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48 results for knot selection

Proposes a more efficient knot selection method for sparse Gaussian processes.

problem Optimizing marginal likelihood for knot selection leads to suboptimal and inefficient placement of knots.
method Uses Bayesian optimization to propose knots one at a time, avoiding multimodal surface issues.
result Improves both accuracy and speed of knot selection compared to current methods.

A new method optimizes knot selection for spline dimensional decomposition in stochastic dynamic analysis.

problem Challenges in uncertainty quantification for dynamical systems with non-smooth or oscillating nonlinear behaviors.
method Interpolation-based optimal knot selection method for SDD, improving accuracy and computational efficiency.
result SDD with proposed knot selection yields higher accuracy than other methods, as shown in a lower control arm example.

Deep P-Spline automates DNN structure selection for complex regression problems.

problem Challenges in selecting optimal network structures for DNNs.
method Linking neuron selection to knot placement in basis expansion techniques, introducing a difference penalty for automated knot selection.
result Deep P-Spline extends model class and forms a latent variable modeling framework with theoretical guarantees.

Knot Floer homology is an invariant for knots discovered by the authors and, independently, Jacob Rasmussen. The discovery of this invariant grew naturally out of studying how a certain three-manifold invariant, Heegaard Floer homology, changes as the three-manifold undergoes Dehn surgery along a knot. Since its origin…

2017-06-23abs ↗pdf ↗

A knot k is called ``strongly (n-1)-trivial.'' if there exists a projection of k, such that one can choose n crossings of the projection with the property that making the crossing changes corresponding to any of the 2n12^{n}-1 nontrivial combinations of the selected crossings turns the original knot into the unknot. We …

2000-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We present in this chapter (Chapter II) the history of ideas which lead up to the development of modern knot theory. We are more detailed when pre-XX century history is reported. With more recent times we are more selective, stressing developments related to Jones type invariants of links. In the Appendix, A.Przybyszew…

2007-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We address the issue of knots selection for Gaussian predictive process methodology. Predictive process approximation provides an effective solution to the cubic order computational complexity of Gaussian process models. This approximation crucially depends on a set of points, called knots, at which the original proces…

2011-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

This is the first in a series of four papers wherein we enumerate all prime alternating knots and links. In this first paper, we introduce four operators on knots and show that, when used according to very simple rules on the prime alternating knots of n crossings, the set of all prime alternating knots of n+1 crossing…

2002-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The image of a polygonal knot K under a spherical inversion of R^3 (union infinity) is a simple closed curve made of arcs of circles, having the same knot type as the mirror image of K. Suppose we reconnect the vertices of the inverted polygon with straight lines, making a new polygon. This may be a different knot type…

2006-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This is the third paper in a series devoted to enumerating the prime alternating knots and links. This paper establishes a method for enumerating the prime alternating links. It is shown that one may choose any prime alternating link diagram of a given minimal crossing size and by applications of just two operators (T …

2002-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A machine learning method selects optimal orthonormal bases for functional data analysis.

problem Lack of formal criteria for choosing initial orthonormal bases in functional data methods.
method Proposes a machine learning algorithm to learn and place knots for efficient orthogonal spline bases (splinets).
result Demonstrates efficiency, especially for sparse functional data and complex physical systems.

Authors prove a contact structure result using branched covers and overtwisted disks.

problem Proving a contact structure result using branched covers and overtwisted disks.
method Explicitly constructing an overtwisted disk in the pp-fold cyclic branched cover of S3S^3.
result An overtwisted disk is contained in the complement of the branch locus.

We extend the adaptive regression spline model by incorporating saturation, the natural requirement that a function extend as a constant outside a certain range. We fit saturating splines to data using a convex optimization problem over a space of measures, which we solve using an efficient algorithm based on the condi…

2016-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Knot contact homology is an invariant of knots derived from Legendrian contact homology which has numerous connections to the knot group. We use basic properties of knot groups to prove that knot contact homology detects every torus knot. Further, if the knot contact homology of a knot is isomorphic to that of a cable …

2015-09-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We study Legendrian knots in a cabled knot type. Specifically, given a topological knot type K, we analyze the Legendrian knots in knot types obtained from K by cabling, in terms of Legendrian knots in the knot type K. As a corollary of this analysis, we show that the (2,3)-cable of the (2,3)-torus knot is not transver…

2003-06-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Study concordance of alternating torus knots to L-space knots.

problem When are linear combinations of alternating torus knots concordant to L-space knots?
method Proved Allen's conjecture for alternating torus knots and established a necessary condition.
result Linear combinations of alternating torus knots are concordant to L-space knots if and only if they are a single torus knot.

The study confirms conjectures about slopes of knots using knot Floer homology.

problem Verifying conjectures about non-integer characterizing slopes of knots.
method Using knot Floer homology, the study verifies conjectures for specific classes of knots.
result Almost all slopes are characterizing for many knots, and infinitely many for LL-space knots.

A quadrisecant of a knot is a straight line intersecting the knot at four points. If a knot has finitely many quadrisecants, one can replace each subarc between two adjacent secant points by the line segment between them to get the quadrisecant approximation of the original knot. It was conjectured that the quadrisecan…

2016-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper conjectures Khovanov homology can distinguish torus and twist knots.

problem Detecting and distinguishing knots using Khovanov homology.
method Examining all prime knots with up to 20 crossings, conjecturing Legendrian simplicity.
result Numerical evidence supports Khovanov homology distinguishing torus and twist knots.

Study grid homology of diagonal knots, finding key terms related to prime factors and decompositions.

problem Determine grid homology of diagonal knots and compare them to other knot types.
method Use grid diagrams and combinatorial knot Floer homology to analyze diagonal knots.
result Grid homology detects the number of prime factors and decompositions of the knot into non-integer tangles.

New knot concept extends welded knots, simplifying classification.

problem Classifying welded knots and their complements.
method Introducing 'wen knots', proving subset relationships, characterizing complements.
result Extended welded knots can be fully characterized by the parity of wens.

We define cylinder knots as billiard knots in a cylinder. We present a necessary condition for cylinder knots: after dividing cylinder knots by possible rotational symmetries we obtain ribbon knots. We obtain an upper bound for the number of cylinder knots with two fixed parameters (out of three). In addition we prove …

1998-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