Study on geometric variational problems for existence, regularity, and uniqueness of solutions.
problem Geometric variational problems, focusing on existence, regularity, and uniqueness of solutions.
method Formulated in Federer and Fleming's theory of currents, discussed the existence theory, and presented core ideas of the (interior) regularity theory for area-minimizing currents and optimal transport paths. Two original results on generic uniqueness of solutions were presented.
result Generic uniqueness of solutions for both Plateau's problem and optimal branched transport problem.
The geometry of jets of submanifolds is studied, with special interest in the relationship with the calculus of variations. A new intrinsic geometric formulation of the variational problem on jets of submanifolds is given. Working examples are provided.
In this short note we prove the convexity of minimizers of some variational problem in the Gauss space. This proof is based on a geometric version of an older argument due to Korevaar.
We prove an equivariant implicit function theorem for variational problems that are invariant under a varying symmetry group (corresponding to a bundle of Lie groups). Motivated by applications to families of geometric variational problems lacking regularity, several non-smooth extensions of the result are discussed. A…
Study introduces indecomposability for varifolds, leading to geometric consequences.
problem Understanding the structure of varifolds and their connectedness properties.
method Introducing indecomposability and related concepts for varifolds.
result Substantial geometric consequences derived from the connectedness properties of varifolds.
We develop a geometric version of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations for discrete mechanics and constrained discrete mechanics. The geometric approach consists of using suitable Lagrangian and isotropic submanifolds. We also provide a transition between the discrete and the continuous problems and propos…
Study on slow convergence in geometric variational problems.
problem Slow convergence of solutions in geometric variational problems.
method Identifying necessary conditions for slowly converging solutions and characterizing their convergence rate and direction.
result Characterization of the rate and direction of convergence for slowly converging solutions.
Noether theorem applied to variational problems on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Variational problems on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Noether's theorem on symmetry and conservation laws.
result Application to geometric problems on hyperbolic surfaces.
New theorems prove uniqueness of solutions to geometric PDEs.
problem Proving uniqueness of solutions to geometric PDEs.
method Analyzing nonlinear elliptic PDEs of divergence form.
result Proved several Moser-Bernstein type theorems.
A Finsler geometry may be understood as a homogeneous variational problem, where the Finsler function is the Lagrangian. The extremals in Finsler geometry are curves, but in more general variational problems we might consider extremal submanifolds of dimension m. In this minicourse we discuss these problems from a ge…
We prove an extension of a celebrated equivariant bifurcation result of J. Smoller and A. Wasserman, in an abstract framework for geometric variational problems. With this purpose, we prove a slice theorem for continuous affine actions of a (finite-dimensional) Lie group on Banach manifolds. As an application, we discu…
Geometric Variational Inference improves efficiency in complex probability distributions.
problem Efficiently accessing information in non-linear and high-dimensional probability distributions.
method Geometric Variational Inference (geoVI) uses Riemannian geometry and the Fisher information metric to construct a coordinate transformation.
result geoVI provides a more efficient variational approximation by a normal distribution, demonstrated on various problems.
Geometric Hydrodynamics tackles open problems in fluid dynamics.
problem Open problems in fluid dynamics and invariant metrics.
method Variational settings, models for invariant metrics, Cauchy and boundary value problems.
result New constructions and recent developments in fluid dynamics.
Newton's method solves variational problems on manifolds.
problem Solving variational equations on manifolds.
method Newton's method with affine covariant damping strategy.
result Numerical results for variational problems demonstrated.
We prove an implicit function theorem for functions on infinite-dimensional Banach manifolds, invariant under the (local) action of a finite dimensional Lie group. Motivated by some geometric variational problems, we consider group actions that are not necessarily differentiable everywhere, but only on some dense subse…
Reductions of higher tangent bundles of Lie groupoids provide natural examples of geometric structures which we would like to call higher algebroids. Such objects can be also constructed abstractly starting from an arbitrary almost Lie algebroid. A higher algebroid is, in principle, a graded bundle equipped with a diff…
Derives energy-momentum tensor from Standard Model, examines energy conditions.
problem Validating energy conditions in the context of the Standard Model.
method Geometric variational problem on globally hyperbolic manifold, deriving energy-momentum tensor.
result Validates various energy conditions in general relativity.
