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48 results for implicit surfaces

Abstract: Study of surface transitions and IDE inflections via contact geometry.

problem Understanding transitions on surfaces and implicit differential equations.
method Contact geometry and Legendrian properties of projections.
result List of unavoidable local phenomena on surfaces and IDE solutions.

Minimal surfaces with dihedral symmetry are studied as angles converge to zero.

problem Understanding minimal surfaces with dihedral symmetry as angles approach zero.
method Analyzing the limit of minimal surfaces in wedges with varying angles and using the implicit function theorem.
result New minimal surfaces are discovered and existence proofs are simplified.

We present an approach of computing the intersection curve C\mathcal{C} of two rational parametric surface §1(u,s)§_1(u,s) and §2(v,t)§_2(v,t), one being projectable and hence can easily be implicitized. Plugging the parametric surface to the implicit surface yields a plane algebraic curve G(v,t)=0G(v,t)=0. By analyzing the topology …

2012-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Solutions of an implicit ODE form a web. Already for cubic ODEs the 3-web of solutions has a nontrivial local invariant, namely the curvature form. Thus any local classification of implicit ODEs necessarily has functional moduli if no restriction on the class of ODEs is imposed. Here the most symmetric case of hexagona…

2008-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove that Delaunay surfaces, except the plane and the catenoid, are the only surfaces in Euclidean space with nonzero constant mean curvature that can be expressed as an implicit equation of type f(x)+g(y)+h(z)=0f(x)+g(y)+h(z)=0, where ff, gg and hh are smooth real functions of one variable.

2019-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Representing shapes as level sets of neural networks has been recently proved to be useful for different shape analysis and reconstruction tasks. So far, such representations were computed using either: (i) pre-computed implicit shape representations; or (ii) loss functions explicitly defined over the neural level sets…

2020-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We classify all surfaces with constant Gaussian curvature KK in Euclidean 33-space that can be expressed as an implicit equation of type f(x)+g(y)+h(z)=0f(x)+g(y)+h(z)=0, where ff, gg and hh are real functions of one variable. If K=0K=0, we prove that the surface is a surface of revolution, a cylindrical surface or a conical sur…

2019-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We reparametrize ReLU NNs as splines to understand their learning dynamics.

problem Understanding the learning dynamics and inductive bias of neural networks.
method Reparametrize ReLU NNs as continuous piecewise linear splines to study learning dynamics.
result Standard weight initializations yield very flat functions, leading to strength and type of implicit regularization.

We develop an essentially algebraic method to study biharmonic curves into an implicit surface. Although our method is rather general, it is especially suitable to study curves into surfaces defined by a polynomial equation: in particular, we use it to give a complete classification of biharmonic curves into real quadr…

2013-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning improves implicit solvent models for molecular dynamics.

problem Accurate modeling of solvent effects for biological molecules is challenging.
method Leveraging machine learning and multi-scale coarse graining, ISSNet models implicit solvent potentials.
result ISSNet models outperform traditional methods in reproducing protein thermodynamics.

The paper constructs families of high genus CMC surfaces in the 3-sphere.

problem Existence and construction of high genus constant mean curvature surfaces.
method Implicit function theorem and iterative algorithm to compute power series expansions.
result Construction of complete and smooth families of CMC surfaces with increasing Willmore energy.

The paper classifies surfaces in Euclidean space that minimize the Dirichlet energy.

problem Classifying surfaces that minimize the Dirichlet energy.
method Analyzing surfaces defined by the equation φxx+φyy=Λ2\varphi_{xx} + \varphi_{yy} = \frac{\Lambda}{2}, where Λ\Lambda is a real constant.
result Surfaces that minimize the Dirichlet energy are either surfaces of revolution or of the type z=f(x)+g(y)z = f(x) + g(y).

GATSBI uses GANs for SBI, improving posterior estimation in high dimensions.

problem Statistical inference on stochastic models without likelihoods.
method Adversarial approach to variational objective, amortized inference, implicit priors.
result GATSBI returns well-calibrated posterior estimates in high dimensions.

We consider a numerical approach for the incompressible surface Navier-Stokes equation. The approach is based on the covariant form and uses discrete exterior calculus (DEC) in space and a semi-implicit discretization in time. The discretization is described in detail and related to finite difference schemes on stagger…

2016-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study integrable geodesic flows on 2-surfaces with high-degree polynomial first integrals.

problem Integrable geodesic flows on 2-surfaces with high-degree polynomial first integrals.
method Semi-Hamiltonian systems of PDEs and generalized hodograph method.
result Construction of many local explicit and implicit integrable examples with polynomial first integrals of degrees 3, 4, 5.

This paper shows how to train only the implicit layer of overparameterized implicit neural networks.

problem Understanding how the implicit layer contributes to the training of overparameterized implicit neural networks.
method Restricting training to only the implicit layer and analyzing the generalization error for ReLU-activated networks.
result Global convergence is guaranteed even if only the implicit layer is trained, and gradient flow with proper random initialization can achieve small generalization errors.

