In this paper we develop methods to extend the minimal hypersurface approach to positive scalar curvature problems to all dimensions. This includes a proof of the positive mass theorem in all dimensions without a spin assumption. It also includes statements about the structure of compact manifolds of positive scalar cu…
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Develops slicing method to prove rigidity of scalar curvature on manifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Minimal slicing via capillary hypersurfaces to prove rigidity statements.
result Proves rigidity statement in dimension 4 for specific geometric conditions.
Slice depth of 2-knotsmath.GT
Defines slice depth for 2-knots and sets upper bounds for specific knots.
problem Determining the minimum dimension for a 2-knot to be slice.
method Introduces slice depth, defines it for 2-knots, and provides upper bounds for specific knot types.
result Upper bounds for slice depth of certain 2-knots.
Identifies doubly slice genera for 2909 prime knots with up to 12 crossings.
problem Determining the doubly slice genera of prime knots.
method Identifies the minimal genus for each knot that divides a surface in .
result Identified the doubly slice genera for 2909 prime knots with up to 12 crossings.
New lower bound for doubly slice genus using knot signatures.
problem Finding a lower bound for the doubly slice genus of knots.
method Using the classical signature function to derive a new lower bound.
result Proved that for every nonnegative integer N, there exists a knot with exactly N difference between slice and doubly slice genus.
A new slicing method speeds up sliced Wasserstein estimation.
problem Efficiently estimating sliced Wasserstein distance.
method Random-Path Projecting Direction (RPD) for fast sampling.
result RPSW and IWRPSW show favorable performance in training generative models.
Ascent slicenessmath.GT
We introduce the notion of ascent sliceness of virtual knots. A representative of a virtual knot is an embedding , for a closed connected oriented surface of genus ; the virtual knot represented is slice if there exists a pair consisting of a disc and an oriented…
We obtain new lower bounds of the minimal genus of a locally flat surface representing a 2-dimensional homology class in a topological 4-manifold with boundary, using the von Neumann-Cheeger-Gromov -invariant. As an application our results are employed to investigate the slice genus of knots. We illustrate examples …
A new method steers Gaussian distributions with minimal effort.
problem Steering high-dimensional Gaussian distributions efficiently.
method Sliced feedback controller using one-dimensional projections and averaging.
result The method steers Gaussian distributions to targets efficiently.
The twisting number of a ribbon knot is at least as large as its doubly slice genus.
problem Proving a lower bound for the twisting number of ribbon knots in terms of their doubly slice genus.
method Analyzing symmetric unions and tangle replacements to establish the bound.
result Ribbon knots have arbitrarily high twisting numbers, matching their doubly slice genus.
We study three knot invariants related to smoothly immersed disks in the four-ball. These are the four-ball crossing number, which is the minimal number of normal double points of such a disk bounded by a given knot; the slicing number, which is the minimal number of crossing changes to a slice knot; and the concordanc…
We study rigidity of minimal two-spheres that locally maximize the Hawking mass on a Riemannian three-manifold with a positive lower bound on its scalar curvature. After assuming strict stability of , we prove that a neighborhood of it in is isometric to one of the deSitter-Schwarzschild metrics on $(- ε,ε)\…
This paper proposes a new method to solve functional minimization problems in probability distributions using sliced-Wasserstein gradient flows.
problem Solving functional minimization problems in high-dimensional probability distributions is computationally challenging.
method The paper introduces a new approach using sliced-Wasserstein gradient flows to approximate the Jordan-Kinderlehrer-Otto (JKO) scheme, parameterizing densities with generative models.
result The proposed method is more flexible and computationally tractable compared to existing methods like JKO-ICNN.
In 1982 Louis Kauffman conjectured that if a knot in the 3-sphere is a slice knot then on any Seifert surface for that knot there exists a homologically essential simple closed curve of self-linking zero which is itself a slice knot, or at least has Arf invariant zero. Since that time, considerable evidence has been am…
The paper generalizes the -genus to characterize slice knots and slice genus.
problem Characterizing slice knots and slice genus using the -genus.
method Generalizing the -genus to provide a -dimensional characterization of the slice genus.
result The difference between the -genus and the slice genus can be arbitrarily large.
Squeezed Knotsmath.GT
Squeezed knots are slices of minimal cobordisms; obstructions come from quantum knot invariants.
problem Characterizing and obstructing squeezed knots.
method Analysis of cobordisms, quantum knot invariants, and stable cohomology operations.
result Effective obstructions to squeezedness come from quantum knot invariants, notably Rasmussen invariant refinements.
