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In this paper we classify, up to rigid isotopy, non-singular real rational curves of degrees less than or equal to 6 in a quadric homeomorphic to the 3-sphere. We also study their connections with rigid isotopy classes of real rational knots in RP3.
These are notes on some algebraic geometry of complex projective curves, together with an application to studying the contact curves in CP^3 and the null curves in the complex quadric Q^3 in CP^4, related by the well-known Klein correspondence. Most of this note consists of recounting the classical background. The main…
In this paper, we analyze the diversity of term structure functions (e.g., yield curves, swap curves, credit curves) constructed in a process which complies with some admissible properties: arbitrage-freeness, ability to fit market quotes and a certain degree of smooth- ness. When present values of building instruments…
This paper is motivated by the real symplectic isotopy problem : does there exists a nonsingular real pseudoholomorphic curve not isotopic in the projective plane to any real algebraic curve of the same degree? Here, we focus our study on symmetric real curves on the projective plane. We give a classification of real s…
In this paper, we adapt the differential signature construction to the equivalence problem for complex plane algebraic curves under the actions of the projective group and its subgroups. Given an action of a group G, a signature map assigns to a plane algebraic curve another plane algebraic curve (a signature curve) …
We study the degree of polynomial representations of knots. We obtain the lexicographic degree for two-bridge torus knots and generalized twist knots. The proof uses the braid theoretical method developed by Orevkov to study real plane curves, combined with previous results from [KP10] and [BKP14]. We also give a sharp…
Learn low-degree functions with few random queries.
problem Learning low-degree functions from limited random queries.
method Learn bounded functions f:{−1,1}no[−1,1] of degree at most d with L2-accuracy ε and confidence 1−δ from log(fracnδ)ε−d−1Cd3/2logd random queries.
result Learn low-degree functions efficiently with logarithmic number of random queries.
In this note we study the distribution of real inflection points among the ovals of a real non-singular hyperbolic curve of even degree. Using Hilbert's method we show that for any integers d and r such that 4≤r≤2d2−2d, there is a non-singular hyperbolic curve of degree 2d in R2 with exactl…
A limaçon-like curve, allowing 2π-transition with monotone curvature between concentric curvature elements, is presented. The curve is 4th degree algebraic, 4th degree rational, and shares other common features with Pascal's limaçon.
The space of all immersed closed curves of rotation degree 0 in the plane modulo reparametrizations has the same homotopy groups as the circle times the 2-sphere.
We use invariants of Hendricks and Manolescu coming from involutive Heegaard Floer theory to find constraints on possible configurations of singular points of a rational cuspidal curve of odd degree in the projective plane. We show that the results do not carry over to rational cuspidal curves of even degree.
We consider a length functional for C1 curves of fixed degree in graded manifolds equipped with a Riemannian metric. The first variation of this length functional can be computed only if the curve can be deformed in a suitable sense, and this condition is expressed via a differential equation along the curve. In the…
We apply Murasugi-Tristram inequality to real algebraic curves of odd degree on RP2 with a deep nest, i.e. a nest of the depth k−1 where 2k+1 is the degree. For such curves, the ingredients of the Murasugi-Tristram inequality can be computed (or estimated) inductively using the computations for iterated torus li…
The paper gives topological as well as rigid isotopy classification of smooth irreducible algebraic curves in the real projective 3-space for the case when the degree of the curve is at most six and its genus is at most one.
Margalit and Schleimer constructed nontrivial roots of the Dehn twist about a nonseparating curve. We prove that the conjugacy classes of roots of the Dehn twist about a nonseparating curve correspond to the conjugacy classes of periodic maps with certain conditions. Futhermore, we give data set which determine the con…
New work shows FP potential monotonicity equals low-degree polynomial estimators limits.
problem Establishing a precise mathematical relationship between statistical physics and polynomial estimators limits.
method Analyzing Gaussian additive models (GAMs) to show FP potential monotonicity equals low-degree polynomial estimators limits.
result For a broad family of Gaussian additive models, the power of low-degree polynomials is equivalent to the monotonicity of the annealed FP potential.
We give bounds on the gap functions of the singularities of a cuspidal plane curve of arbitrary genus, generalising recent work of Borodzik and Livingston. We apply these inequalities to unicuspidal curves whose singularity has one Puiseux pair: we prove two identities tying the parameters of the singularity, the genus…
These notes survey and explore an emerging method, which we call the low-degree method, for predicting and understanding statistical-versus-computational tradeoffs in high-dimensional inference problems. In short, the method posits that a certain quantity -- the second moment of the low-degree likelihood ratio -- gives…
Study rational homology of moduli space via Morse functions, proving stability phenomena.
problem Homology of Deligne--Mumford compactification of moduli space of stable curves.
method Using a family of Morse functions, specifically the sys_T functions, and exploiting geometric and Morse properties.
result Homology of Deligne--Mumford compactification is supported entirely on the boundary in low degrees, and rational homology is finite generated and stable across all genera and marked points.
Consider a flat bundle over a complex curve. We prove a conjecture of Fei Yu that the sum of the top k Lyapunov exponents of the flat bundle is always greater or equal to the degree of any rank k holomorphic subbundle. We generalize the original context from Teichmueller curves to any local system over a curve with non…