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48 results for metric approximation

Length metrics can be closely approximated by conformally flat metrics.

problem Approximating length metrics with conformally flat metrics.
method Uniform approximation of length metrics by conformally flat Riemannian metrics.
result Any length metric on \(\mathbb{R}^d\) can be uniformly approximated by conformally flat Riemannian metrics.

The paper defines a new concept of approximability for Lagrangian submanifolds.

problem Understanding the approximability of Lagrangian submanifolds.
method Introducing a new notion of categorical approximability for metric spaces, showing it applies to specific types of Lagrangian submanifolds.
result Examples of Lagrangian submanifolds are found that are approximable but not precompact.

The study provides conditions for approximating Riemannian manifolds with polyhedral metrics.

problem Approximating Riemannian manifolds with polyhedral metrics.
method Conditions on curvature tensors for Lipschitz and local polyhedral approximations.
result Conditions are sufficient for local polyhedral approximations, conjectured to be sufficient for global approximations.

Study approximates sub-Riemannian structures with Riemannian metrics and analyzes spectral convergence.

problem Approximating sub-Riemannian structures for analysis.
method Constructing Riemannian metrics tailored to sub-Riemannian structures and studying spectral convergence.
result Riemannian volumes converge to Popp's volume and spectral convergence of Laplace operators is studied.

The paper analyzes finite element methods on manifolds with approximate metrics.

problem Analyzing finite element methods on manifolds with approximate metrics.
method Intrinsic finite element exterior calculus applied to manifolds with Regge metrics.
result Analysis and implementation of a method for computing an approximate Levi-Civita connection form.

Sharp bounds on neural network approximation rates and widths.

problem Estimating approximation rates, metric entropy, and n-widths of shallow neural networks.
method Introducing smoothly parameterized dictionaries and providing upper and lower bounds.
result Sharp bounds on approximation rates, metric entropy, and n-widths for neural networks with various activation functions.

In this paper, we study the second approximate Matsumoto metric on a manifold M. We prove that F is of scalar flag curvature and isotropic S-curvature if and only if it is isotropic Berwald metric with almost isotropic flag curvature.

2014-07-31abs ↗pdf ↗

A real valued function φ\varphi of one variable is called a metric transform if for every metric space (X,d)(X,d) the composition dφ=φdd_\varphi = \varphi\circ d is also a metric on XX. We give a complete characterization of the class of approximately nondecreasing, unbounded metric transforms φ\varphi such that the trans…

2017-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New theory approximates functions between metric spaces using random probability measures.

problem Building universal functions approximators between arbitrary metric spaces.
method Using elementary functions between Euclidean spaces, randomization to output discrete probability measures over target space.
result Very general qualitative guarantees and quantitative guarantees for Hölder-like maps.

New metrics using Laplace approximation improve Gaussian process model selection.

problem Finding a balance between model accuracy, interpretability, and simplicity.
method Introducing multiple metrics based on the Laplace approximation to evaluate Gaussian process models.
result Our metrics provide comparable performance to dynamic nested sampling but are significantly faster.

The study establishes equivalence of conditions on metric manifolds with finite volume.

problem Characterizing metric spaces with a metric fundamental class.
method Analyzing three conditions on metric manifolds with finite volume.
result Conditions (1), (2), and (3) are equivalent for metric manifolds with finite Nagata dimension.

We develop methods to efficiently approximate data in metric spaces without additional assumptions.

problem Efficiently approximating data in metric spaces without imposing structural assumptions.
method Identify discrete modulus of continuity, investigate consistency, propose algorithm, and develop approximation theory.
result Consistent approximation of data in metric spaces without structural assumptions.

Improves Laplace approximation for Bayesian inference on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Inaccurate Gaussian approximations for complex targets and finite-data posteriors.
method Develops alternative variants of the Laplace approximation using a Riemannian metric.
result Exact approximations at the limit of infinite data, improving practical performance.

Paper approximates Kähler metrics with cone singularities near a hypersurface.

problem Approximating Kähler metrics near a hypersurface with cone singularities.
method Using conical approximations and holomorphic vector fields, the paper shows how to approximate Kähler metrics of Poincaré type near a smooth hypersurface.
result Constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics can be approximated by those with cone singularities of small angle along a hypersurface.

The paper finds compact symbolic approximations for Ricci-flat metrics using Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces.

problem Finding explicit constructions of Ricci-flat metrics on Calabi-Yau manifolds remains challenging.
method Analysis of machine learning approximations and formalisation of symmetries.
result Ricci-flat metrics have more symmetries than the underlying manifold, leading to compact representations.

