Local gaps in Ricci shrinkers depend only on dimension.
problem Understanding local properties of Ricci shrinkers.
method Proved local versions of Ricci curvature and entropy gap theorems.
result Local gaps depend only on dimension, not global entropy.
The article explores the fundamental gap in Bakry-Emery geometry.
problem The fundamental gap in Bakry-Emery geometry.
method Recalled Bakry-Emery geometry and connected eigenvalues with boundary conditions. Showed a connection between fundamental gap and Bakry-Emery geometry.
result Presented key ideas in Andrews's and Clutterbuck's proof of the fundamental gap conjecture.
Proves effective slope gaps for lattice surfaces.
problem Proving effective slope gaps for lattice surfaces.
method Proves effective slope gap distribution for square torus and general lattice surfaces.
result Effective slope gap distribution result for lattice surfaces.
The study finds larger gaps in mean curvature for biharmonic submanifolds in spheres.
problem Understanding gaps in mean curvature for biharmonic submanifolds.
method Analyzing proper biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in Euclidean spheres.
result Determining larger gaps in mean curvature for specific biharmonic submanifolds.
Computing unlinking number is usually very difficult and complex problem, therefore we define BJ-unlinking number and recall Bernhard-Jablan conjecture stating that the classical unknotting/unlinking number is equal to the BJ-unlinking number. We compute BJ-unlinking number for various families of knots and links for w…
Researchers compute gap distributions for saddle connection directions on specific translation surfaces.
problem Computing gap distributions for saddle connection directions on translation surfaces.
method Translation to dynamical question of return times to a transversal under the horocycle flow.
result Gap distributions have support at 0 and quadratic tail decay.
Paper analyzes origami slope gaps and their distribution, finding a unique pattern.
problem Analyzing slope gaps in origami surfaces.
method Derived slope gap distribution of a specific origami by considering return times under the horocycle flow.
result Found a unique distribution of origami slope gaps, not a sum of scaled Hall distributions.
Study shows gaps in Bitcoin order book are linked to returns but only in the short term.
problem Understanding the relationship between gaps and returns in Bitcoin order books.
method Examined the dynamics of gaps and returns in a Bitcoin order book without considering long-term causation.
result The causal relationship between gaps and returns is limited to instantaneous causation.
Paper proves Simon's third gap conjecture for minimal surfaces in spheres.
problem Investigating the third gap problem in Simon's conjecture for minimal surfaces in unit spheres.
method Developed refined third-order Simons-type integral identities and established new lower bounds for curvature terms.
result Obtained positive gap results for the squared norm of the second fundamental form throughout the interval \(\left[\frac{5}{3},\frac{9}{5}
ight]\).
Abstract: Unknown status of Jacobian Conjecture, proof has a gap.
problem Status of Jacobian Conjecture
method Analysis of proof of theorem 2.1
result Proof of theorem 2.1 contains a gap
The paper introduces gapped scale-sensitive dimensions to improve learning rate bounds.
problem Improving lower bounds on rates of convergence in statistical and online learning.
method Introducing and analyzing gapped scale-sensitive dimensions for function classes.
result Gapped dimensions lead to stronger lower bounds on offset Rademacher averages.
The paper proves gap theorems for Yang-Mills on manifolds with positive Yamabe.
problem Yang-Mills theory on manifolds with positive Yamabe constant.
method Extending Gursky-Kelleher-Streets results to complete manifolds.
result Equality in gap theorem described in terms of basic instanton.
Study simplicial volume for fixed fundamental groups, finding gaps.
problem Understanding simplicial volume for manifolds with fixed fundamental group.
method Relate gap problem to rationality questions in bounded (co)homology.
result Show existence of gaps in simplicial volume spectrum at zero.
Study shows fundamental gap of horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space has no positive lower bound.
problem Understanding the fundamental gap of horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
method Analysis of fundamental gap of geodesic balls as radius goes to infinity.
result Product of fundamental gap and square of diameter has no positive lower bound for horoconvex domains.
Sharp spectral gap estimates on manifolds with integral curvature bounds.
problem Proving spectral gap estimates on manifolds with integral curvature bounds.
method Generalizing previous results to include integral curvature bounds.
result Confirms a conjecture about spectral gap estimates on manifolds with integral curvature bounds.
Formula found for surfaces in Sol_3, leading to gap results.
problem Finding constant mean curvature surfaces in Sol_3.
method Computed Laplacian of squared norm of second fundamental form, used Simons type formula.
result Gap results for compact constant mean curvature surfaces.