Paper studies the theoretical equivalence between implicit and explicit neural networks in high dimensions.

problem Lack of theoretical analysis of implicit and explicit neural networks.
method Examined high-dimensional implicit neural networks and established their equivalence to explicit networks.
result Equivalence between implicit and explicit neural networks in high dimensions.

Gradient matching method estimates implicit regularization in complex deep learning systems.

problem Estimating implicit regularization in modern deep learning systems with complex modifications.
method Gradient matching methods to empirically estimate implicit regularization.
result Empirical estimation of implicit regularization in arbitrary networks, including dropout.

Continuous semi-implicit models enable faster training and better performance in generative modeling.

problem Slow convergence in hierarchical semi-implicit models during training.
method CoSIM, a continuous semi-implicit model that incorporates a continuous transition kernel for efficient training.
result CoSIM achieves superior performance on image generation tasks compared to existing methods.

Gradient descent converges to a global minimum in nonlinear ReLU implicit networks with linear width.

problem Understanding convergence of gradient methods in nonlinear, infinitely deep ReLU networks.
method Introduced a scaling constant to ensure well-posedness of the equilibrium equation, proving convergence to a global minimum for linear width networks.
result Gradient descent converges to a global minimum at a linear rate for nonlinear ReLU implicit networks with linear width.

Study finds implicit government guarantee improves municipal investment bond ratings.

problem Questioning the objectivity of municipal investment bond ratings due to implicit government guarantee.
method Text mining of policy documents and PMC index model for implicit guarantee strength calculation.
result Implicit government guarantee boosts municipal investment bond ratings, especially in less developed regions.

Study shows SGD's generalization is not explained by implicit bias.

problem Explaining the generalization ability of overparameterized learning algorithms.
method Revisited Stochastic Convex Optimization with SGD, demonstrating limitations of implicit bias.
result No distribution-independent or distribution-dependent implicit regularizer can explain SGD's generalization.

This paper measures the intensity of implicit government guarantees using PMC index model.

problem Excessive local government debt due to implicit government guarantees.
method Text mining of policy documents related to municipal investment bonds, PMC index model.
result Recent policies have reduced the intensity of implicit government guarantees.

The paper explains implicit regularization in hierarchical tensor factorization and deep CNNs.

problem Understanding implicit regularization in complex neural network architectures.
method Theoretical analysis using dynamical systems to overcome challenges in hierarchy.
result Established implicit regularization towards low hierarchical tensor rank, equivalent to locality in CNNs.

In this paper, we describe the "implicit autoencoder" (IAE), a generative autoencoder in which both the generative path and the recognition path are parametrized by implicit distributions. We use two generative adversarial networks to define the reconstruction and the regularization cost functions of the implicit autoe…

2018-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep tensor factorization benefits from implicit regularization with polynomial growth.

problem Tensor factorization's implicit regularization effect in deep networks is not well understood.
method Investigated the implicit regularization in deep tensor factorization, showing polynomial growth.
result Implicit regularization in deep tensor factorization grows polynomially with depth, improving estimation accuracy and convergence.

Gradient descent on ReLU networks with square loss implicitly favors balanced weights.

problem Understanding implicit regularization in nonlinear neural networks with regression losses.
method Analyzing gradient descent dynamics on ReLU networks with square loss.
result It is impossible to characterize the implicit regularization of ReLU networks with square loss by any explicit function of model parameters.

Uniform bounds are developed for derivatives of solutions of the 22-dimensional constant negative curvature equation and the Weil-Petersson metric for the Teichmüller and moduli spaces. The dependence of the bounds on the geometry of the underlying Riemann surface is studied. The comparisons between the C0C^0, $C^{2,α…

2015-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We extend the existing framework of semi-implicit variational inference (SIVI) and introduce doubly semi-implicit variational inference (DSIVI), a way to perform variational inference and learning when both the approximate posterior and the prior distribution are semi-implicit. In other words, DSIVI performs inference …

2018-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Sayer uses implicit feedback to optimize system policies.

problem Leveraging implicit feedback to improve system policies is difficult due to bias and incompleteness.
method Sayer combines randomized exploration and unbiased counterfactual estimators to evaluate and train new policies using implicit feedback.
result Sayer can accurately evaluate and train new policies that outperform existing ones.

This paper analyzes implicit bias in Deep Linear Discriminant Analysis.

problem The implicit bias of Deep Linear Discriminant Analysis.
method Analyzing gradient flow on a L-layer diagonal linear network.
result Under balanced initialization, the network transforms additive updates into multiplicative updates, conserving the (2/L) quasi-norm.

This paper proves SGD converges to global minimum for over-parameterized ReLU networks.

problem Theoretical understanding of implicit neural networks is limited.
method Gradient flow analysis of ReLU activated implicit neural networks.
result Randomly initialized gradient descent converges to global minimum at a linear rate for square loss function in over-parameterized ReLU networks.

Recent progress in variational inference has paid much attention to the flexibility of variational posteriors. One promising direction is to use implicit distributions, i.e., distributions without tractable densities as the variational posterior. However, existing methods on implicit posteriors still face challenges of…

2017-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