Defines new geodesic semilocal E-preinvex functions and studies their properties.
problem Defines new functions to generalize existing convex and preinvex concepts.
method Introduces geodesic semilocal E-preinvex functions and proves their properties.
result Establishes sufficient optimality conditions for nonlinear fractional multiobjective programming.
The paper defines new types of geodesic functions on Riemannian manifolds and explores their properties.
problem Exploring new types of functions on Riemannian manifolds.
method Introducing geodesic (α,E)-invex set and developing geodesic (α,E)-preinvex and invex functions. result Established a relation between geodesic (α,E)-preinvex and geodesic (α,E)-invex functions. There is a concept in digital topology of a shy map. We define an analogous concept for topological spaces: We say a function is shy if it is continuous and the inverse image of every path-connected subset of its image is path-connected. Some basic properties of such maps are presented. For example, every shy map onto …
The purpose of this paper is: (i) to construct a space which is semilocally simply connected in the sense of Spanier even though its Spanier group is non-trivial; (ii) to propose a modification of the notion of a Spanier group so that via the modified Spanier group semilocal simple connectivity can be characterized; an…
We study the behavior of the modular class of an orientable Poisson manifold and formulate some unimodularity criteria in the semilocal context, around a (singular) symplectic leaf. Our results generalize some known unimodularity criteria for regular Poisson manifolds related to the notion of the Reeb class. In particu…
We generalize and strengthen the theorem of Gromov that every compact Riemannian manifold of diameter at most D has a set of generators g_1,...,g_k of length at most 2D and relators of the form g_ig_m = g_j . In particular, we obtain an explicit bound for the number k of generators in terms of the number "short loops" …
The aim of this paper is to introduce the concepts of homotopical smallness and closeness. These are the properties of homotopical classes of maps that are related to recent developments in homotopy theory and to the construction of universal covering spaces for non-semilocally simply connected spaces, in particular to…
A geometric description of the first Poisson cohomology groups is given in the semilocal context, around (possibly singular) symplectic leaves. This result is based on the splitting theorems for infinitesimal automorphisms of coupling Poisson structures which describe the interaction between the tangential and transver…
As a generalization of geodesic function, in the present paper, we introduce the notion of geodesic φ-convex function and deduce some basic properties of φ-convex function and geodesic φ-convex function. We also introduce the concept of geodesic φ-convex set and φ-epigraph and in…
Study on Mabuchi functional's convexity using ε-geodesics.
problem Understanding the convexity of the Mabuchi functional.
method Analysis of ε-geodesics to study the Mabuchi functional's convexity.
result Uniform fiberwise non-degeneracy of geodesics when Mabuchi functional is ε-affine.
New characterization of geodesic currents via curve functionals.
problem Characterize geodesic currents using curve functionals.
method Purely axiomatic and combinatorial approach.
result Characterization of curve functionals dual to geodesic currents.
New results on the convexity of geodesic-length functions on Teichmüller space are presented. A formula for the Hessian of geodesic-length is presented. New bounds for the gradient and Hessian of geodesic-length are described. A relationship of geodesic-length functions to Weil-Petersson distance is described. Applicat…
The paper connects geodesic nets to distance function critical points.
problem Understanding the relationship between geodesic nets and distance function critical points.
method Established a relationship between geodesic nets and critical points of the distance function.
result Bounded the number of balanced points and the length of certain minimizing geodesic nets.
Constructs a function to count closed geodesics on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Counting closed geodesics on Riemannian manifolds.
method Defines a locally constant geodesic count function and investigates the weight of compact open subsets of closed geodesics.
result Constructs a function to count closed geodesics on Riemannian manifolds.
Functions with constant geodesic X-ray transform are restricted to manifolds with specific geometrical properties.
problem Existence of functions with constant geodesic X-ray transform on manifolds.
method Analyzing the geometrical properties of manifolds based on the existence of such functions.
result Functions with constant geodesic X-ray transform impose specific geometrical restrictions on the manifold.
The paper studies geodesics and isoparametric functions on Finsler spheres.
problem Analyzing geodesics and isoparametric functions on Finsler spheres.
method Global expressions of geodesics and isoparametric functions derived using navigation and Cartan-Münzner polynomials.
result Construction of isoparametric families and focal submanifolds.
Reconstructs piecewise constant functions from geodesic integrals.
problem Recovering piecewise constant functions from X-ray data.
method Injectivity proof using variations through geodesics, improved for simple manifolds.
result Explicit formulas for function values near the boundary and stability analysis.