New convex domains in hyperbolic space can have lower fundamental gap than constant potentials.
problem Finding convex domains with lower fundamental gap than constant potentials.
method Constructing specific convex domains and potentials with controlled eigenfunctions.
result Fundamental gap of −Δ+V can be strictly smaller than −Δ for convex domains. Study shows how to count and equidistribute cusped Hitchin representations with entropy gaps.
problem Counting and equidistribution of cusped Hitchin representations.
method Renewal theorem of Kesseböhmer and Kombrink applied to count and equidistribute.
result Entropy gaps at infinity allow for counting and equidistribution results.
The paper proves gap results for self-shrinkers in r-mean curvature flow.
problem Understanding the gap in properties of self-shrinkers in r-mean curvature flow. method Proving gap results using a modified second fundamental form and a differential operator.
result Proper self-shrinkers are parabolic for a certain second-order differential operator.
Improved gap for mean curvature of biharmonic hypersurfaces in spheres.
problem Improving bounds on mean curvature for biharmonic hypersurfaces.
method Analyzing complete CMC proper-biharmonic hypersurfaces in Euclidean spheres.
result Enhanced gap result for mean curvature range.
We analyze the slope gap distribution of Veech surfaces, finding finite non-analytic points and quadratic tail decay.
problem Understanding the slope gap distribution of Veech surfaces.
method Explicit parameterization of a Poincaré section to the horocycle flow, finiteness result for the first return map.
result The limiting gap distribution of slopes of saddle connections on Veech surfaces is piecewise real-analytic with finitely many points of non-analyticity and has quadratic tail decay.
Improved gap-dependent bounds for reinforcement learning with linear approximations.
problem Achieving nearly minimax-optimal performance with linear function approximation.
method Developed and analyzed the LSVI-UCB++ algorithm and its concurrent variant.
result First gap-dependent regret bound for nearly minimax-optimal algorithm LSVI-UCB++.
We use the energy gap result of pure Yang-Mills equation [Feehan P.M.N., Adv. Math. 312 (2017), 547-587, arXiv:1502.00668] to prove another energy gap result of complex Yang-Mills equations [Gagliardo M., Uhlenbeck K., J. Fixed Point Theory Appl. 11 (2012), 185-198, arXiv:1401.7366], when Riemannian manifold X of dim…
Study calculates eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for spherical triangles and finds fundamental gap behavior.
problem Understanding eigenvalues and gaps in spherical triangles.
method Explicit computation of Dirichlet eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for spherical lunes and triangles.
result Fundamental gap of spherical triangles increases as the angle of the lune decreases.
In their celebrated work, B. Andrews and J. Clutterbuck proved the fundamental gap (the difference between the first two eigenvalues) conjecture for convex domains in the Euclidean space and conjectured similar results holds for spaces with constant sectional curvature. We prove the conjecture for the sphere. Namely wh…
Probabilistic method proves gap estimates on sphere.
problem Proving fundamental gap estimates for Schrödinger operators on spheres.
method Reflection coupling method on Riemannian manifolds.
result Extends probabilistic proof to sphere, generalizing previous results.
Study rigidity of spectral gap on Finsler manifolds with specific curvature bounds.
problem Rigidity of spectral gap on Finsler manifolds with Ricci curvature bound.
method Analysis of spectral gap, splitting phenomena, and needle decomposition.
result Rigidity results for spectral gap, logarithmic Sobolev, and Bakry-Ledoux inequalities.
Survey on spectral gaps of random hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Understanding spectral gaps of random hyperbolic surfaces.
method Brief survey on geometry and spectra, discussion of results by Hide-Magee, Anantharaman-Monk, and Hide-Macera-Thomas.
result Near optimal spectral gaps for random surfaces.
Study calculates slope gaps on polygon surfaces, finding non-unimodal distributions.
problem Understanding the distribution of slope gaps on polygon surfaces.
method Explicit computation of slope gap distributions for 2n-gons, providing bounds on non-differentiability points.
result Slope gap distributions are not always unimodal, answering a question by Athreya.
New theorem improves spectral gap for sampling from mixture distributions.
problem Sampling from multimodal distributions with simulated tempering.
method Introduced a decomposition theorem for the restricted spectral gap of simulated tempering.
result Lower bound on the restricted spectral gap for mixture distributions.
Local gap theorem for Ricci shrinkers ensures flatness if certain functionals are close to zero.
problem Understanding the global geometry of Ricci shrinkers from local information.
method Proving a local gap theorem using the local μ-functional. result Ricci shrinkers are flat if the local μ-functional is close to zero. New estimates show spectral gap stability in RCD spaces, close to Beta distribution.
problem Stability of spectral gap bounds in metric-measure spaces.
method Combines L1-functional inequality and Stein's method. result Sharp quantitative estimate for spectral gap stability.
