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48 results for mathematical understanding

This article reviews mathematical insights into neural networks and machine learning.

problem Understanding the success and subtleties of neural network-based machine learning.
method Rigorous mathematical analysis, numerical experiments, and simplified models.
result Identification of open problems in the field.

Higgs bundles appeared a few decades ago as solutions to certain equations from physics and have attracted much attention in geometry as well as other areas of mathematics and physics. Here, we take a very informal stroll through some aspects of linear algebra that anticipate the deeper structure in the moduli space of…

2019-10-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Lecture notes on linear neural networks for deep learning optimization and generalization.

problem Understanding optimization and generalization in deep learning models.
method Mathematical tools and dynamical systems theory.
result Potential of mathematical tools to enhance understanding of deep learning.

In this paper, we aim to understand Residual Network (ResNet) in a scientifically sound way by providing a bridge between ResNet and Feynman path integral. In particular, we prove that the effect of residual block is equivalent to partial differential equation, and the ResNet transforming process can be equivalently co…

2019-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Label smoothing improves generalization by controlling generalization loss.

problem Lack of mathematical understanding of label smoothing's effectiveness.
method Proposed a theoretical framework to show how label smoothing controls generalization loss in the label noise setting.
result Predicted an optimal label smoothing point that minimizes generalization loss.

The mathematical features of a string theory compactification determine the physics of the effective four-dimensional theory. For this reason, understanding the mathematical structure of the possible compactification spaces is of profound importance. It is well established that the compactification space for M-Theory m…

2018-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical framework for language models processes text and predicts next tokens.

problem Understanding and optimizing the performance of large language models.
method Describes encoding, prediction models, learning from data, and deployment of LLMs.
result Demonstrates remarkable empirical successes and provides a platform for further research.

Recent studies show overparameterized neural networks behave like convex systems.

problem Understanding the behavior of overparameterized neural networks.
method Analysis of two-layer neural networks, focusing on restricted settings and neural tangent kernel space.
result Overparameterized neural networks behave like convex systems under certain conditions.

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 ↗

The goal of this article is to understand some interesting features of sequences of arbitrage operations, which look relevant to various processes in Economics and Finances. In the second part of the paper, analysis of sequences of arbitrages is reformulated in the linear algebra terms. This admits an elegant geometric…

2010-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explores how deep learning models can fit data exactly and why this is important.

problem Understanding why deep learning models can fit data exactly and generalize well.
method Interpolation and over-parameterization as key themes to understand deep learning.
result Interpolation and over-parameterization are crucial for deep learning models to fit data exactly and generalize well.

We discuss classical gravitational aspects of the AdS/CFT correspondence, with the aim of obtaining a rigorous (mathematical) understanding of the semi-classical limit of the gravitational partition function. The paper surveys recent progress in the area, together with a selection of new results and open problems.

2004-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical method based on a direct or indirect analysis of growth rates is described. It is shown how simple assumptions and a relatively easy analysis can be used to describe mathematically complicated trends and to predict growth. Only rudimentary knowledge of calculus is required. Projected trajectories based on …

2017-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper provides a mathematical framework for understanding distribution learning models.

problem The paradox between memorization and generalization in distribution learning models.
method A unified mathematical framework to derive various distribution learning models.
result The models enjoy implicit regularization, avoiding the curse of dimensionality and resolving the paradox.

In this short Note, we establish that the constant C1C_1 in Lemma 0.40.4 of the correction (Correction to Section 19.2 of Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture, arXiv/math/DG:1512.00699 (2015)) by John Morgan and Gang Tian to their Clay Institute Monograph (Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture, vol. 3, Clay Mathemati…

2015-12-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical framework to understand neural network vulnerability.

problem Understanding and quantifying adversarial vulnerability in neural networks.
method Develops a geometric framework using Ricci curvature to measure decision boundaries and adversarial perturbations.
result Establishes a new theory linking adversarial attacks to Ricci curvature of decision boundaries.

Researchers study the normalizing constant of a continuous categorical distribution.

problem Understanding the normalizing constant of the continuous categorical distribution.
method Characterize numerical behavior and present theoretical and methodological advances.
result The normalizing constant can be written in closed form using elementary functions.

Class lecture notes at a beginning graduate level on the mathematical background needed to understand classical gauge theory. Covers group actions, fiber bundles, principal bundles, connections, gauge transformations, parallel transport, curvature, covariant derivatives, pseudo-riemannian manifolds, lagrangians, cliffo…

1999-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we describe multigraded generalizations of some constructions useful for mathematical understanding of gauge theories: we perform a near-at-hand generalization of the Aleksandrov--Kontsevich--Schwarz--Zaboronsky procedure, we also extend the formalism of QQ-bundles introduced first by A. Kotov and T. Str…

2016-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep convolutional networks provide state of the art classifications and regressions results over many high-dimensional problems. We review their architecture, which scatters data with a cascade of linear filter weights and non-linearities. A mathematical framework is introduced to analyze their properties. Computation…

2016-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Financial markets provide a natural quantitative lab for understanding some of the most advanced human behaviours. Among them is the use of mathematical tools known as financial instruments. Besides money, the two most fundamental financial instruments are bonds and equities. More than 30 years ago Mehra and Prescott f…

2015-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Encoder-decoder networks using convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture have been extensively used in deep learning literatures thanks to its excellent performance for various inverse problems. However, it is still difficult to obtain coherent geometric view why such an architecture gives the desired performance…

2019-01-22abs ↗pdf ↗

In this pedagogical study, carried out by adopting standard mathematical methods of nonlinear dynamics, we have presented some simple analytical models to understand terminal behaviour in industrial growth. This issue has also been addressed from a dynamical systems perspective, with especial emphasis on the concept of…

2007-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper revisits PCA for anomaly detection in network security.

problem Understanding and improving anomaly detection in network security.
method Revisit probabilistic PCA model and its connection to MSNM framework.
result Mathematical model connects PCA to MSNM for anomaly detection.

A new mathematical approach detects frequency-based alterations in brain networks.

problem Understanding disease-relevant brain alterations through network analysis.
method Proposes a novel connectome harmonic analysis framework using common harmonic waves learned from Stiefel manifolds.
result Identifies more significant and reproducible network dysfunction patterns in Alzheimer's disease.

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a mainstay of modern data analysis - a black box that is widely used but (sometimes) poorly understood. The goal of this paper is to dispel the magic behind this black box. This manuscript focuses on building a solid intuition for how and why principal component analysis works. Thi…

2014-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Language models help text classification tasks by predicting next words.

problem Lack of theoretical understanding of why language models perform well on downstream tasks.
method Mathematical study of the connection between next word prediction and text classification, formalizing it and quantifying the benefit.
result Language models that are ε-optimal in cross-entropy learn features that can solve classification tasks with linear approximation.

Symmetry, a central concept in understanding the laws of nature, has been used for centuries in physics, mathematics, and chemistry, to help make mathematical models tractable. Yet, despite its power, symmetry has not been used extensively in machine learning, until rather recently. In this article we show a general wa…

2018-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Developable ruled surfaces generated by curvature axes of curves.

problem Creating simple and understandable ruled surfaces for practical design.
method Investigating a straightforward method to generate developable ruled surfaces using curvature axes of curves.
result Developable ruled surfaces are generated by the curvature axes of curves, and these surfaces are developable.