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…
New method to bound Laplacian eigenvalues of geodesic balls.
problem Computing upper bounds for the first eigenvalue of Laplacian on geodesic balls.
method Transforming metric tensor into rotationally symmetric form preserving geodesic sphere areas.
result Upper bound for Laplacian eigenvalues is sharp and computable using geodesic sphere areas.
In this paper a functional definition of geodesics is introduced which allows to generalize the notion of a geodesic from smooth to topological manifolds. It is shown that in the smooth case the new definition coincides with the classical definition of geodesics of a linear connection. If the smoothness is not required…
Let (M,g) be a simple Riemannian manifold. Under the assumption that the metric g is real-analytic, it is shown that if the geodesic ray transform of a function f∈L2(M) vanishes on an appropriate open set of geodesics, then f=0 on the set of points lying on these geodesics. The approach is based on a micr…
Geodesics of contactomorphisms on a specific manifold are characterized by Hamiltonian functions.
problem Characterizing geodesics of contactomorphisms on a manifold with a standard contact structure.
method Analyzing geodesics defined by different norms on the identity component of the group of contactomorphisms.
result The norm of a geodesic contactomorphism can be expressed in terms of the maximum of the Hamiltonian function.
This paper explores the relation between convex functions and the geometry of space-times and semi-Riemannian manifolds (an investigation initiated by Gibbons-Ishibashi). Specifically, we study geodesic connectedness. We give geometric-topological proofs of geodesic connectedness for classes of space-times to which kno…
Geodesics found in a metric space of m-subharmonic functions.
problem Metric structure on energy class of m-subharmonic functions.
method Inspired by Kähler geometry, introduced a metric structure and studied metric convergence.
result Geodesics constructed in a subspace of the complete metric space.
Defines weak geodesics on specific subsets of manifolds.
problem Characterizing geodesics on prox-regular subsets of Riemannian manifolds.
method Defining weak geodesics as continuous curves with weak regularities, and characterizing them as viscosity critical points of the energy functional.
result Characterizes weak geodesics on prox-regular subsets of Riemannian manifolds.
New proof of energy functional monotonicity via geodesics in measure space.
problem Proving monotonicity of energy functional in generalized Ricci flow.
method Defining adapted cost functional, geodesics, and entropy functional.
result Monotonicity of cost along backwards heat flow and energy functional along generalized Ricci flow.
The paper connects Schrödinger equations to geodesics on a 2-surface.
problem Understanding the relationship between Schrödinger equations and geodesics.
method Analyzes the geodesic equation of a specific metric on a 2-surface.
result Explicit solutions for the metric and geodesics in terms of the Baker--Akhiezer function for finite-gap potentials.
Strong geodesic convex function and strong monotone vector field of order m on Riemannian manifolds have been established. A characterization of strong geodesic convex function of order m for the continuously differentiable functions has been discussed. The relation between the solution of a new variational inequal…
Extends curve functions to geodesic currents with a simple criterion.
problem Continuous extension of curve functions to geodesic currents.
method Simple criterion based on smoothing property.
result Extends known curve functions and introduces new examples.
Geodesics in Kähler metrics connect metrics with constant scalar curvature.
problem Deriving geodesics for relatively Kähler metrics on fibrations.
method Deriving geodesic equation, proving uniqueness, convexity of log-norm functional.
result Fibrations with optimal symplectic connections are polystable.
Geodesically convex functions are continuous on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Continuity of geodesically convex functions on Riemannian manifolds.
method Proof of continuity using geodesic convexity and addressing a gap in existing proof.
result All geodesically convex functions are continuous in the interior of their domain on Riemannian manifolds.
Geodesic concavity and hypersymplectic structures in G2-structures space.
problem Analyzing the geodesic concavity and hypersymplectic structures in the space of closed G2-structures. method Utilising the geodesic constructed in the previous article, we show geodesic concavity and decrease in length of G2 Laplacian flow. result Hitchin's volume functional is geodesically concave and the G2 Laplacian flow decreases the length. Given a hyperbolic surface §, a classic result of Birman and Series states that for each K, all complete geodesics with at most K self-intersections can only pass through a certain nowhere dense, Hausdorff dimension 1 subset of §. We define a self-intersection function for each complete geodesic, which bounds t…
Injectivity of geodesic ray transform for piecewise constants on compact manifolds.
problem Injectivity of geodesic ray transform for piecewise constant functions.
method Injectivity of geodesic ray transform on piecewise constant functions weighted by a continuous matrix weight.
result Injectivity of the geodesic X-ray transform on piecewise constant functions.
