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48 results for higher order Laplacians

Introduce Collapsed Effective Operators for higher-order structures.

problem Existing spectral operators decompose topology into separate ranks, leaving practitioners to fuse information back to vertices.
method Introduce Collapsed Effective Operators via Schur complementation of a graded Laplacian.
result Preserves positive semi-definiteness, lowers system energy under higher-order connectivity.

The paper proves a new discrete Laplacian for 3D meshes and shows its superiority over primal construction.

problem Developing a more accurate discrete Laplacian for 3D meshes.
method Proves the Euler-Lagrange equation for the Dirichlet energy using the associated discrete Laplacian of the dual construction.
result The associated discrete Laplacian is optimal in R3\mathbb{R}^3 compared to the primal construction.

Tutorials on signal processing on higher-order networks like simplicial complexes and hypergraphs.

problem Processing complex data structures with polyadic relationships.
method Introduction to simplicial complexes and hypergraphs, Fourier analysis, signal denoising, interpolation, embeddings, neural networks.
result Multi-relational operators like the Hodge Laplacian for simplicial complexes and tensor representations for hypergraphs.

Solved Cheeger inequalities for simplicial complexes, combining topological and graph theoretic methods.

problem Extend Cheeger inequalities to simplicial complexes and their higher order Laplacians.
method Combining constructions from simplicial topology, signed graphs, Gromov filling radii, and interpolating between 1-Laplacians and 2-Laplacians.
result Developed a general theory for p-Laplacians on simplicial complexes and proved Cheeger-type inequalities.

We consider the higher order buckling eigenvalues of the following Dirichlet poly-Laplacian in the unit sphere (Δ)pu=Λ(Δ)u(-Δ)^p u=Λ(-Δ) u with order p(2)p(\geq2). We obtain universal bounds on the (k+1)(k+1)th eigenvalue in terms of the first kkth eigenvalues independent of the domains. In particular, for p=2p=2, our result is shar…

2009-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce higher-order Poincar'e constants for compact weighted manifolds and estimate them from above in terms of subsets. These estimates imply upper bounds for eigenvalues of the weighted Laplacian and the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the pp-Laplacian. In the case of the closed eigenvalue problem and the Neuma…

2019-07-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper provides estimates for higher-order Ricci curvature along Kähler-Ricci flows.

problem Estimating higher-order curvature along Kähler-Ricci flows on compact Kähler manifolds.
method Proving uniform bounds for Ricci curvature and scalar curvature in various orders and norms.
result A geometric obstruction causes a specific third-order derivative of Ricci curvature to blow up at rate et/2e^{t/2}.

The study of higher-order homology embeddings for manifold topology.

problem Understanding the structure of higher-order homology embeddings to disclose geometric or topological information.
method Analysis of the null space of the kk-th order Laplacian and proposing an algorithm to factorize the homology embedding.
result The proposed spectral loop detection algorithm is more efficient and effective on various data types.

We establish short-time existence and regularity for higher-order flows generated by a class of polynomial natural tensors that, after an adjustment by the Lie derivative of the metric with respect to a suitable vector field, have strongly parabolic linearizations. We apply this theorem to flows by powers of the Laplac…

2010-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The symmetry operators for the Laplacian in flat space were recently described and here we consider the same question for the square of the Laplacian. Again, there is a close connection with conformal geometry. There are three main steps in our construction. The first is to show that the symbol of a symmetry is constra…

2006-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved matching for multiple objects using a novel reweighting method.

problem Current multi-object matching methods have limitations and are not robust.
method Proposes a novel iterative reweighting strategy using the graph connection Laplacian.
result Demonstrates superior performance over state-of-the-art methods.

The paper explores the index theory of sub-Laplacians on higher nilpotent Carnot manifolds.

problem Characterizing the index theory of sub-Laplacians on higher nilpotent Carnot manifolds.
method Analyzes the structure of hypoelliptic sub-Laplacian type operators and provides examples where the index theory is trivial.
result Provides examples where the index theory of sub-Laplacians is trivial in higher degrees of nilpotency.

We develop a new approach, based on quantization methods, to study higher symmetries of invariant differential operators. We focus here on conformally invariant powers of the Laplacian over a conformally flat manifold and recover results of Eastwood, Leistner, Gover and Šilhan. In particular, conformally equivariant qu…

2011-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Hypergraphs are used in machine learning to model higher-order relationships in data. While spectral methods for graphs are well-established, spectral theory for hypergraphs remains an active area of research. In this paper, we use random walks to develop a spectral theory for hypergraphs with edge-dependent vertex wei…

2019-05-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This work generalizes a geometric Laplacian determinant description to higher dimensions.

problem Defining and understanding the Laplacian determinant in higher dimensions with non-Delaunay triangulations.
method Geometric description of the Laplacian determinant in higher dimensions, relating it to volume quantities derived from simplex geometry.
result Generalizes geometric Laplacian determinant description to higher dimensions, showing negative semidefiniteness and kernel of constants.

