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48 results for mathematical capabilities

The study uncovers latent capabilities of language models via causal representation learning.

problem Rigorous causal evaluations of language model capabilities are challenging due to confounding effects and computational costs.
method Proposes a causal representation learning framework to identify latent capability factors as causally interrelated after controlling for a common confounder (base model).
result Identifies a three-node linear causal structure explaining performance variations across 1500 models and six benchmarks.

Benchmark for math reasoning models from human proofs.

problem Measuring and accelerating machine learning models in high-level mathematical reasoning.
method Built a non-synthetic dataset from theorem prover proofs, defined a task for model to fill in missing propositions, used hierarchical transformer to improve performance.
result Neural models can capture non-trivial mathematical reasoning, hierarchical transformer outperforms baseline.

Mathematical reasoning---a core ability within human intelligence---presents some unique challenges as a domain: we do not come to understand and solve mathematical problems primarily on the back of experience and evidence, but on the basis of inferring, learning, and exploiting laws, axioms, and symbol manipulation ru…

2019-04-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical framework for differential machine learning in finance.

problem Theoretical assumptions in financial models and their impact on machine learning algorithms.
method Rigorous mathematical framework for differential machine learning in finance.
result Theoretical grounding enhances the predictive capabilities of neural networks in financial applications.

Machine learning impacts computational math, offering new functions approximations.

problem Machine learning's black box nature hinders further progress in computational math.
method Analyzes machine learning's impact on computational math and vice versa.
result Integrating computational math with machine learning can enhance both fields.

AER dynamically adjusts entropy regularization for better LLM reinforcement learning.

problem Policy entropy collapse in RLVR training limits exploration and reasoning performance.
method Adaptive Entropy Regularization (AER) with difficulty-aware coefficient allocation, initial-anchored target entropy, and dynamic global coefficient adjustment.
result AER consistently outperforms baselines on mathematical reasoning benchmarks, improving both accuracy and exploration.

This paper deals with the explicit design of strategy formulations to make the best strategic choices from a conventional matrix form of representing strategic choices. The explicit strategy formulation is an analytical model which is targeted to provide a mathematical strategy framework to find the best moment for str…

2019-08-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Distance metric learning is a branch of machine learning that aims to learn distances from the data, which enhances the performance of similarity-based algorithms. This tutorial provides a theoretical background and foundations on this topic and a comprehensive experimental analysis of the most-known algorithms. We sta…

2018-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

PDGM uses neural nets to solve complex financial equations.

problem Solving path-dependent partial differential equations (PPDEs)
method Generalized Deep Galerkin Method (PDGM) combining feed-forward and LSTM architectures
result PDGM successfully models solutions to various PPDEs, including financial derivatives.

Mathematical modeling with Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) has proven to be extremely successful in a variety of fields, including biology. However, these models are completely deterministic given a certain set of initial conditions. We convert mathematical ODE models of three benchmark biological systems to Dyn…

2019-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We demonstrate the application of an algorithmic trading strategy based upon the recently developed dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) on portfolios of financial data. The method is capable of characterizing complex dynamical systems, in this case financial market dynamics, in an equation-free manner by decomposing the s…

2015-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The presence of symmetries in a Hamiltonian system usually implies the existence of conservation laws that are represented mathematically in terms of the dynamical preservation of the level sets of a momentum mapping. The symplectic or Marsden--Weinstein reduction procedure takes advantage of this and associates to the…

2002-03-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniform consistency proven for spatial distribution and depth estimators in any dimension.

problem Uniform consistency of spatial distribution and depth estimators in arbitrary dimensions.
method Proof of uniform L1L^1-consistency using sample size nn as the only dependency.
result Consistency rate is independent of dimension dd and sample size nn.

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks promise scalable performance in high dimensions.

problem Curse of dimensionality in multilayer perceptrons.
method Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem and interpolation methods.
result Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks achieve true freedom from the curse of dimensionality.

Enhances math problem-solving models with multi-turn preference learning.

problem Improving mathematical problem-solving capabilities of large language models.
method Introduces a multi-turn direct preference learning framework for tool-integrated mathematical reasoning tasks.
result Significant performance improvements in model accuracy on math datasets.

We study the dynamics of a particle in a space that is non-differentiable. Non-smooth geometrical objects have an inherently probabilistic nature and, consequently, introduce stochasticity in the motion of a body that lives in their realm. We use the mathematical concept of fiber bundle to characterize the multivalued …

2020-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The mixed-fractional CEV model improves CDS pricing by accounting for default risk.

problem Improving the pricing of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) by accounting for default risk.
method Using a mixed-fractional Brownian motion to model the Constant Elasticity of Variance (CEV) model.
result The mixed-fractional CEV model yields more realistic CDS spreads and default probabilities.

Bayesian Causal Forests model assesses part-time work's impact on student growth.

problem Estimating causal effects of part-time work on student growth in mathematics achievement.
method Longitudinal Bayesian Causal Forests model combining non-parametric and difference-in-differences methods.
result Negative impact of part-time work for most students, potential benefits for those with low school belonging, widening achievement gap identified.

The paper proposes a method to identify causal structure in complex dynamical systems.

problem Spurious correlations in data-driven models limit the performance of control systems.
method The method leverages controllability concepts to compute input trajectories and uses causal inference techniques.
result The method reliably identifies the true causal structure of control systems from real-world data.

When people learn mathematical patterns or sequences, they are able to identify the concepts (or rules) underlying those patterns. Having learned the underlying concepts, humans are also able to generalize those concepts to other numbers, so far as to even identify previously unseen combinations of those rules. Current…

2020-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Auto-CEI improves LLM reasoning by balancing assertiveness and conservativeness.

problem Hallucinations and laziness in LLM reasoning tasks.
method Expert Iteration explores reasoning trajectories, guiding incorrect paths back on track and promoting appropriate 'I don't know' responses.
result Auto-CEI achieves superior alignment in logical reasoning, mathematics, and planning tasks.

Bayesian Gaussian Processes layer detects out-of-distribution data in medical imaging.

problem Detecting out-of-distribution data in medical imaging tasks.
method Parameter-efficient hierarchical convolutional Gaussian Processes in Wasserstein-2 space.
result Uncertainty estimates enable superior out-of-distribution detection compared to previous methods.

Transformers learn functionals from distributions without losing information.

problem Lack of rigorous mathematical theory supporting Transformer performance.
method Proposed a Transformer learning framework, attention operator, and distribution regression.
result Transformers can compress distributions into function representations without loss of information.

In this paper, we study a multi-step interactive recommendation problem, where the item recommended at current step may affect the quality of future recommendations. To address the problem, we develop a novel and effective approach, named CFRL, which seamlessly integrates the ideas of both collaborative filtering (CF) …

2019-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper surveys mathematical results on filtration enlargement with financial examples.

problem Mathematical finance applications of filtration enlargement theory.
method Exhaustive survey and interpretation of key results from literature.
result Provides a compendium of known mathematical results for mathematical finance researchers.