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The study connects manifold topology to metrics with positive intermediate curvature.

problem Understanding the relationship between manifold topology and metrics with positive intermediate curvature.
method Formulated a conjecture and proved it for specific dimensions and conditions.
result Closed, aspherical 6-manifolds cannot admit metrics with positive 4-intermediate curvature.

For a pair of points in a smooth closed convex planar curve γγ, its mid-line is the line containing its mid-point and the intersection point of the corresponding pair of tangent lines. It is well known that the envelope of the mid-lines (EMLEML) is formed by the union of three affine invariants sets: Affine Envelope Sy…

2019-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New rigidity results for manifolds with maximal symmetry rank and positive intermediate Ricci curvature.

problem Understanding the structure of manifolds with maximal symmetry rank and positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
method Recovering stronger topological rigidity results using higher intermediate Ricci curvatures and nontrivial fundamental groups.
result Stronger topological rigidity results for manifolds with maximal symmetry rank and positive intermediate Ricci curvature.

Study on spaces of metrics with intermediate curvature bounds.

problem Understanding spaces of metrics with lower bounds on intermediate curvatures.
method Analyzing spaces of Riemannian metrics with specific curvature bounds on high-dimensional Spin-manifolds.
result Spaces of metrics with positive p-curvature and k-positive Ricci curvature have non-trivial homotopy groups.

Extends Perelman's theorem to positive intermediate curvature conditions.

problem Positive intermediate curvature conditions and their implications.
method Generalization of Perelman's gluing theorem to positive intermediate curvature conditions.
result Observer moduli space can have non-trivial higher homotopy groups.

The study proves that certain manifolds with boundary cannot have metrics with positive intermediate curvatures.

problem Proving the nonexistence of metrics with positive intermediate curvatures on manifolds with boundary.
method Curvature obstruction theorems for manifolds with boundary.
result Topologically nontrivial compact manifolds with boundary cannot have metrics of positive mm-intermediate curvature if the boundary is mm-convex.

Study finds metrics with positive intermediate Ricci curvature on specific low-dimensional manifolds.

problem Existence of invariant metrics with positive intermediate Ricci curvature on low-dimensional cohomogeneity one manifolds.
method Construction of invariant metrics with positive intermediate Ricci curvature on specific manifolds.
result Invariant metrics with positive 4th-intermediate Ricci curvature exist but not for 3rd-intermediate Ricci curvature on certain manifolds.

Sharp dimension constraints for positive intermediate curvature metrics are established.

problem Proving sharp dimension constraints for metrics with positive intermediate curvature.
method Constructing counterexamples and extending rigidity results.
result Sharp dimension constraints for positive intermediate curvature metrics are established.

This paper introduces a novel approach to measuring privacy risks in deep computer vision models based on intermediate outputs.

problem The exposure of intermediate results in hidden layers of deep computer vision models poses significant privacy concerns.
method The approach leverages Degrees of Freedom (DoF) to evaluate the amount of information retained in each layer and combines this with the rank of the Jacobian matrix to assess sensitivity to input variations.
result The proposed framework provides deeper insights into privacy risks associated with intermediate representations without requiring adversarial attack simulations.

The paper proves manifold splitting theorems with nonnegative intermediate curvature.

problem Proving rigidity results for manifolds with nonnegative intermediate curvatures.
method New recursion theorem for spectral intermediate curvatures and cylindrical splitting theorems.
result Smooth metrics with uniformly positive intermediate curvature constructed.

A framework to explain decoder-only sequence classification models using intermediate predictions.

problem Explaining predictions of decoder-only sequence classification models.
method Progressive Inference framework with Single Pass-Progressive Inference and Multi Pass-Progressive Inference methods.
result Significantly better attributions compared to prior work on text classification tasks.

Polyhedral semantics for intermediate logics; Nerve Criterion ensures completeness.

problem Characterize polyhedrally-complete intermediate logics.
method Developed Nerve Criterion to characterize polyhedrally-complete logics combinatorially.
result Nerve Criterion provides a necessary and sufficient condition for polyhedrally-completeness.

We use a local argument to prove if an rr-dimensional torus acts isometrically and effectively on a connected nn-dimensional manifold which has positive kthk^\mathrm{th}-intermediate Ricci curvature at some point, then rn+k2r \leq \lfloor \frac{n+k}{2} \rfloor. This symmetry rank bound generalizes those established by Gr…

2019-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Gradual domain adaptation improves model transfer between domains with intermediate training.

problem Challenges in unsupervised domain adaptation when distribution shifts are large.
method Gradual self-training using intermediate domains along the Wasserstein geodesic.
result GOAT framework generates intermediate domains for improved adaptation.

Study shows Gromov's Betti number bound fails for certain intermediate Ricci curvatures.

problem Gromov's Betti number bound for sectional curvature bounded below does not hold for intermediate Ricci curvatures.
method Established a surgery result for Riemannian metrics with Rick>0Ric_k>0 and showed failure of Gromov's bound for specific ranges of kk.
result Gromov's Betti number bound fails for Rick>0Ric_k>0 when n/2floor+2kn1\lfloor n/2 floor+2 \le k \le n-1.

Study analyzes financial intermediation costs in decentralized lending protocols.

problem Understanding the cost of financial intermediation in decentralized lending protocols.
method Analysis of publicly available data on rates, supply, borrow activity, and accounts.
result Ex-post margins are 1% and lower for stablecoin markets.

Study estimates heterogeneous principal causal effects with binary treatments and intermediate variables.

problem Estimating subgroup effects within strata defined by potential values of an intermediate variable.
method Proposes a framework for estimating and forming confidence intervals for heterogeneous principal causal effects under principal ignorability assumption. Develops several estimators with varying robustness properties.
result Established large-sample theory and analyzed bias contributions of each approach.

