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48 results for higher order flow

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}.

Paper proves higher-order flow matching preserves optimality in generative modeling.

problem Theoretical guarantees for higher-order flow matching in generative modeling.
method Neural network approximations with controlled depth, width, and sparsity.
result Proves worst case optimality for second-order flow matching.

The paper defines and analyzes higher-order Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals and their gradient flows.

problem Analyzing the behavior of higher-order Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals and their gradient flows.
method Gauge fixing technique, L2L^2-bound of the Higgs field, local L2L^2-derivative estimates, energy estimates, blow-up analysis.
result Solutions to the gradient flow do not hit finite time singularities under certain conditions.

We show that solutions to certain higher-order intrinsic geometric flows on a compact manifold, including some flows generated by the ambient obstruction tensor, are unique. With the goal of providing a complete self-contained proof, details surrounding map covariant derivatives and a careful application of the DeTurck…

2014-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies geometric Airy curve flows on R^n and their properties.

problem Investigating the geometric Airy curve flow on R^n and its properties.
method The paper constructs a Poisson structure, Hamiltonians, and soliton solutions for the geometric Airy curve flow.
result The geometric Airy curve flow is shown to be Hamiltonian and has a sequence of commuting Hamiltonians.

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 ↗

We demonstrate that the uniqueness of solutions to a broad class of parabolic geometric evolution equations can be proven via a direct and essentially classical energy argument which avoids the DeTurck trick entirely. Previously, we have used a variation of this technique to give an alternative proof and slight extensi…

2014-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

The paper introduces a geometric flow for Lagrangian submanifolds that preserves Hamiltonian isotopy.

problem Finding stationary solutions for Hamiltonian stationary Lagrangian submanifolds.
method Introducing a geometric flow that is a gradient flow for volume and corresponds to a fourth order strictly parabolic scalar equation.
result Established short-time existence, uniqueness, and higher order estimates for compact initial Lagrangian immersions with uniformly bounded second fundamental forms.

We consider the local solution to the Calabi flow for C^αinitial metric. We also prove that the Calabi flow on compact Kaehler surfaces can be extended once the metrics along the flow are bounded in L^\infty sense. This can be viewed as obtaining higher order derivative estimates from second order derivatives for a fou…

2009-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves existence and classification of translating solitons in warped product manifolds.

problem Existence and classification of translating solitons in warped product manifolds.
method Proving existence and classification results for translating solitons defined as initial conditions for higher order mean curvature flows in warped product manifolds.
result Existence and classification of translating solitons in warped product manifolds.

The biharmonic flow and Willmore flow are studied in higher dimensions using geometric evolution equations.

problem Prove global existence of the Willmore flow in higher dimensions.
method Apply Michael-Simon-Sobolev inequality and Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities to establish local energy estimates and maximal existence time.
result Global existence of the Willmore flow in higher dimensions is proven.

Mean curvature flow of clusters of n-dimensional surfaces in R^{n+k} that meet in triples at equal angles along smooth edges and higher order junctions on lower dimensional faces is a natural extension of classical mean curvature flow. We call such a flow a mean curvature flow with triple edges. We show that if a smoot…

2016-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

In this article, we study the higher-order regularity of the Kähler-Ricci flow on compact Kähler manifolds with semi-ample canonical line bundle. We proved, using a parabolic analogue of Hein-Tosatti's work on collapsing Calabi-Yau metrics, that when the generic fibers of the Iitaka fibration are biholomorphic to each …

2020-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Submodular functions can be exactly minimized in polynomial time, and the special case that graph cuts solve with max flow \cite{KZ:PAMI04} has had significant impact in computer vision \cite{BVZ:PAMI01,Kwatra:SIGGRAPH03,Rother:GrabCut04}. In this paper we address the important class of sum-of-submodular (SoS) function…

2013-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A model simulates how different types of traders react to macroeconomic news.

problem Understanding how various market participants respond to macroeconomic surprises.
method Developed a calibrated data generation process (DGP) with four trader archetypes and a Monte Carlo simulation.
result Higher information and lower risk-averse traders take larger positions and achieve higher average wealth.

We introduce a regularization method for mean curvature flow of a submanifold of arbitrary codimension in the Euclidean space, through higher order equations. We prove that the regularized problems converge to the mean curvature flow for all times before the first singularity.

2004-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Analyzes Willmore flow for graphs with boundary data, proving existence and convergence.

problem Willmore flow of graphs with boundary conditions over bounded domains.
method Developed low-regularity theory, reformulated graphical equation, used time-weighted parabolic Hölder spaces.
result Proved short-time and global existence for initial data in C1+α(Ω)C^{1+α}(\overlineΩ) and Lipschitz, with exponential convergence.

