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48 results for mollifier smoothing

A C0C^0-Finsler structure is a continuous function F:TM[0,)F:TM \rightarrow [0,\infty) defined on the tangent bundle of a differentiable manifold MM such that its restriction to each tangent space is an asymmetric norm. We use the convolution of FF with the standard mollifier in order to construct a mollifier smoothing of …

2019-10-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Study smooths Finsler structures on Lie groups, proving extremal convergence.

problem Smooth left-invariant strongly convex C0C^0-Finsler structures on Lie groups.
method Introduce mollifier smoothing, study extremals using Pontryagin maximum principle.
result Pontryagin extremals on smoothed Finsler structures converge uniformly to those on original structure.

Study well-poses Dirac operator problem with APS boundary conditions.

problem Well-posedness of Cauchy problem for Dirac operator on Lorentzian manifolds.
method Derived energy estimates, established uniqueness and existence of weak solutions, introduced mollifier operators.
result Well-posedness of Cauchy problem for Dirac operator with APS boundary conditions.

We consider the problem of pricing basket options in a multivariate Black Scholes or Variance Gamma model. From a numerical point of view, pricing such options corresponds to moderate and high dimensional numerical integration problems with non-smooth integrands. Due to this lack of regularity, higher order numerical i…

2016-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Let PP be a non-negative self-adjoint Laplace type operator acting on sections of a hermitian vector bundle over a closed Riemannian manifold. In this paper we review the close relations between various PP-related coefficients such as the mollified spectral counting coefficients, the heat trace coefficients, the reso…

2015-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider mean curvature flow of an initial surface that is the graph of a function over some domain of definition in RnR^n. If the graph is not complete then we impose a constant Dirichlet boundary condition at the boundary of the surface. We establish longtime-existence of the flow and investigate the projection of…

2016-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

This study analyzes theoretical guarantees for VI with fixed-variance Gaussian mixtures.

problem Theoretical analysis of variational inference with non-Gaussian distributions.
method Formulates variational inference as minimizing a mollified relative entropy, solving it through gradient descent on particle positions.
result Establishes descent lemma and approximation error bounds for optimization of variational inference.

Spaces of convex and concave functions appear naturally in theory and applications. For example, convex regression and log-concave density estimation are important topics in nonparametric statistics. In stochastic portfolio theory, concave functions on the unit simplex measure the concentration of capital, and their gr…

2019-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

New uncertainty principle for Schrödinger equations on hyperbolic manifolds.

problem Uncertainty principle for Schrödinger equations on hyperbolic manifolds.
method General strategy of Escauriaza-Kenig-Ponce-Vega, new Carleman estimates, logarithmic convexity, new mollifier and weight function.
result Similar rigidity phenomenon as in Euclidean space persists in hyperbolic geometry.

Smooth families of biholomorphisms between strongly pseudoconvex domains are shown to be smooth.

problem Smoothness of families of biholomorphisms between strongly pseudoconvex domains.
method Riemannian geometry of Bergman metrics and smoothness of families of isometries.
result Smoothness of families of biholomorphisms between strongly pseudoconvex domains.

On a compact, oriented, Riemannian manifold, the Hodge decomposition theorem associates a smooth primitive to any exact smooth form omega. In this paper, we show that given a smooth family of exact smooth forms omega(t), the family of associated primitives is also a smooth family with respect to t.

2009-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates time-varying network connections using multi-stage smoothing.

problem Estimating edge probabilities of time-varying networks.
method Multi-stage smoothing: temporal local smoothing followed by node-domain smoothing.
result Captures both smooth temporal evolution and structural patterns in connectivity.

