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48 results for min-max procedure

Study proves properties of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in high-dimensional spaces.

problem Properties of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in high-dimensional spaces.
method Proves properties of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces using min-max procedure and surgery.
result Every tangent cone at each isolated singularity is area-minimising.

We present a viscosity approach to the min-max construction of closed geodesics on compact Riemannian manifolds of arbitrary dimension. We also construct counter-examples in dimension 11 and 22 to the ε\varepsilon-regularity in the convergence procedure. Furthermore, we prove the lower semi-continuity of the index o…

2015-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves existence of special 2-spheres in curved 3-spaces.

problem Existence of constant mean curvature 2-spheres in Riemannian 3-spheres.
method Develops a min-max scheme for a weighted Dirichlet energy functional, using bi-harmonic approximation, derivative estimates, and Morse index estimates.
result Proves existence for almost every mean curvature and all for positively curved 3-spheres.

We use a min-max procedure on the Allen-Cahn energy functional to construct geodesics on closed, 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, as motivated by the work of Guaraco. Borrowing classical blowup and curvature estimates from geometric analysis, as well as novel Allen-Cahn curvature estimates due to Wang-Wei, we manage…

2017-06-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Entropy is a natural geometric quantity measuring the complexity of a surface embedded in R3\mathbb{R}^3. For dynamical reasons relating to mean curvature flow, Colding-Ilmanen-Minicozzi-White conjectured that the entropy of any closed surface is at least that of the self-shrinking two-sphere. We prove this conjecture …

2015-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove a sharp area estimate for catenoids that allows us to rule out the phenomenon of multiplicity in min-max theory in several settings. We apply it to prove that i) the width of a three-manifold with positive Ricci curvature is realized by an orientable minimal surface ii) minimal genus Heegaard surfaces in such …

2016-01-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Equity-Transformer solves NP-hard min-max routing problems efficiently.

problem Min-max routing problems with multiple agents and large-scale applications.
method Sequential planning approach with Transformer and equitable workload distribution inductive biases.
result Significant runtime and cost reductions in min-max mTSP and min-max mPDP tasks.

The paper solves min-max widths on a 3-sphere and strengthens multiplicity theorems.

problem Which min-max widths of the unit 3-sphere lie between 2π22π^2 and 8π?
method Homological min-max theory and stronger versions of multiplicity one theorems.
result Proves the 10th to 13th min-max widths of the unit 3-sphere lie between 2π22π^2 and 8π.

Study on double descent behavior in two-layer neural networks for binary classification.

problem Understanding the double descent phenomenon in model test error.
method Two-layer neural network with ReLU activation for binary classification. Quantified model size by sample-to-dimension ratio. Empirical risk minimization using Convex Gaussian Min Max Theorem.
result Observed and investigated the double descent behavior of model test error.

Adaptive momentum method solves non-convex min-max problems.

problem Non-convex min-max optimization problems in training generative adversarial networks.
method Proposes an adaptive momentum algorithm for non-convex min-max optimization.
result Establishes non-asymptotic convergence rates for the proposed algorithm.

New methods solve min-max problems on manifolds using Riemannian Hamiltonians.

problem Min-max optimization on Riemannian manifolds.
method Riemannian Hamiltonian methods (RHM) to minimize the Hamiltonian function.
result RHM leads to correct search directions and global optimality in min-max problems.

The paper uses transformed ANOVA to identify important fire detection variables.

problem Identifying key variables for forest fire detection.
method Developed a complete orthonormal system for standard normal distribution, applied Z-score transformation, and used ANOVA approximation.
result Attribute ranking reveals important variables for fire detection.

We prove that in a closed manifold of dimension between 3 and 7 with a bumpy metric, the min-max minimal hypersurfaces associated with the volume spectrum introduced by Gromov, Guth, Marques-Neves, are two-sided and have multiplicity one. This confirms a conjecture by Marques-Neves. We prove that in a bumpy metric each…

2019-01-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The combined work of Guaraco, Hutchinson, Tonegawa and Wickramasekera has recently produced a new proof of the classical theorem that any closed Riemannian manifold of dimension n+13n + 1 \geq 3 contains a minimal hypersurface with a singular set of Hausdorff dimension at most n7n-7. This proof avoids the Almgren--Pitts …

2017-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove that for generic metrics on a 3-sphere, the minimal surface obtained from the min-max procedure of Simon-Smith has index 1. We prove an analogous result for minimal surfaces arising from strongly irreducible Heegaard sweepouts in 3-manifolds. We also confirm a conjecture of Pitts-Rubinstein that a strongly irr…

2017-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Epoch-GDA achieves optimal convergence rate for SCSC min-max problems.

problem Solving stochastic min-max problems with strong convexity and strong concavity.
method Epoch-wise stochastic gradient descent ascent method (Epoch-GDA) without additional assumptions.
result Achieves the optimal rate of O(1/T)O(1/T) for the duality gap of general SCSC min-max problems.