GD-VAEs learn dynamics from observations using geometric and topological information.
problem Learning parsimonious representations of nonlinear dynamics from observations.
method Develops data-driven methods incorporating geometric and topological information using Variational Autoencoders (VAEs).
result GD-VAEs provide methods for learning reduced dimensional representations of nonlinear dynamics.
If a variational problem comes with no boundary conditions prescribed beforehand, and yet these arise as a consequence of the variation process itself, we speak of a free boundary values variational problem. Such is, for instance, the problem of finding the shortest curve whose endpoints can slide along two prescribed …
Expanding on previous work, this note generalizes geometric structures results.
problem Generalizing geometric structures results.
method Generalization to a class of geometric structures including integrable almost-complex structures.
result Main results generalized to a broader class of geometric structures.
We use neural networks as control variates with geometric integration techniques.
problem Analytic integration of neural network approximations for variance reduction.
method Integration domain subdivision using computational geometry for MLPs with continuous piecewise linear activation functions.
result Neural networks can be used as control variates with geometric integration methods.
Variational approach to basic manifold structures.
problem Understanding basic differential geometric structures.
method Variational description of geometric structures.
result Variational formulation of manifold structures.
In his book on Convex Polyhedra (section 7.2), A.D. Aleksandrov raised a general question of finding variational statements and proofs of existence of polytopes with given geometric data. The first goal of this paper is to give a variational solution to the problem of existence and uniqueness of a closed convex hypersu…
Paper derives invariantised Euler-Lagrange equations for Herglotz problems.
problem Nonconservative Herglotz variational problems.
method Invariant calculus of variations and moving frames.
result Derivation of generalised Euler-Lagrange equations and conserved quantities.
Investigates invariant hulls of functionals on manifolds.
problem Understanding meaningful functionals on manifolds through reparameterizations.
method Uses inner-variations to transform arbitrary functionals into invariant realizations.
result Explicit computations for volume functional in N-dimensional manifolds, especially in N=2. Analyzes surfaces minimizing mean curvature variation using PDEs.
problem Finding surfaces of minimum mean curvature variation.
method Develops an analytic theory using partial differential equations.
result Establishes existence and regularity of minimizers.
Study optimizes perimeter in convex domains with anisotropic constraints.
problem Optimizing perimeter in convex domains with anisotropic constraints.
method Analytical properties, topological features, and geometric measure theory results.
result Sharp isoperimetric inequalities and existence of minimizers.
In this paper, the dual Orlicz curvature measure is proposed and its basic properties are provided. A variational formula for the dual Orlicz-quermassintegral is established in order to give a geometric interpretation of the dual Orlicz curvature measure. Based on the established variational formula, a solution to the …
Derives Lagrangian for minimal surfaces, proving tangential variations vanish.
problem Variational calculus for minimal surfaces.
method Lagrangian formulation, pullback covariant derivative, geometric argument.
result Tangential variations vanish for minimal surfaces.
Motivated by recent progress on a spinorial analogue of the Yamabe problem in the geometric literature, we study a conformally invariant spinor field equation on the m-sphere, m≥2. Via variational methods and the spinorial Weierstraß representation, we study the problem of prescribing mean curvature for the imme…
Geometrically describes Jacobi equations for field theories with dissipation.
problem Describing field theories with dissipation geometrically.
method Prolongation of the Lagrangian on a k-cosymplectic formulation to describe Jacobi equations and a modified Lagrangian for variational formulation.
result Variational formulation of field theories with dissipation.
This paper explores geometric and analytic aspects of Lojasiewicz inequalities on vector bundles.
problem Understanding growth and stability conditions for real-analytic functions over vector bundles.
method Outline theory of functionals and variational problems over vector bundles, explore applications to real-analytic functionals.
result Describes the energy functional on $S^{n-1$ as a functional over a vector bundle.
