Research
On-device research index

arXiv research

A locally-built, LLM-digested index of recent arXiv papers in quant finance, geometry/topology, and statistical ML — keyword search served straight from SQLite on this machine.

168,878 papers · 148 categories

Trend · papers per month

12.5%25.0%37.5%50.0% · Sep 199319922001200920172026
48 results for least action principle

The paper explores new learning principles based on least cognitive action.

problem Formulating learning problems in a way that incorporates time and perception.
method Introduces the principle of least cognitive action and proves its well-posedness.
result Proves the existence of a minimum for a special form of cognitive action, leading to fourth-order differential equations of learning.

Geodesics on Kähler manifold potentials are paths of least action.

problem Understanding geodesics on the space of Kähler potentials.
method Study Lagrangians and geodesics on the Fréchet manifold of Kähler potentials, showing geodesics are paths of least action.
result Geodesics on the space of Kähler potentials are paths of least action, and conversely under suitable conditions.

Paper proposes a new learning principle based on least cognitive action.

problem Learning from temporal data, especially with time involved.
method Introduces a new learning principle based on the principle of Least Cognitive Action, which is better suited for temporal learning.
result The new principle leads to a learning process driven by differential equations, similar to natural laws.

In a strengthening of the G-Signature Theorem of Atiyah and Singer, we compute, at least in principle (modulo certain torsion of exponent dividing a power of the order of G), the class in equivariant K-homology of the signature operator on a G-manifold, localized at a prime idea of R(G), in terms of the classes in non-…

1998-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We give a proof, using harmonic maps from disks to real trees, of Skora's theorem (Morgan-Otal (1993), Skora (1990), originally conjectured by Shalen): if G is the fundamental group of a surface of genus at least 2, then any small minimal G-action on a real tree is dual to the lift of a measured foliation. Analytic too…

2000-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The algebra of transactions as fundamental measurements is constructed on the basis of the analysis of their properties and represents an expansion of the Boolean algebra. The notion of the generalized economic measurements of the economic quantity and quality of objects of transactions is introduced. It has been shown…

2014-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Local-to-global principle for Morse actions on symmetric spaces.

problem Recognizing Morse actions on symmetric spaces.
method Equivariant Morse quasiisometric embeddings of trees into symmetric spaces.
result Algorithmic recognizability of Morse actions and construction of Morse Schottky subgroups.

We show an equivariant bordism principle for constructing metrics of positive scalar curvature that are invariant under a given group action. Furthermore, we develop a new codimension-2 surgery technique which removes singular strata from fixed point free S1S^1-manifolds while preserving equivariant positive scalar cur…

2005-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Least symmetry breaking principle explains SGD's local minima in shallow ReLU networks.

problem Understanding the structure of local minima in two-layer ReLU networks.
method Analyzing the squared loss optimization problem for ReLU networks with Gaussian inputs and applying the principle of least symmetry breaking.
result The principle of least symmetry breaking explains the structure of spurious local minima detected by SGD.

Paper presents an action principle for Einstein-Weyl equations in 3D.

problem Finding an action principle for Einstein-Weyl equations.
method Metric affine f(R) gravity action plus additional terms involving Lagrange multipliers and gravitational Chern-Simons contributions.
result The Weyl vector dynamics is governed by a special case of the generalized monopole equation.

We derive a consistent differential representation for the dynamics of a self-financing portfolio for different hedging strategies. In the basis of the derivation there is the so called "retarded action principle", which represents the causality in the evolution of dependent stochastic variables. We demonstrate this pr…

2015-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that all vector bundles over CP^2 which are not spin admit a complete metric with nonnegative sectional curvature. In the proof we construct a nonnegatively curved metric on the corresponding principle bundle by showing that it admits a cohomogeneity one action with singular orbits of codimension 2. This is clo…

2008-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms reduce contextual bandits' regret without knowing reward noise variances.

problem Reducing regret in contextual bandits with unknown reward noise variances.
method Developed new algorithms based on the optimism principle.
result Regret scales as the square root of the sum of measurement variances, not the time horizon.