Clustering is fundamental for gaining insights from complex networks, and spectral clustering (SC) is a popular approach. Conventional SC focuses on second-order structures (e.g., edges connecting two nodes) without direct consideration of higher-order structures (e.g., triangles and cliques). This has motivated SC ext…

2018-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper characterizes Eguchi-Hanson space and its higher-dimensional analogs using Lichnerowicz Laplacian.

problem Characterizing complete Ricci-flat ALE orbifolds.
method Analytical proof using Lichnerowicz Laplacian and dimension constraints.
result Uniqueness of Eguchi-Hanson space and its higher-dimensional analogs among Ricci-flat Kähler ALE orbifolds.

The aim of this paper is two-fold: first, we look at the fractional Laplacian and the conformal fractional Laplacian from the general framework of representation theory on symmetric spaces and, second, we construct new boundary operators with good conformal properties that generalize the fractional Laplacian using an e…

2016-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A sign is introduced in the usual Laplacian on graphs and the corresponding analogue of the isoperimetric constant for this Laplacian is presented, i.e. a geometric quantity which enables to bound from above and below the first eigenvalue. The introduction of the sign in the Laplacian is motivated by the study of 22-l…

2014-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances clustering performance with a novel high-order Laplacian matrix.

problem Limited representation capability and insufficient information exploitation in multi-view spectral clustering.
method Proposes a multi-view spectral clustering algorithm that learns a high-order optimal neighborhood Laplacian matrix.
result Improves clustering performance through enhanced representation capacity of the learned optimal Laplacian matrix.

For a bounded domain ΩΩ with a piecewise smooth boundary in an nn-dimensional Euclidean space Rn\mathbf{R}^{n}, we study eigenvalues of the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem of the Laplacian. First we give a general inequality for eigenvalues of the Laplacian. As an application, we study lower order eigenvalues of the Lap…

2011-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

The p-Laplacian Transformer improves transformer models by assigning higher attention weights to tokens in close proximity.

problem The self-attention mechanism in transformers does not effectively distinguish attention weights between tokens in close and non-close proximity.
method Proposes a novel class of transformers, p-Laplacian Transformers, that use pp-Laplacian regularization to assign higher attention weights to tokens in close proximity.
result Empirically demonstrates that p-Laplacian Transformers outperform baseline transformers on various benchmark datasets.

A new Helmholtzian operator from point clouds for flow analysis.

problem Analyzing flows and vector fields on manifolds from point cloud data.
method Estimation of manifold Helmholtzian from point cloud data using weighted 1-Laplacian.
result The Helmholtzian operator L1\mathcal L_1 effectively smooths, predicts, and extracts features from flows on manifolds.

Study proposes a nonlocal approximation of the Willmore functional using fractional Allen-Cahn energies.

problem Approximating the Willmore functional using nonlocal methods.
method Gamma-convergence and fractional Laplacian analysis in Fermi coordinates.
result Proves ΓΓ-limsup estimate for the proposed nonlocal approximation.

Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we identify the symmetry algebra of the Laplacian on Euclidean space as an explicit quotient of the universal enveloping algebra of the Lie algebra of conformal motions. We construct analogues of these symmetries on a general conformal manifold.

2002-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved lower bounds for poly-Laplacian eigenvalues in arbitrary dimensions.

problem Lower bounds for higher eigenvalues of the poly-Laplacian operator.
method Sharp inequalities and eigenvalue bounds in low and arbitrary dimensions.
result Improved lower bounds for eigenvalues of the poly-Laplacian in arbitrary dimensions.

Three counterexamples show higher eigenvalue multiplicities than conjectured.

problem Determining the maximum eigenvalue multiplicity for closed hyperbolic surfaces.
method Applying the twisted Selberg trace formula to induced representations of triangle groups.
result Found counterexamples with higher eigenvalue multiplicities than previously conjectured.

We prove that the geodesic equations of all Sobolev metrics of fractional order one and higher on spaces of diffeomorphisms and, more generally, immersions are locally well posed. This result builds on the recently established real analytic dependence of fractional Laplacians on the underlying Riemannian metric. It ext…

2019-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Constructs geometries with nonvanishing curvature and essential automorphisms.

problem Creating geometries with nonvanishing curvature and essential automorphisms.
method Using elements of the kernel of the Kostant Laplacian to construct homogeneous Cartan geometries, then modifying them to make base manifolds compact.
result Infinite families of regular normal Cartan geometries with nonvanishing curvature and essential automorphisms on closed manifolds for higher rank parabolic model geometries.

Study spectral analysis on lens spaces, proving isospectral lens spaces with prime order fundamental groups.

problem Spectral analysis of the Kohn Laplacian on lens spaces.
method Analog of Weyl's law and isospectral lens spaces with prime order fundamental groups.
result Two 3D lens spaces with prime order fundamental groups are isospectral with respect to the Kohn Laplacian if and only if they are CR isometric.