We define a diffeomorphism invariant of smooth 4-manifolds which we can estimate for many smoothings of R^4 and other smooth 4-manifolds. Using this invariant we can show that uncountably many smoothings of R^4 support no Stein structure. (Gompf has constructed uncountably many smoothings of R^4 which do support Stein …

1997-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Smooth activations enable optimal error rates in neural networks for Sobolev function classes.

problem Achieving optimal approximation and estimation error rates for neural networks in Sobolev function classes.
method Study of neural networks with smooth activations, proving optimal rates via approximation and statistical properties.
result Constant-depth networks with smooth activations achieve optimal rates of approximation and estimation, demonstrating smoothness adaptivity.

Variant of previous work on smooth algebraic functions with compact and non-compact preimages.

problem Constructing smooth algebraic functions with specific preimage properties.
method Explicit construction of smooth real algebraic functions with controlled preimage compactness.
result New results in singularity theory and real algebraic geometry.

The study bounds and characterizes surfaces containing smooth conics and twistor fibers in a flag threefold.

problem Bounding and characterizing surfaces containing smooth conics and twistor fibers in a flag threefold.
method Analyzing the family of smooth conics and using algebraic properties to construct surfaces.
result The only smooth cases of surfaces containing infinitely many twistor fibers are of bidegree (1,1).

In this note we introduce the notion of a smooth structure on a conical pseudomanifold MM in terms of CC^\infty-rings of smooth functions on MM. For a finitely generated smooth structure C(M)C^\infty (M) we introduce the notion of the Nash tangent bundle, the Zariski tangent bundle, the tangent bundle of MM, and the …

2010-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Kontsevich's classes distinguish smooth structures on fiber bundles.

problem Distinguishing smooth structures on fiber bundles.
method Using Kontsevich's characteristic classes and real blow-up construction.
result Kontsevich's classes are determined by the topology of the 2-point configuration space bundle.

Label smoothing improves model performance even with noisy labels.

problem Mitigating label noise in deep learning models.
method Examined label smoothing as a technique to cope with label noise and compared it to loss-correction methods.
result Label smoothing is competitive with loss-correction techniques under label noise and beneficial for distillation from noisy data.

We construct an analytic multiplicative model of smooth K-theory. We further introduce the notion of a smooth K-orientation of a proper submersion and define the associated push-forward which satisfies functoriality, compatibility with pull-back diagrams, and projection and bordism formulas. We construct a multiplicati…

2007-06-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Theory of smooth relative connections on quiver bundles developed.

problem Existence of smooth relative connections over quiver bundles.
method Developed a theory over RQ\mathbb{R}Q on smooth twisted quiver bundles, provided obstructions and necessary/sufficient conditions.
result Established a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of smooth relative connections on tree-type quiver bundles.

We show that every smooth manifold admits a smooth triangulation transverse to a given smooth map. This removes the properness assumption on the smooth map used in an essential way in Scharlemann's construction [5].

2010-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Smooth actions of cyclic groups on 3-manifolds are conjugate to smooth ones.

problem Understanding smoothness in group actions on 3-manifolds.
method Finite cyclic group actions by (1+ε)(1+\varepsilon)-bilipschitz homeomorphisms on closed 3-manifolds.
result Finite cyclic group actions by (1+ε)(1+\varepsilon)-bilipschitz homeomorphisms on closed 3-manifolds are conjugate to smooth actions.

Smooth Schrödinger Bridges improve trajectory inference by smoothing Gaussian processes.

problem Improving trajectory inference in applications like particle tracking.
method Generalizes Schrödinger Bridge problem to smooth Gaussian processes, solving the problem on phase space.
result The method outperforms existing methods on real datasets.

Smoothness analysis of adversarial training reveals LL_\infty constraints cause more non-smoothness.

problem Non-smoothness of adversarial training loss function.
method Analyzed the smoothness of adversarial training loss function using optimal attacks for model parameters.
result The LL_\infty constraint causes more non-smoothness than L2L_2 constraint.

We study a non-parametric multi-armed bandit problem with stochastic covariates, where a key complexity driver is the smoothness of payoff functions with respect to covariates. Previous studies have focused on deriving minimax-optimal algorithms in cases where it is a priori known how smooth the payoff functions are. I…

2019-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