The paper proposes a principle for dynamically adjusting the granularity of reinforcement learning abstractions.

problem Lack of general principles for dynamically adjusting the granularity of reinforcement learning abstractions.
method The paper proposes a principle based on rate-distortion theory, formalized through a performance certificate decomposing value error into learning and abstraction error bounds.
result Soft state-action abstractions can achieve near-optimal performance under substantial lossy compression of state and action information.

We prove that for each integer k of at least 2, there is an open neigborhood ν_k of the identity map of the 2-sphere S^2, in C^1-topology such that: if G is a nilpotent subgroup of Diff^1(S^2) with length k of nilpotency, generated by elements in ν_k, then the natural action on S^2 has non-empty fixed point set. Moreov…

2001-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Study nonrigid dynamics of unitary groups on Lie groups via kinetic energy metrics.

problem Understanding the dynamics of unitary groups on Lie groups using kinetic energy metrics.
method Least action principle applied to geodesics of the kinetic energy metric on GG.
result Kinetic energy metric on GG is not complete and not invariant.

Paper finds at least 6 fixed points for a specific circle action on a 10D manifold.

problem Finding the minimum number of fixed points for a circle action on a 10D almost complex manifold.
method Established a lower bound by showing the non-existence of a circle action with 4 fixed points.
result There are at least 6 fixed points for a circle action on a 10D compact almost complex manifold.

We classify symplectic actions of 2-tori on compact, connected symplectic 4-manifolds, up to equivariant symplectomorphisms. This extends results of Atiyah, Guillemin-Sternberg, Delzant and Benoist. The classification is in terms of a collection of invariants, which are invariants of the topology of the manifold, of th…

2006-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We classify compact homogeneous geometries of irreducible spherical type and rank at least 2 which admit a transitive action of a compact connected group, up to equivariant 2-coverings. We apply our classification to polar actions on compact symmetric spaces.

2012-05-10abs ↗pdf ↗

New method QMLE performs well in complex action spaces without policy gradients.

problem Why policy gradients outperform action-value methods in complex action spaces.
method QMLE framework for action-value methods based on three principles.
result QMLE performs comparably to policy gradient methods in complex action spaces.

We construct new families of quasimorphisms on many groups acting on CAT(0) cube complexes. These quasimorphisms have a uniformly bounded defect of 12, and they "see" all elements that act hyperbolically on the cube complex. We deduce that all such elements have stable commutator length at least 1/24. The group actions…

2016-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we show that the Seiberg--Witten invariant is zero for all smooth 4--manifolds with b+>1b_+{>}1 which admit circle actions that have at least one fixed point. Furthermore, we show that all symplectic 4--manifolds which admit circle actions with fixed points are rational or ruled, and thus admit a symplectic…

2002-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

There is a well known link between (maximal) polar representations and isotropy representations of symmetric spaces provided by Dadok. Moreover, the theory by Tits and Burns-Spatzier provides a link between irreducible symmetric spaces of non-compact type of rank at least three and irreducible topological spherical bui…

2012-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Minimum attention improves reinforcement learning performance in high-dimensional dynamics.

problem Improving reinforcement learning performance in high-dimensional nonlinear dynamics.
method Applying minimum attention as a regularization technique in reinforcement learning, including model-based and model-free approaches.
result Minimum attention outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in few-shot adaptation and variance reduction.

Starting from the Fermat's principle of least action, which governs classical and quantum mechanics and from the theory of exterior differential forms, which governs the geometry of curved manifolds, we show how to derive the equations governing neural networks in an intrinsic, coordinate invariant way, where the loss …

2018-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Internal Lagrangians derived from variational principles.

problem Reproducing the principle of stationary action in variational geometry.
method Introducing stationary points of internal Lagrangians, establishing connections with symmetries and conservation laws, and investigating relations between non-degenerate and internal Lagrangians.
result Noether's theorem reformulated in terms of internal Lagrangians.

Paper introduces probabilistic digital twins for optimal decision making under uncertainty.

problem Optimal sequential decision making under incomplete and uncertain information.
method Formal definition of epistemic uncertainty using measure theory, and solution via deep reinforcement learning.
result Proposes a generic approximate solution for optimal sequential decision making.