Log-Sobolev inequality proven for submanifolds in specific types of manifolds.

problem Proving Log-Sobolev inequality for submanifolds in asymptotic non-negative intermediate Ricci curvature manifolds.
method Extending previous results, proving inequality for submanifolds in specific types of manifolds.
result Sharp Log-Sobolev inequality proven for submanifolds in complete non-compact Riemannian manifolds with asymptotic non-negative intermediate Ricci curvature and Euclidean volume growth.

Optimizes transport on submanifolds for curvature inequalities.

problem Proving Michael-Simon-Sobolev inequalities in manifolds with intermediate Ricci curvature bounds.
method Generalizes optimal transport theory to submanifolds and applies to curvature inequalities.
result Proves a variant of the Michael-Simon-Sobolev inequality in manifolds with nonnegative intermediate Ricci curvatures.

Extends metric properties over surgeries to higher codimensions.

problem Extending metrics of positive scalar curvature over surgeries in higher codimensions.
method Generalizes Gromov-Lawson, Schoen-Yau, and Walsh's construction to (p,n)(p,n)-intermediate scalar curvature.
result Shows infinitely many path components for certain metrics on (4n1)(4n-1)-manifolds.

Proves positive Euler characteristic for certain manifolds with positive second intermediate Ricci curvature.

problem Hopf's conjecture on positive sectional curvature and its failure under relaxed conditions.
method Non-trivial extension of the Four Periodicity Theorem to higher degrees.
result Proves positive Euler characteristic for specific manifolds with positive second intermediate Ricci curvature.

Study improves understanding of Ricci curvature in manifolds.

problem Understanding Ricci curvature in manifolds with specific assumptions.
method Exploring m-intermediate Ricci curvature and proving comparison theorems.
result Stable weighted slicing in manifolds with non-negative m-intermediate Ricci curvature has almost non-negative Ricci curvature.

Study finds almost contact structures in thermal QCD-like theories at intermediate coupling.

problem Understanding (Almost) Contact Structures in thermal QCD-like theories.
method Explicitly obtained (Almost) Contact Structures and SU(3) structures.
result Subspaces of C3S and AC3S are not mutually 'N-path connected' in the Infra-Red.

Study manifolds with positive intermediate Ricci curvature and large symmetry rank.

problem Closed, simply connected manifolds with positive 2nd-intermediate Ricci curvature and large symmetry rank.
method New tools for studying isometric actions on closed manifolds with positive kth-intermediate Ricci curvature, including isotropy rank lemma, symmetry rank bound, and connectedness principle.
result Even dimensional manifolds with large symmetry rank must have trivial odd degree integral cohomology and are either spheres or complex projective spaces.

Self-supervised and supervised methods learn similar intermediate visual representations but diverge in final layers.

problem Comparing self-supervised and supervised methods for visual learning.
method Comparison of contrastive self-supervised and supervised methods on simple image data.
result Contrastive and supervised methods learn similar intermediate representations but diverge in final layers.

The study allows for connected sums in manifolds with positive intermediate Ricci curvature.

problem Performing connected sums in manifolds with positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
method Introducing and utilizing kk-core metrics to show the possibility of connected sums.
result Connected sums are possible under certain conditions involving kk-core metrics.

New curvature concept shows certain manifolds can't have positive curvature.

problem Understanding manifolds that can't have positive curvature metrics.
method Introducing mm-intermediate curvature and using stable weighted slicings.
result Manifolds Nn=MnmimesTmN^n = M^{n-m} imes \mathbb{T}^m do not admit positive mm-intermediate curvature for n7n \leq 7.

The paper finds many manifolds with intermediate Ricci curvature for small k.

problem Finding manifolds with intermediate Ricci curvature.
method Examining symmetric and normal homogeneous spaces, along with metric deformations of fat homogeneous bundles.
result Proves existence of infinitely many manifolds with Rick>0\mathrm{Ric}_k > 0 for some k<n/2k < n/2.

We suggest an intermediate currency approach that allows us to price options on all FX markets simultaneously under the same risk-neutral measure which ensures consistency of FX option prices across all markets. In particular, it is sufficient to calibrate a model to the volatility smile on the domestic market as, due …

2019-12-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves new Sobolev inequalities for submanifolds in manifolds with nonnegative intermediate Ricci curvature.

problem Proving Sobolev inequalities for submanifolds in manifolds with nonnegative intermediate Ricci curvature.
method Using the Alexandrov-Bakelman-Pucci method to prove Michael-Simon type inequalities.
result Extends existing inequalities to the kk-Ricci curvature setting and provides isoperimetric inequalities.

We give an optimal estimate for the norm of any submanifold's second fundamental form in terms of its focal radius and the lower sectional curvature bound of the ambient manifold. This is a special case of a similar theorem for intermediate Ricci curvature, and leads to a C1,αC^{1,α} compactness result for submanifolds, …

2016-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

To reduce the large computation and storage cost of a deep convolutional neural network, the knowledge distillation based methods have pioneered to transfer the generalization ability of a large (teacher) deep network to a light-weight (student) network. However, these methods mostly focus on transferring the probabili…

2018-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New method uses SoS densities and α-divergences for efficient sequential transport maps.

problem Efficiently generating samples from approximated densities.
method Sequential transport maps using Sum-of-Squares (SoS) densities and α-divergences.
result Convex optimization problems with efficient semidefinite programming solutions.

Proves non-existence of metrics with positive curvature for certain connected sums.

problem Non-existence of metrics with positive curvature for specific connected sums.
method Using μ-bubbles, proves non-existence for various dimensions and manifolds.
result Connected sums do not admit metrics of positive scalar or intermediate curvature.