger energy.
result Almost extremal functions are close to radial Euclidean bubbles and almost zero globally under nonnegative curvature.

Researchers identify valid auxiliary functions for extreme value distributions and their max-domains of attraction.

problem Characterize valid auxiliary functions for extreme value distributions and their max-domains of attraction.
method Introduced 'universal' auxiliary functions valid for both VR and vMR representations, identified sets of valid auxiliary functions, and proposed a method for finding appropriate auxiliary functions.
result Characterized valid auxiliary functions for both VR and vMR representations for the entire MDA distribution families.

New loss functions improve extreme classification with missing labels.

problem Large number of infrequent labels and missing labels in XMC.
method Derive unbiased loss functions for XMC, incorporating them into existing algorithms.
result Significant improvement in extreme classification performance (up to 20%) over existing methods.

Three distinct 3D components found in local extremal Kähler metrics.

problem Characterizing extremal Kähler metrics in one dimension.
method Defined local extremal Kähler metrics and analyzed their germs.
result Space of germs of local extremal Kähler metrics in one dimension comprises three distinct R3{\Bbb R}^3 components.

The first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a surface can be viewed as a functional on the space of Riemannian metrics of a given area. Critical points of this functional are called extremal metrics. The only known extremal metrics are a round sphere, a standard projective plane, a Clifford torus and an equilateral torus.…

2003-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Let E be the Engel group and D be a rank 2 bracket generating left invariant distribution with a Lorentzian metric, which is a nondegenerate metric of index 1. In this paper, we first prove that timelike normal extremals are locally maximizing. Second, we obtain a parametrization of timelike, spacelike, lightlike norma…

2015-07-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Capillarity functionals are parameter invariant functionals defined on classes of two-dimensional parametric surfaces in R3 as the sum of the area integral and a non homogeneous term of suitable form. Here we consider the case of a class of non homogenous terms vanishing at infinity for which the corresponding capillar…

2016-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

New Kähler metrics generalize Calabi's and relate to Fano manifolds.

problem Existence of extremal Kähler metrics on Fano manifolds.
method Introducing σσ-extremal Kähler metrics and relating them to multiplier Hermitian-Einstein metrics.
result Existence of σσ-extremal Kähler metrics implies existence of multiplier Hermitian-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds.

We study Laplace eigenvalues λkλ_k on Kähler manifolds as functionals on the space of Kähler metrics with cohomologous Kähler forms. We introduce a natural notion of a λkλ_k-extremal Kähler metric and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for it. A particular attention is paid to the λ1λ_1-extremal properties of K…

2014-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we prove the equivalence of the existence of extremal Kahler metrics and the properness of the modified K energy on projective bundles. Moreover, we discuss the relations of the lower boundedness of the K energy, the infimum of the Calabi energy and the extremal polynomials. In particular, we give an exa…

2011-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The ii-th eigenvalue λiλ_i of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a surface can be considered as a functional on the space of all Riemannian metrics of unit volume on this surface. Surprisingly only few examples of extremal metrics for these functionals are known. In the present paper a new countable family of extremal m…

2012-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the Sasaki cone of a CR structure of Sasaki type on a given closed manifold. We introduce an energy functional over the cone, and use its critical points to single out the strongly extremal Reeb vectors fields. Should one such vector field be a member of the extremal set, the scalar curvature of a Sasaki extre…

2007-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper tackles efficient optimization for nonlinear embeddings in similarity learning.

problem Learning similarity with nonlinear embeddings is challenging due to the large number of pairs.
method Detailed derivations and efficient optimization methods for nonlinear embeddings are developed.
result Efficient optimization methods for nonlinear embeddings are shown to be highly effective.

We study the Euler-Lagrange equation for several natural functionals defined on a conformal class of almost Hermitian metrics, whose expression involves the Lee form θθ of the metric. We show that the Gauduchon metrics are the unique extremal metrics of the functional corresponding to the norm of the codifferential of…

2019-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper examines stability of Sobolev inequalities on manifolds with Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Stability of Sobolev inequalities on Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature lower bounds.
method Generalized Lions' concentration compactness and rigidity results of Sobolev inequalities on singular spaces.
result Almost extremal functions are close to extremal functions on the round sphere and Euclidean Sobolev inequality.

The paper examines extreme value statistics of high-dimensional sample covariances, with applications in finance and image analysis.

problem Statistical validation of normal conditions in high-dimensional time series data.
method Generalizes the maximal deviation of sample autocovariances to high dimensions and applies Gumbel-type extreme value asymptotics.
result Gumbel-type extreme value asymptotics holds true for high-dimensional sample covariances.