Paper finds critical metrics with pinched curvature are geodesic balls.
problem Identifying critical metrics with specific curvature constraints.
method Proved isometry to geodesic balls in S^n and provided conditions for the gradient of the potential function.
result Critical metrics with pinched curvature are isometric to geodesic balls in S^n.
Convex optimization is a vibrant and successful area due to the existence of a variety of efficient algorithms that leverage the rich structure provided by convexity. Convexity of a smooth set or a function in a Euclidean space is defined by how it interacts with the standard differential structure in this space -- the…
Study geodesics on Grassmann manifold for functions vanishing on subsets of a set X.
problem Finding minimal geodesics on Grassmann manifold of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.
method Analyzing necessary and sufficient conditions for geodesic existence and uniqueness, and studying examples.
result Established conditions for geodesic existence and uniqueness, and found estimates on eigenvalues.
In this paper we study 1/k-geodesics, those closed geodesics that minimize on any subinterval of length l(γ)/k. We employ energy methods to provide a relationship between the 1/k-geodesics and what we define as the balanced points of the uniform energy. We show that classes of balanced points of the uniform energy pe…
Study free boundary minimal submanifolds in geodesic balls in hyperbolic and spherical spaces.
problem Characterize free boundary minimal submanifolds in geodesic balls of hyperbolic and spherical spaces.
method Define and analyze functionals related to critical metrics and spectral indices.
result Critical metrics of defined functionals arise from free boundary minimal immersions in geodesic balls of hyperbolic and spherical spaces.
We find a different approach to define convex functions in the sub-Riemannian setting. A function on a sub-Riemannian manifold is nonholonomically geodesic convex if its restriction to any nonholonomic (straightest) geodesic is convex. In the case of Carnot groups, this definition coincides with that by Danniell-Garofa…
Geodesically equivalent Finsler metrics share invariant volume forms and first integrals.
problem Understanding shared properties of geodesically equivalent Finsler metrics.
method Computing first integrals as coefficients of a characteristic polynomial.
result Geodesically invariant functions are first integrals of geodesically equivalent Finsler metrics.
Given a compact orientable surface with finitely many punctures Σ, let $\Cal S(Σ)$ be the set of isotopy classes of essential unoriented simple closed curves in Σ. We determine a complete set of relations for a function from $\Cal S(Σ)$ to R to be the geodesic length function of a hyperbolic metric with geo…
Paper proves geodesics and focal points unchanged by conformal changes in pseudo-Finsler manifolds.
problem Understanding the behavior of lightlike geodesics in pseudo-Finsler manifolds.
method Used Chern connection, anisotropic calculus, and critical points of energy functional to prove invariance.
result Lightlike geodesics and focal points are preserved by anisotropic conformal changes.
New study shows acceleration in hyperbolic spaces is impossible for strongly geodesically convex functions.
problem Acceleration in hyperbolic spaces for strongly geodesically convex functions is impossible.
method Perturbing hard functions with sums of bump functions chosen by a resisting oracle.
result Acceleration is unachievable for any deterministic algorithm in hyperbolic spaces for strongly geodesically convex functions.
The paper connects geodesic flows and higher-dimensional Reidemeister torsion for hyperbolic orbifolds.
problem Understanding the relationship between geodesic flows and higher-dimensional Reidemeister torsion.
method Using the integral expression of the Ruelle zeta function and the Selberg zeta function.
result The absolute value at zero of the Ruelle zeta function equals the higher-dimensional Reidemeister torsion.
Research extends geodesic length function study to three holed sphere.
problem Geodesic length function on orbifolds.
method Extending previous work on punctured torus to three holed sphere and related orbifolds.
result Extension to three holed sphere and related orbifolds.
Extends DCP framework to Hadamard manifolds for geodesically convex functions.
problem Verifying convexity in nonlinear programs on Hadamard manifolds.
method Introduces Disciplined Geodesically Convex Programming (DGCP) framework, defining compositions and transformations for geodesically convex functions.
result Allows verification of geodesic convexity for a broader range of functions, including statistical estimators and matrix-valued optimization.
Geodesic descent optimizes likelihood in dually flat spaces.
problem Maximum likelihood estimation in exponential families.
method m-geodesic and e-geodesic updates on dually flat spaces.
result Geodesic updates can reach maximum likelihood estimator in one step.