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The Degasperis-Procesi equation's solutions define pseudospherical metrics and can lead to surface collapse.

problem Understanding the breakdown of manifolds determined by Cauchy problems of the Degasperis-Procesi equation.
method Analyzing the pseudospherical nature of local and non-local formulations of the Degasperis-Procesi equation.
result Solutions to Cauchy problems with non-trivial initial data define an orthonormal coframe for pseudospherical metrics.

We carry out "exotic gluings" a la Carlotto-Schoen for asymptotically hyperbolic general relativistic initial data sets. In particular we obtain a direct construction of non-trivial initial data sets which are exactly hyperbolic in large regions extending to conformal infinity.

2015-11-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a gluing construction which adds scaled and truncated asymptotically Euclidean solutions of the Einstein constraint equations to compact solutions with potentially non-trivial cosmological constants. The result is a one-parameter family of initial data which has ordinary and scaled "point-particle" limits an…

2009-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

In this note, we give a geometric characterization of the compact and totally umbilical hypersurfaces that carry a non trivial locally static Killing Initial Data (KID). More precisely, such compact hypersurfaces have constant mean curvature and are isometric to one of the following manifolds: (i) Sn the standard spher…

2009-01-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Study spin-0 fields on n-dimensional Minkowski spacetimes, computing asymptotic charges.

problem Analyzing spin-0 fields on Minkowski spacetimes near infinity.
method Conformal geometry and Friedrich's cylinder at spatial infinity.
result Found infinitely many well-defined asymptotic charges in even dimensions, no charges in odd dimensions.

The paper studies parallel spinor flows on 3D Cauchy hypersurfaces and provides initial data characterizations.

problem Characterizing parallel spinors on Ricci flat Lorentzian four-manifolds.
method Evolution flow defined by parallel spinors, proving preservation of constraints, solving left-invariant flows.
result Initial data characterization of parallel spinors on Ricci flat Lorentzian four-manifolds.

Study shows Brakke flow's non-triviality for smooth boundaries in codimension 1.

problem Understanding Brakke flow's non-triviality for smooth boundaries in codimension 1.
method Analyzing spacetime Brakke flow constructed by Buet et al. for initial varifolds.
result Support of mass measure of spacetime Brakke flow coincides with classical mean curvature flow's support.

We investigate the prescribed Q-curvature flow for GJMS operators with non-trivial kernel on compact manifolds of even dimension. When the total Q-curvature is negative, we identify a conformally invariant condition on the nodal domains of functions in the kernel of the GJMS operator, allowing us to prove the global ex…

2012-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This note corrects a mistake in the original book in the evolution equations of total curvature for the curve-shrinking flow in an ambient Ricci Flow. The resulting upper bound for the evolution of total curvature is an exponential bound in time. The change involves the multiplicative constant. Here we show that it dep…

2015-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Let (M, g, k) be an initial data set for the Einstein equations of general relativity. We prove that there exist solutions of the Plateau problem for marginally outer trapped surfaces (MOTSs) that are stable in the sense of MOTSs. This answers a question of G. Galloway and N. O'Murchadha and is an ingredient in the pro…

2012-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

New metric tensor field on symmetric matrices simplifies eigenvector computation.

problem Complex eigenvector computation for 2x2 symmetric matrices.
method Introducing a metric tensor field on the space of symmetric matrices, resulting in a curved manifold.
result Parallel transport simplifies eigenvector computation for one-parameter families of matrices.

We reduce the embedding problem for hypo SU(2) and SU(3)-structures to the embedding problem for hypo G2-structures into parallel Spin(7)-manifolds. The latter will be described in terms of gauge deformations. This description involves the intrinsic torsion of the initial G2-structure and allows us to prove that the ev…

2009-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

FibeRed reduces complex data dimensions while preserving topology.

problem Hard embedding of topologically complex datasets in low-dimensional Euclidean space.
method Modeling datasets with vector bundles, reducing fibers while preserving topology.
result FibeRed learns topologically faithful embeddings in lower dimensions than existing methods.