We study the existence and uniqueness problem of compact minimal vertical graphs in , , over bounded domains in the slice , with non-connected boundary having a finite number of hypersufaces homeomorphic to the sphere , with prescri…
We introduce a new link invariant called the algebraic genus, which gives an upper bound for the topological slice genus of links. In fact, the algebraic genus is an upper bound for another version of the slice genus proposed here: the minimal genus of a surface in the four-ball whose complement has infinite cyclic fun…
A new variational inference method using sliced Wasserstein distance is proposed.
problem The inefficiency and unreasonable properties of Kullback-Leibler divergence.
method Minimizing sliced Wasserstein distance, a valid metric from optimal transport.
result The proposed method approximates the unnormalized distribution efficiently and without requiring a tractable density function.
A slice distance for the class of weak abelian Lp-bundles in 3 dimensions was introduced in a previous article in collaboration with Tristan Rivière, where it was used to prove the closure of such class of bundles for the weak Lp-convergence. We further investigate this distance here, and we prove more properties of it…
Proposes MFSWB for marginal fairness in SWB, improving efficiency and performance.
problem Achieving marginal fairness in SWB averaging.
method Defining MFSWB as a constrained SWB problem, proposing two surrogate problems and a new slicing distribution.
result Surrogate MFSWB problems effectively minimize distances to marginals and encourage marginal fairness.
New Sliced-Wasserstein distances for non-Euclidean data.
problem Computational burden of Wasserstein distance on non-Euclidean manifolds.
method Derive Sliced-Wasserstein distances and flows on Cartan-Hadamard manifolds.
result General constructions and non-parametric schemes for minimizing new distances.
ESS improves MCMC efficiency for correlated & multimodal distributions.
problem Slice Sampling's sensitivity to initial length scale and difficulty with correlated distributions.
method Adaptive tuning and parallel walkers for efficient sampling.
result ESS improves efficiency by more than an order of magnitude on correlated distributions.
The paper studies surfaces in a bounded domain with orthogonal boundaries and proves curvature estimates.
problem Estimating the area of surfaces with orthogonal boundaries in a bounded domain.
method Weak formulation of orthogonality for curvature varifolds, classification of vanishing curvature varifolds.
result Existence of an orthogonal 2-varifold that minimizes curvature in the integer rectifiable class.
New autoencoder improves latent space learning by optimizing sliced Gromov-Wasserstein discrepancies.
problem Improving inner discrepancy between prior and posterior distributions in autoencoders.
method Proposed spherical sliced fused Gromov Wasserstein (SSFG) and variants (MSSFG, PSSFG) to find important directions.
result New autoencoders achieve favorable performance in latent manifold learning, image generation, and reconstruction.
Shake genus and slice genusmath.GT
An important difference between high dimensional smooth manifolds and smooth 4-manifolds that in a 4-manifold it is not always possible to represent every middle dimensional homology class with a smoothly embedded sphere. This is true even among the simplest 4-manifolds: obtained by attaching an -framed 2-h…
The paper finds a new lower bound on the genus of surfaces in indefinite 4-manifolds.
problem Finding a new lower bound on the genus of surfaces in indefinite 4-manifolds.
method Proves a new lower bound on the genus of a properly embedded surface in representing a given homology class and with boundary a quasipositive knot .
result The minimal genus of such a surface is equal to the slice genus of in the null-homologous case.
New knots found that are 4-genus minimal.
problem Finding knots with minimal 4-genus.
method Constructing infinitely many amphichiral knots with specific properties.
result Knots with 4-genus minimal for each .
New method for summarizing Bayesian mixture models using sliced Wasserstein distances.
problem Estimating the mixing measure in nonparametric Bayesian mixture models.
method Decision-theoretic approach using sliced Wasserstein distances for Gaussian mixtures.
result Effective estimation of the mixing measure and mixture density.
New slicing methods speed up Gaussian mixture Wasserstein distance computations.
problem High computational cost of the mixture Wasserstein distance.
method Slicing-based approximations to reduce computational complexity.
result Significant reduction in computational complexity while preserving key properties.
The paper characterizes spin initial data sets saturating the BPS bound in asymptotically AdS spacetimes.
problem Characterizing spin initial data sets saturating the BPS bound in asymptotically AdS spacetimes.
method The paper introduces a theorem for replacing imaginary Killing spinors with strictly timelike or null ones and uses spinors to construct a codimension-2 slicing.
result The paper establishes a sharp dimension threshold for saturating the BPS bound in gravitational waves and rotating black holes in higher dimensions.