Bregman divergences generalize measures such as the squared Euclidean distance and the KL divergence, and arise throughout many areas of machine learning. In this paper, we focus on the problem of approximating an arbitrary Bregman divergence from supervision, and we provide a well-principled approach to analyzing such…

2019-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Smooths metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature near singular sets.

problem Approximating metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature near singularities.
method Ricci-DeTurck flow to approximate metrics.
result Approximated metrics converge to the original metric in CC^\infty away from the singular set.

Method finds approximate Ricci-flat metrics on Calabi-Yau manifolds.

problem Finding analytic Kähler potentials for Calabi-Yau manifolds.
method Numerically calculating Ricci-flat Kähler potentials via machine learning and fitting to Donaldson's Ansatz.
result Simple analytic expressions for approximately Ricci-flat Kähler potentials are found, including explicit dependence on complex structure parameter.

Constructs stable Hilbert bundles on curves using Diophantine approximation.

problem Constructing stable Hilbert bundles on complex projective curves.
method Investigating arithmetic properties of the upper half plane and applying Diophantine approximation to bound Hermitian-Einstein metrics.
result Constructs Hilbert bundles with Hermitian-Einstein metrics on curves of positive genus.

This paper develops efficient bounds on the Wasserstein metric for discrete measures.

problem Computing the exact Wasserstein metric is computationally expensive.
method Formulates and solves a Kantorovich problem on a coarse grid using quantized measures and cost matrices, followed by upscaling and correction.
result Achieves a 10x-100x speedup while maintaining low approximation error.

The paper generalizes Riemann curvature for manifolds with discontinuous metrics.

problem Generalizing Riemann curvature for manifolds with discontinuous metrics.
method Proposes a generalized Riemann curvature tensor combining angle defects and jumps in second fundamental forms.
result The generalized curvature tensor approximates classical curvature for smooth approximations of metrics.

Consider the sum of the first NN eigenspaces for the Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold. A basis for this space determines a map to Euclidean space and for NN sufficiently large the map is an embedding. In analogy with a fruitful idea of Kähler geometry, we define (Riemannian) Bergman metrics of degree NN to be thos…

2013-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the quantization of coupled Kähler-Einstein (CKE) metrics, namely we approximate CKE metrics by means of the canonical Bergman metrics, so called the ``balanced metrics''. We prove the existence and weak convergence of balanced metrics for the negative first Chern class, while for the positive first Chern clas…

2019-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study approximates operator learning for PDEs using Fourier multipliers.

problem Approximating operator behavior for PDE simulations.
method Approximation of operator symbols in Fourier domain using semi-norms.
result Identifies conditions for achieving predefined approximation error.

There has been much discussion recently about how fairness should be measured or enforced in classification. Individual Fairness [Dwork, Hardt, Pitassi, Reingold, Zemel, 2012], which requires that similar individuals be treated similarly, is a highly appealing definition as it gives strong guarantees on treatment of in…

2019-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper uses polyhedral expansions to capture the shape of compact metric spaces.

problem Capturing the shape of compact metric spaces using finite approximations.
method Inverse sequences of polyhedra based on finite approximations of a compact metric space.
result Proves the General Principle and computes inverse persistent homology groups.

We derive several results that describe the rate at which a generic geodesic makes excursions into and out of a cusp on a finite area hyperbolic surface and relate them to approximation with respect to the orbit of infinity for an associated Fuchsian group. This provides proofs of some well known theorems from metric d…

2007-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends Laplacian spectra approximations to vector bundles.

problem Approximating the spectrum of the connection Laplacian.
method Extending the graph connection Laplacian to vector bundles and proving spectrum approximation.
result The spectrum of the extended operator approximates the spectrum of the connection Laplacian.

The space of positively curved hermitian metrics on a positive holomorphic line bundle over a compact complex manifold is an infinite-dimensional symmetric space. It is shown by Phong and Sturm that geodesics in this space can be uniformly approximated by geodesics in the finite dimensional spaces of Bergman metrics. W…

2007-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove that every proper nn-dimensional length metric space admits an "approximate isometric embedding" into Lorentzian space R3n+6,1\mathbb{R}^{3n+6,1}. By an "approximate isometric embedding" we mean an embedding which preserves the energy functional on a prescribed set of geodesics connecting a dense set of points.

2016-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method learns meaningful distances between samples using optimal transport.

problem Learning meaningful distances between samples in datasets without labeled data.
method Computes OT distances between samples and features using singular vectors of a function mapping ground metrics to OT distances.
result Wasserstein Singular Vectors provide a scalable solution for unsupervised ground metric learning.

A new method for Gaussian filtering using gradient flows and Wasserstein metrics.

problem Approximating Gaussian and mixture-of-Gaussians filtering for complex systems.
method Variational approximation via gradient-flow representation on Wasserstein metric space.
result Competitive performance in posterior representation and parameter estimation for systems with multiplicative noise and multi-modal distributions.