A locally-built, LLM-digested index of recent arXiv papers in quant finance, geometry/topology, and statistical ML — keyword search served straight from SQLite on this machine.
DualIV simplifies non-linear IV regression via dual formulation.
problem Non-linear instrumental variable regression with potential first-stage regression bottleneck.
method Dual formulation of non-linear IV regression as a convex-concave saddle-point problem, leading to a kernel-based algorithm with analytic solution.
result Empirical results show competitive performance compared to existing algorithms.
We develop a theory for solving continuous time optimal stopping problems for non-linear expectations. Our motivation is to consider problems in which the stopper uses risk measures to evaluate future rewards.
Veronese webs are rich geometric structures with deep relationships to various domains of mathematics. The PDEs which determine the Veronese web are overdetermined if dim >3, but in the case dim =3 they reduce to a special flavor of a non-linear wave equation. The symmetries embedded in the definition of a Veronese web…
We present a stochastic numerical method for solving fully non-linear free boundary problems of parabolic type and provide a rate of convergence under reasonable conditions on the non-linearity.
Study non-linear combinatorial bandits with polynomial rewards, finding significant differences from linear cases.
problem Adversarial combinatorial bandits with general non-linear reward functions.
method Extending existing work on adversarial linear combinatorial bandits, analyzing minimax optimal regret for polynomial and non-polynomial reward functions.
result Minimax optimal regret bounds for adversarial combinatorial bandits with general non-linear reward functions.
We study two inverse problems on a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold (M,g). The problems are: 1. Passive observations in spacetime: Consider observations in a neighborhood V⊂M of a time-like geodesic μ. Under natural causality conditions, we reconstruct the conformal type of the unknown open, relativ…
Extends capacity analysis to neural networks, showing how capacity is distributed across layers.
problem How capacity is distributed in neural networks with non-linear layers.
method Introduces layer decoupling to quantify non-linear activation's impact, and uses a markovian rule for capacity propagation in deep networks.
result Shows that under certain conditions, capacity allocation in neural networks is equivalent to linear capacity allocation in an extended input space.
This paper tackles non-linear reward optimization in resource allocation problems.
problem Optimizing a non-linear function of long-term average rewards in resource allocation problems.
method Proposes model-based and model-free algorithms to learn optimal policies.
result Model-based algorithm achieves a regret of $\Tilde{O}\left(LKDS\sqrt{\frac{A}{T}}
ight)$ for K objectives combined with a concave L-Lipschitz function.
In this paper, we propose an efficient Monte Carlo implementation of non-linear FBSDEs as a system of interacting particles inspired by the ideas of branching diffusion method. It will be particularly useful to investigate large and complex systems, and hence it is a good complement of our previous work presenting an a…
We consider a model of linear market impact, and address the problem of replicating a contingent claim in this framework. We derive a non-linear Black-Scholes Equation that provides an exact replication strategy. This equation is fully non-linear and singular, but we show that it is well posed, and we prove existence o…
The paper analyzes portfolio selection with non-linear wealth dynamics and random coefficients.
problem Mean-variance portfolio selection with non-linear wealth dynamics and random coefficients.
method Solves an auxiliary stochastic control problem to construct a candidate portfolio, verifies optimality using convex duality, and provides the efficient frontier.
result Obtains the efficient frontier in closed form, showing people prefer riskless assets over classical linear markets.