The paper establishes criteria for symplectic surfaces in 4-manifolds.
problem Finding symplectic surfaces in 4-manifolds with bounded genus.
method Criterion for minimization of genus among surfaces with given homology and boundary.
result Symplectic surfaces minimize slice genus for their boundary in contact 3-manifolds.
The 4-dimensional abstract Kummer variety K^4 with 16 nodes leads to the K3 surface by resolving the 16 singularities. Here we present a simplicial realization of this minimal resolution. Starting with a minimal 16-vertex triangulation of K^4 we resolve its 16 isolated singularities - step by step - by simplicial blowu…
Gaussian mixture models (GMM) are powerful parametric tools with many applications in machine learning and computer vision. Expectation maximization (EM) is the most popular algorithm for estimating the GMM parameters. However, EM guarantees only convergence to a stationary point of the log-likelihood function, which c…
On Shake Slice Knotsmath.GT
Study on shake slice knots and proves 0-shake slice knots are slice.
problem Understanding and characterizing shake slice knots.
method Exploring the relation to corks and proving slice properties.
result Proves 0-shake slice knots are slice.
-Shake Slice Implies Slicemath.GT
Proves certain knots are slice without shaking.
problem Identifying slice knots without using traditional methods.
method Direct proof for shake slice knots.
result Proves shake slice knots are slice.
The paper examines perimeter minimizing sets in curved spaces and finds conditions for their boundary to match a specific structure.
problem Conditions for perimeter minimizing sets in curved spaces to have a boundary matching a product structure.
method Analyzes Riemannian manifolds with non-negative sectional curvature and quadratic volume growth.
result The boundary of a perimeter minimizing set in such manifolds is identified with a slice in the product structure.
Sliced inverse regression is a popular tool for sufficient dimension reduction, which replaces covariates with a minimal set of their linear combinations without loss of information on the conditional distribution of the response given the covariates. The estimated linear combinations include all covariates, making res…
Proves a special knot type is slice.
problem Characterizing slice knots.
method Proof by contradiction and algebraic topology.
result 0-shake slice knots are indeed slice.
New findings on knots that are both topologically and rationally slice.
problem Understanding knots that are both topologically and rationally slice.
method Analyzing the concordance group of knots in .
result There are infinitely many topologically slice knots that are strongly rationally slice but not slice.
Regular sliceness implies once-stably decomposable sliceness in symplectizations.
problem Relationship between regular and decomposable Lagrangian cobordisms in symplectizations.
method Stabilization-free strategy and satellite operations.
result Regular sliceness implies once-stably decomposable sliceness.
We consider linear slices of the space of Kleinian once-punctured torus groups; a linear slice is obtained by fixing the value of the trace of one of the generators. The linear slice for trace 2 is called the Maskit slice. We will show that if traces converge `horocyclically' to 2 then associated linear slices converge…
The paper defines new knot genera and finds bounds for stabilization distances.
problem Finding bounds for stabilization distances of symmetric surfaces.
method Defining new knot genera and using them to find bounds.
result Constructs unknotted symmetric 2-spheres without symmetric 3-ball bounds.
New knots found with tough, unsliceable discs.
problem Finding tough knots that can't be sliced smoothly.
method Constructed infinitely many knots with non-approximable slice discs.
result Smoothly sliceable knots have non-approximable slice discs.
Define the 1-handle stabilization distance between two surfaces properly embedded in a fixed 4-dimensional manifold to be the minimal number of 1-handle stabilizations necessary for the surfaces to become ambiently isotopic. For every nonnegative integer we find a pair of 2-knots in the 4-sphere whose stabilization…
The study examines obstructions to links being shake slice.
problem Understanding when links are not shake slice.
method Examined shake concordance and zero surgery manifolds, and provided obstructions based on Arf invariants and algebraic sliceness.
result Links that are shake concordant have homology cobordant zero surgery manifolds, and provided specific obstructions to shake sliceness.
The Conway knot is not slicemath.GT
A knot is said to be slice if it bounds a smooth properly embedded disk in the 4-ball. We demonstrate that the Conway knot, 11n34 in the Rolfsen tables, is not slice. This completes the classification of slice knots under 13 crossings, and gives the first example of a non-slice knot which is both topologically slice an…
Khovanov homology fails to differentiate certain slice disks.
problem Differentiating roll-spun slice disks from trivial ones.
method Using Khovanov homology and Morse theory.
result Khovanov homology cannot distinguish roll-spun slice disks from trivial ones.