Paper transforms a complex equation into simpler forms for analysis.

problem Analyzing a fourth-order dispersive flow equation on Kähler manifolds.
method Developed the generalized Hasimoto transformation to simplify the equation.
result Explicit expressions derived for three examples of compact Kähler manifolds.

This paper extends 3D results to higher dimensions, proving compactness for PIC1 pinched manifolds.

problem Proving compactness for higher-dimensional manifolds with specific curvature conditions.
method Constructing Ricci flows for non-compact PIC1 pinched manifolds to prove compactness.
result Proves that PIC1 pinched manifolds of non-negative complex sectional curvature must be flat or compact.

The quantum field theory of two-dimensional sigma models with bulk and boundary couplings provides a natural framework to realize and unite different species of geometric flows that are of current interest in mathematics. In particular, the bulk renormalization group equation gives rise to the Ricci flow of target spac…

2007-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we continue to study the generalized Ricci flow. We give a criterion on steady gradient Ricci soliton on complete and noncompact Riemannian manifolds that is Ricci-flat, and then introduce a natural flow whose stable points are Ricci-flat metrics. Modifying the argument used by Shi and List, we prove the…

2013-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The study finds translators for higher order mean curvature flows in Euclidean and hyperbolic spaces.

problem Finding translators for higher order mean curvature flows in different spaces.
method Analyzing velocity functions of translators to rr-mean curvature flows in RnimesR\mathbb R^n imes\mathbb R and HnimesR\mathbb H^n imes\mathbb R.
result Existence and uniqueness of translators, including bowl-type, catenoid-type, and Grim Reaper-type translators.

We define a family of functionals generalizing the Yang-Mills functional. We study the corresponding gradient flows and prove long-time existence and convergence results for subcritical dimensions as well as a bubbling criterion for the critical dimensions. Consequently, we have an alternate proof of the convergence of…

2015-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Derivative estimates for pluriclosed flow control curvature and torsion.

problem Deriving derivative estimates for the pluriclosed flow.
method Control higher order derivatives of Chern curvature and torsion using Chern curvature; derive an estimate for torsion tensor using Chern Ricci curvature in dimension two; find a monotonic quantity in Hermitian-symplectic case.
result All Hermitian-symplectic solitons are Kähler Ricci solitons.

Study curves evolving on hypersurfaces with free boundaries, preserving length.

problem Evolution of curves on hypersurfaces with free boundaries.
method Nonlocal evolution equation with nonlinear boundary conditions, short-time existence, uniqueness, and parabolic energy estimates.
result Global existence and convergence to critical points proved.

We study the local geometry of irreducible parabolic geometries admitting strongly essential flows; these are flows by local automorphisms with higher-order fixed points. We prove several new rigidity results, and recover some old ones for projective and conformal structures, which show that in many cases the existence…

2014-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

This is a survey of some of the recent developments on the geometric and analytic aspects of the Anomaly flow. It is a flow of (2,2)(2,2)-forms on a 33-fold which was originally motivated by string theory and the need to preserve the conformally balanced property of a Hermitian metric in the absence of a $\partial\bar\pa…

2018-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

For a continuous curve of families of Dirac type operators we define a higher spectral flow as a KK-group element. We show that this higher spectral flow can be computed analytically by $\heta$-forms, and is related to the family index in the same way as the spectral flow is related to the index. We introduce a notion…

1996-08-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The study examines order flow in financial markets using fractional Lévy stable motion.

problem Challenges in selecting the best models for financial time series data.
method Investigates order disbalance time series from the perspective of fractional Lévy stable motion.
result Orders exhibit stable anti-correlation for 18 randomly selected stocks.

Paper tackles stochastic control with mean and higher-order moments, finding Nash equilibria.

problem Time-inconsistent stochastic control problems with mean and higher-order moments.
method Developed closed-loop and open-loop Nash equilibrium controls using PDEs and maximum principles.
result Identical closed-loop and open-loop Nash equilibria controls, independent of state value and random path.

OP-GFNs sample candidates in order-preserving proportion to a learned reward function.

problem Sampling diverse candidates with varying rewards in multi-objective optimization.
method Order-Preserving GFlowNets (OP-GFNs) use a learned reward function consistent with a provided order on candidates.
result Training OP-GFNs sparsifies the reward landscape, focusing on higher-ranked candidates.

Higher-dimensional Ricci flows are shown to have unique and stable solutions.

problem Stability and uniqueness of Ricci flows in higher dimensions.
method Generalization of Bamler-Kleiner's proof to higher dimensions, use of Brendle's classification of κ-solutions, and maximum principle for linearized Ricci-DeTurck flow.
result Canonical evolution through singularities for manifolds with positive isotropic curvature.