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48 results for generalized Laplace

The standard Laplace operator is a generalization of the Hodge Laplace operator on differential forms to arbitrary geometric vector bundles, alternatively it can be seen as generalization of the Casimir operator acting on sections of homogeneous vector bundles over symmetric spaces to general Riemannian manifolds. Stre…

2017-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Formula derived for Laplace-Beltrami on Stiefel manifold.

problem Finding Laplace-Beltrami operator on Stiefel manifold.
method Using the general framework of Laplace operators on constraint manifolds, derived the explicit formula in terms of ambient Euclidean coordinates.
result Extended previously known formulas for sphere and special orthogonal group.

Enhances predictive performance in Bayesian deep learning via generalized Laplace approximation.

problem Inconsistency in Bayesian deep learning.
method Interprets posterior tempering as a correction for model misspecification and recalibration of priors. Introduces generalized Laplace approximation.
result Generalized Laplace approximation enhances predictive performance.

Paper studies Laplace operator estimates in harmonic map heat flows.

problem Estimating Laplace operator in harmonic map heat flows outside singularities.
method Investigates estimates using spherical coordinates for T2\mathbb{T}^2 and T3\mathbb{T}^3 boundary conditions.
result Provides higher-order estimates for the Ericksen--Leslie system.

Let x:MEmx : M \to E^m be an isometric immersion of a Riemannian manifold MM into a Euclidean mm-space. Denote by ΔΔ the Laplace operator of MM. Then ΔΔ gives rise to a differentiable map L:MEmL :M \to E^m, called the Laplace map, defined by L(p)=(Δx)(p)L(p)=(Δx)(p), pMp\in M. We call L(M)L(M) the Laplace image, and the transformat…

2013-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Modeling stock returns and volatility using a bivariate gamma generalized Laplace law.

problem Analyzing stock returns and volatility using a new statistical model.
method Maximum likelihood estimation for a bivariate generalized Laplace distribution, simplifying to linear regression.
result Explicit estimators derived with nonstandard convergence rates for certain parameter configurations.

Estimates eigenvalues of poly-Laplace operator on lattice subgraphs.

problem Estimating eigenvalues of poly-Laplace operator on subgraphs of lattice graphs.
method Introduced discrete poly-Laplace operator, derived upper and lower bounds for eigenvalues.
result Poly-Laplace eigenvalues are at least squares of lower-order poly-Laplace eigenvalues.

Study of line congruences for Appell's rank-4 hypergeometric functions.

problem Understanding line congruences for Appell's rank-4 hypergeometric functions.
method Derived original formulae for Laplace transform of rank-4 system, applied to geometry of surfaces defined by these functions.
result Natural line congruences for Laplace transforms of Appell's rank-4 functions form a W-congruence.

In this paper, classical isometric helicoidal and rotational surfaces are studied, and generalized by Bour's theorem in three dimensional Euclidean space. Moreover, the third Laplace-Beltrami operators of two classical surfaces are obtained.

2013-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Revisits online Laplace methods for neural networks, showing they are sound under certain conditions.

problem Online Laplace methods violate the Laplace approximation's critical assumption.
method Re-derives online Laplace methods, showing they target a variational bound on a mode-corrected variant of the Laplace evidence.
result Online Laplace and its mode-corrected counterpart share stationary points that satisfy the Laplace method's assumption.

The higher spin Laplace operator has been constructed recently as the generalization of the Laplacian in higher spin theory. This acts on functions taking values in arbitrary irreducible representations of the Spin group. In this paper, we first provide a decomposition of the higher spin Laplace operator in terms of Rr…

2016-12-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Study compares eigenvalues on spherically symmetric manifolds to Euclidean balls.

problem Comparing eigenvalues on spherically symmetric manifolds to Euclidean balls.
method Examines Dirichlet Laplace eigenvalues on balls of spherically symmetric manifolds and Euclidean space.
result Eigenvalues on spherically symmetric manifolds are smaller for small radii, but larger for hyperbolic spaces.

New methods improve Laplace approximations for deep neural networks by selecting key parameters.

problem Improving uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks using computationally feasible approximations.
method Gradient-Laplace and Greedy-Laplace methods for selecting parameters in sub-network Laplace approximations.
result Gradient-Laplace method outperforms existing heuristic approaches and provides formal optimality guarantees.

A new method combines Laplace and Variational Bayes for scalable inference.

problem Complex models and large datasets make exact inference infeasible.
method Low-Rank Variational Bayes Correction (VBC) using Laplace method and Variational Bayes correction in a lower dimension.
result The method ensures scalability in both model complexity and data size.

Geometrically connects Laplace eigenfunctions to Borel-Weil theory on symmetric spaces.

problem Understanding the spectral properties of Laplace-Beltrami operators on Riemannian symmetric spaces.
method Using symplectic geometry and geometric quantization, associating flag manifolds to symmetric spaces and relating their Satake diagrams.
result Harmonic polynomials on flag manifolds induce all eigenfunctions on symmetric spaces.

The paper studies graph Laplace operator behavior near isolated singularities.

problem Investigating asymptotics of graph Laplace operator near isolated singularities.
method Analyzing curvature growth and conformal modifications to understand operator behavior.
result The graph Laplace operator converges to a weighted Laplace-Beltrami operator as bandwidth decreases, or behaves like \(O(\frac{1}{\sqrt{t}})\) if curvature grows too fast.