The paper bounds the min-max width of embedded circles on spheres and manifolds.

problem Bounding the min-max width of embedded circles on spheres and manifolds.
method Inducing a sweepout by pairs of points in embedded circles from a given sweepout of the sphere by closed curves.
result Lower bounds for the Birkhoff min-max invariant of a Riemannian sphere in terms of the min-max width of its embedded circles.

In this paper, we study the shape of the min-max minimal hypersurface produced by Almgren-Pitts-Schoen-Simon \cite{AF62, AF65, P81, SS81} in a Riemannian manifold (Mn+1,g)(M^{n+1}, g) of positive Ricci curvature for all dimensions. The min-max hypersurface has a singular set of Hausdorff codimension 77. We characterize the …

2015-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The study proves a generic multiplicity one theorem for GG-invariant minimal hypersurfaces.

problem Proving a generic multiplicity one theorem for GG-invariant minimal hypersurfaces.
method Equivariant min-max theory and analysis of GG-homology classes.
result Shows a generic multiplicity one theorem for GG-invariant minimal hypersurfaces.

This study reveals a Min-Max property in LeNet's convolutional layers, enhancing adversarial robustness.

problem Uncertainty in the connection weights of convolutional layers in neural networks.
method Demonstrates the Min-Max property through back propagation-based training and a simplified convolution formulation.
result The Min-Max property improves adversarial robustness, indicating a stronger uncertainty in the model parameters.

New Gaussian min-max theorem extends classical results to non-i.i.d. Gaussian matrices.

problem Extending classical Gaussian min-max theorems to non-i.i.d. Gaussian matrices.
method Identifying a new pair of Gaussian processes that satisfy comparison inequalities.
result New Gaussian min-max and convex Gaussian min-max theorems with applications in multi-source Gaussian regression and binary classification.

Generic density of equivariant min-max hypersurfaces in Riemannian manifolds.

problem Finding generic density of equivariant min-max hypersurfaces in Riemannian manifolds.
method Weyl asymptotic law for GG-equivariant volume spectrum, generic density result.
result Generic density of equivariant min-max hypersurfaces in Riemannian manifolds.

We characterize the Zoll Riemannian metrics on a given simply connected spin closed manifold as those Riemannian metrics for which two suitable min-max values in a finite dimensional loop space coincide. We also show that on odd dimensional Riemannian spheres, when certain pairs of min-max values in the loop space coin…

2018-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

New geometric invariant from min-max width of spheres on Riemannian 2-spheres.

problem Understanding the min-max width of spheres associated to distance functions.
method Application of min-max methods to pairs of points on Riemannian 2-spheres.
result The min-max width does not always equal half the length of a simple closed geodesic.

Given a Riemannian manifold and a closed submanifold, we find a geodesic segment with free boundary on the given submanifold. This is a corollary of the min-max theory which we develop in this article for the free boundary variational problem. In particular, we develop a modified Birkhoff curve shortening process to ac…

2015-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we develop a min-max theory for the construction of constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurfaces of prescribed mean curvature in an arbitrary closed manifold. As a corollary, we prove the existence of a nontrivial, smooth, closed, almost embedded, CMC hypersurface of any given mean curvature cc. Moreover…

2017-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The study finds anisotropic minimal surfaces in 3-manifolds with smooth boundaries.

problem Finding smooth anisotropic minimal surfaces in closed 3-manifolds.
method Min-max construction with elliptic integrands, uniform upper bound for density ratios.
result Obtains a smooth anisotropic minimal surface in a closed 3-manifold.

In this paper, we study the shape of the min-max minimal hypersurface produced by Almgren-Pitts in \cite{A2}\cite{P} corresponding to the fundamental class of a Riemannian manifold (Mn+1,g)(M^{n+1}, g) of positive Ricci curvature with 2n62\leq n\leq 6. We characterize the Morse index, area and multiplicity of this min-max hyp…

2012-10-07abs ↗pdf ↗