Study gap phenomenon in flat manifolds with Ricci curvature.
problem Understanding curvature decay in flat manifolds.
method Construct solutions to Yamabe flow and analyze curvature decay.
result If curvature decays quickly, manifold must be flat.
Estimates the mass gap for domains with integral Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Estimating the mass gap for domains with specific curvature conditions.
method Proving domains are John domains to estimate the first nonzero Neumann eigenvalue.
result Fundamental gap estimates for domains with integral Ricci curvature bounds.
Unpublished results of S Straus and W Browder state that two notions of homotopy equivalence for manifolds with smooth group actions - isovariant and equivariant - often coincide under a condition called the Gap Hypothesis; the proofs use deep results in geometric topology. This paper analyzes the difference between th…
It is known (E.L. Green (1997), O. Post (2003)) that for an arbitrary m∈N one can construct a periodic non-compact Riemannian manifold M with at least m gaps in the spectrum of the corresponding Laplace-Beltrami operator −ΔM. In this work we want not only to produce a new type of periodic manifolds …
This paper extends gap theorems for submanifolds in hyperbolic space.
problem Understanding gap phenomena for submanifolds in hyperbolic space.
method Generalizes existing results using Simons' formula and eigenvalue estimates.
result Proves a gap theorem for hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in hyperbolic space.
Proves a fundamental gap lower bound for horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
problem Proving a fundamental gap lower bound for horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space.
method Reduces the problem to a radial-height problem, compares Dirichlet forms with angular operators, and uses Green estimates.
result Establishes a polynomial \(D^{-3}\) scale fundamental gap lower bound.
The study improves fundamental gap estimates for surfaces with non-constant positive curvature.
problem Estimating the fundamental gap for surfaces with non-constant positive curvature.
method Using a two-point maximum principle, the study establishes log-concavity and fundamental gap estimates.
result Corresponding log-concavity and fundamental gap estimates for surfaces with non-constant positive curvature are derived.
The paper explores gaps in curvature-related metrics and rigidity.
problem Understanding gaps in curvature-related metrics and rigidity.
method Analyzes three types of gaps: spectral, metric-rigidity, and topological-rigidity.
result Proposes open problems in the field.
This paper improves Q-learning bounds using reference-advantage decomposition.
problem Improving Q-learning bounds in MDPs with positive suboptimality gaps.
method Develops a novel error decomposition framework to prove gap-dependent regret bounds.
result Establishes logarithmic gap-dependent regret bounds for Q-learning.
Factorial moments are convenient tools in particle physics to characterize the multiplicity distributions when phase-space resolution (Δ) becomes small. They include all correlations within the system of particles and represent integral characteristics of any correlation between these particles. In this letter, we sh…
This note removes technical assumptions and characterizes relatively dominated representations.
problem Geometrically finiteness and Anosov conditions in higher-rank settings.
method Characterization using eigenvalue gaps and limit maps.
result Relatively dominated representations are characterized using eigenvalue gaps and limit maps.
Study on stable commutator length in RAAGs and Coxeter groups, proving spectral gaps and hardness results.
problem Understanding stable commutator length in right-angled Artin and Coxeter groups.
method Established spectral gaps, determined sizes up to constants, and related to graph properties.
result Found that stable commutator length can be arbitrarily close to zero in some groups, contrasting uniform gaps.
Study gap-dependent regret bounds for risk-sensitive RL.
problem Risk-sensitive reinforcement learning with entropic risk measure.
method Propose cascaded gaps to adapt to problem structures, derive regret bounds.
result Exponential improvement over existing bounds in appropriate settings.
New framework tightens certified robustness gaps in machine learning models.
problem Persistent gap between theoretical certified robustness and empirical accuracy.
method Leverages Lipschitz continuity and novel confidence intervals.
result Improves robust accuracy, compressing the gap between theory and practice.
In this sequel to [arXiv:1412.4114], we prove an Ld/2 energy gap result for Yang-Mills connections on principal G-bundles, P, over arbitrary, closed, Riemannian, smooth manifolds of dimension d≥2. We apply our version of the Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality [arXiv:1409.1525, arXiv:1510.03815] to rem…
Unified framework for corruption-robust linear bandits with optimal gap-dependent misspecification bounds.
problem Effective learning in linear bandits with corrupted rewards across different corruption models.
method Unified framework for analyzing strong and weak corruption, connection to gap-dependent misspecification, and specialized algorithm.
result Optimal bounds for gap-dependent misspecification in linear bandits.