New method identifies vanishing arcs for curve singularities.
problem Characterizing arcs sent to geometric vanishing cycles.
method Introducing geometric variation operator and vanishing arcsets.
result Existence of topological exceptional collections of arcsets.
New geometric insights reveal properties of adversarial training problems.
problem Adversarial training in binary classification.
method Equivalence with regularized risk minimization and convex relaxations.
result Existence of minimal and maximal solutions, and regular solutions.
We solve the Plateau problem for marginally outer trapped surfaces in general Cauchy data sets. We employ the Perron method and tools from geometric measure theory to force and control a blow-up of Jang's equation. Substantial new geometric insights regarding the lower order properties of marginally outer trapped surfa…
We study the tracking of a trajectory for a nonholonomic system by recasting the problem as a constrained optimal control problem. The cost function is chosen to minimize the error in positions and velocities between the trajectory of a nonholonomic system and the desired reference trajectory, both evolving on the dist…
The paper proves index theorems for graph-based optimal control problems.
problem Optimal control problems on graphs with constraints.
method Proves Morse index theorems for a broad class of variational problems on graphs.
result Formulas compute the difference of Hessians related to different graphs or boundary conditions.
Finite energy pluripotential theory accommodates the variational theory of equations of complex Monge-Ampère type arising in Kähler geometry. Recently it has been discovered that many of the potential spaces involved have a rich metric geometry, effectively turning the variational problems in question into problems of …
We introduce an elliptic regularization of the PDE system representing the isometric immersion of a surface in R3. The regularization is geometric, and has a natural variational interpretation.
We propose to compute Wasserstein barycenters (WBs) by solving for Monge maps with variational principle. We discuss the metric properties of WBs and explore their connections, especially the connections of Monge WBs, to K-means clustering and co-clustering. We also discuss the feasibility of Monge WBs on unbalanced me…
We present a geometric interpretation of the integration-by-parts formula on an arbitrary vector bundle. As an application we give a new geometric formulation of higher-order variational calculus.
Study on polyharmonic curves on spheres and space forms.
problem Classifying polyharmonic curves of constant curvature.
method Analyzing curves on spheres and space forms, deriving explicit families.
result New insights into higher order variational problems.
We study the geometry of jets of submanifolds with special interest in the relationship with the calculus of variations. We give a new proof of the fact that higher order jets of submanifolds are affine bundles; as a by-product we obtain a new expression for the associated vector bundles. We use Green-Vinogradov formul…
Harmonic gauge simplifies geometric analysis of Riemannian metrics.
problem Analyzing the Hilbert-Einstein functional and its stability.
method Developed a harmonic gauge to eliminate divergence terms and induce elliptic structure.
result Positivity of curvature operator implies spectral stability of the functional.
Infinitesimal variation of Action functional in classical (non-quantum) field theory with higher derivatives is presented in terms of well-defined intrinsic geometric objects independent of the particular field which varies. 'Integration by parts' procedure for this variation is then described in purely formal language…
The present article is devoted to the construction of a unified formalism for Palatini and unimodular gravity. The basic idea is to employ a relationship between unified formalism for a Griffiths variational problem and its classical Lepage-equivalent variational problem. As a way to understand from an intuitive viewpo…
Extends Campanato theory to multi-valued functions for geometric variational problems.
problem Regularity of multi-valued functions in geometric variational problems.
method Adapting Campanato's ideas to multi-valued functions, proving regularity theorems.
result Established regularity for multi-valued harmonic functions and stationary integral varifolds.
Study on eigenvalues of complex Hessian operator on pseudoconvex manifolds.
problem Eigenvalue problem for complex Hessian operator on pseudoconvex manifolds.
method Established C1,1-regularity and uniqueness of the first eigenfunction, derived variational formula for the first eigenvalue. result Derivation of a bifurcation-type theorem and geometric bounds for the eigenvalue.