QLA improves Bayesian uncertainty estimation for DNNs without increasing computational cost.

problem Overconfident out-of-distribution predictions from DNNs.
method Proposes Quadratic Laplace Approximation (QLA) to improve Bayesian uncertainty quantification.
result QLA yields modest yet consistent uncertainty estimation improvements over Linearized Laplace Approximation (LLA) on five regression datasets.

We consider generalized Hodge-Laplace operators αdδ+βδdαd δ+ βδd for α,β>0α, β> 0 on pp-forms on compact Riemannian manifolds. In the case of flat tori and round spheres of different radii, we explicitly calculate the spectrum of these operators. Furthermore, we investigate under which circumstances they are isospectral.

2015-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We establish the existence of analytic curves of eigenvalues for the Laplace-Neumann operator through an analytic variation of the metric of a compact Riemannian manifold MM with boundary by means of a new approach rather than Kato's method for unbounded operators. We obtain an expression for the derivative of the cur…

2015-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural Laplace models diverse DEs in the Laplace domain for better dynamics.

problem Inadequate ODEs for long-range dependencies and discontinuities.
method Unified framework in Laplace domain, using stereographic map for smoothness.
result Superior performance in diverse DEs, including complex history dependency and abrupt changes.

Improves Laplace approximation for Bayesian inference on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Inaccurate Gaussian approximations for complex targets and finite-data posteriors.
method Develops alternative variants of the Laplace approximation using a Riemannian metric.
result Exact approximations at the limit of infinite data, improving practical performance.

Circular nets with spherical parameter lines have geometric properties related to Darboux cyclides and terminating Laplace sequences.

problem Discretizing surfaces with spherical curvature lines.
method Lie-geometric discretisation in terms of principal contact element nets.
result Circular nets with two families of spherical parameter lines are related to Darboux cyclides.

Graph Laplace operators uniquely identify metrics and densities on manifolds.

problem Identifying Riemannian metrics and sampling densities from graph Laplace operators.
method Analyzing intrinsic and extrinsic graph Laplace operators on compact Riemannian manifolds.
result Graph Laplace operators uniquely determine metrics and densities under certain conditions.

The paper introduces Laplace-type operators for functions defined on the tangent space of a Finsler Lie algebroid, using a volume form on the prolongation of the algebroid. It also presents the construction of a horizontal Laplace operator for forms defined on the prolongation of the algebroid. All of the Laplace opera…

2017-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a generalized double Pareto prior for Bayesian shrinkage estimation and inferences in linear models. The prior can be obtained via a scale mixture of Laplace or normal distributions, forming a bridge between the Laplace and Normal-Jeffreys' priors. While it has a spike at zero like the Laplace density, it al…

2011-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves Schauder estimates for Laplace-Beltrami on manifolds with fibered boundaries.

problem Analyzing heat-type equations on manifolds with specific boundary conditions.
method Proving Schauder estimates for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on manifolds with fibered boundaries and a Φ-metric.
result The proof of parabolic Schauder estimates for the Laplace-Beltrami operator.

In this paper we investigate overdetermined systems of scalar PDEs on the plane with one common characteristic, whose general solution depends on 1 function of 1 variable. We describe linearization of such systems and their integration via Laplace transformation, relating this to Lie's integration theorem and formal th…

2011-08-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the Laplace normal vector field of relatively normalized ruled surfaces with non-vanishing Gaussian curvature in the three-dimensional Euclidean space R3\mathbb{R}^{3}. We determine all ruled surfaces and all relative normalizations for which the Laplace normal image degenerates into a point or into a curve…

2015-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove inequalities for Laplace eigenvalues of Kaehler manifolds generalising to higher eigenvalues the classical inequality for the first Laplace eigenvalue due to Bourguignon, Li, and Yau in 1994. We also obtain similar inequalities for analytic varieties in Kaehler manifolds.

2018-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes Laplace learning for Gaussian measure data in infinite dimensions, proving convergence.

problem Analyzing Laplace learning for infinite-dimensional Gaussian measure data.
method Minimizes Dirichlet energy on a graph constructed from the full dataset.
result Proves pointwise convergence of the graph Dirichlet energy for Gaussian measure data.

Study on hyperbolic manifolds finds measures of Laplace eigenfunctions restricted to cosphere bundles.

problem Analyzing semiclassical measures on hyperbolic manifolds.
method Adapting Dyatlov and Jin's argument to higher dimensions and using Ratner theory.
result Semiclassical measures' support contains the cosphere bundle of a compact totally geodesic submanifold.

We discuss questions of isospectrality for hyperbolic orbisurfaces, examining the relationship between the geometry of an orbisurface and its Laplace spectrum. We show that certain hyperbolic orbisurfaces cannot be isospectral, where the obstructions involve the number of singular points and genera of our orbisurfaces.…

2004-11-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the existence and properties of metrics maximising the first Laplace eigenvalue among conformal metrics of unit volume on Riemannian surfaces. We describe a general approach to this problem and its higher eigenvalue versions via the direct method of calculus of variations. The principal results include the gen…

2011-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Variational Laplace improves Bayesian neural network performance without sampling.

problem Improving Bayesian neural network performance and calibration.
method Develops a new variational Laplace method for BNNs, exploiting curvature of likelihood.
result Variational Laplace outperforms standard VI methods in test performance and calibration.