This paper classifies Kähler manifolds with specific Einstein-type properties.

problem Classifying gradient Einstein-type Kähler manifolds with α=0α=0.
method Unified framework of Einstein-type manifolds, focusing on classification with α=0α=0.
result Complete classification of non-trivial, complete gradient Einstein-type Kähler manifolds with α=0α=0.

Paper develops DP methods for low-rank matrix estimation with near-optimal performance.

problem Estimating a low-rank matrix under differential privacy constraints.
method Introduced computationally efficient DP-initialization and Riemannian optimization-based DP-RGrad algorithm.
result DP-RGrad achieves near-optimal convergence rate under weak differential privacy constraints.

Third in a series, this paper constructs non-trivial Cayley fibrations with conical singularities.

problem Constructing non-trivial Cayley fibrations with conical singularities.
method Using gluing methods and stability results for weak and usual fibrations.
result Construction of examples of Cayley fibrations on twisted connected sum G2G_2 manifolds.

Sharp analysis of power iteration for tensor PCA, improving convergence and stopping criteria.

problem Analyzing the power iteration algorithm for tensor PCA to improve convergence and stopping criteria.
method Sharp bounds on the number of iterations, revealing a smaller algorithmic threshold, proposing a stopping criterion.
result Sharp bounds on the number of iterations required for power method to converge, revealing a smaller algorithmic threshold than previously conjectured.

The study reveals non-trivial torsion in certain gravity theories with Ricci-dependent Lagrangians.

problem Exploring the appearance of non-trivial torsion in gravity theories with Ricci-dependent Lagrangians.
method Investigates theories with Lagrangians of the form L(L(R_{μν})), analyzing the equations of motion and the role of torsion.
result Theories with Ricci-dependent Lagrangians admit non-zero torsion even in simple space-time dimensions, suggesting its importance.

Study how untrained policies explore in RL environments.

problem Challenges in reinforcement learning, especially sparse or adversarial reward structures.
method Theoretical and empirical analysis of untrained deep neural policies in a toy model.
result Untrained policies generate correlated actions and non-trivial state-visitation distributions.

Study of Dirac-Witten operator on Lorentzian manifolds under dominant energy condition.

problem Detecting non-trivial homotopy groups in spaces of initial data under strict dominant energy condition.
method Use index theory and Lorentzian Hitchin's α-invariant to analyze Dirac-Witten operator.
result Kernel of Dirac-Witten operator is non-trivial only if fundamental group is virtually solvable of derived length at most 2.

We will develop various methods, some are of geometric nature and some are of algebraic nature, to detect the various achiralities of knots and links in S3S^3. For example, we show that the twisted Whitehead double of a knot is achiral if and only if the double is the unknot or the figure eight knot, and we show that a…

1999-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

A knot in the 3-sphere is called doubly slice if it is a slice of an unknotted 2-sphere in the 4-sphere. We give a bi-sequence of new obstructions for a knot being doubly slice. We construct it following the idea of Cochran-Orr-Teichner's filtration of the classical knot concordance group. This yields a bi-filtration o…

2004-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove the precise scaling, at finite depth and width, for the mean and variance of the neural tangent kernel (NTK) in a randomly initialized ReLU network. The standard deviation is exponential in the ratio of network depth to width. Thus, even in the limit of infinite overparameterization, the NTK is not determinist…

2019-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Online SGD achieves consistent estimation in high-dimensional non-convex inference tasks.

problem Consistent estimation in high-dimensional non-convex optimization problems.
method Online stochastic gradient descent (SGD) on non-convex losses.
result Nearly sharp thresholds for sample complexity in high-dimensional settings.

Study on neural network initialization with shaped infinite depth-and-width networks.

problem Understanding the distribution of random covariance matrices in shaped infinite-depth-and-width networks.
method Introduced the Neural Covariance SDE to model the distribution of the random covariance matrix.
result Identified the precise scaling of the activation function necessary for a non-trivial limit.

Paper refutes conjecture on tensor power iteration convergence in overcomplete models.

problem Understanding convergence of tensor power iteration in overcomplete random tensors.
method Analysis of tensor power iteration dynamics from random initialization.
result Polynomially many steps are necessary for convergence, refutes logarithmic conjecture.

In this paper, we consider the heat flow for Yang-Mills connections on R5×SO(5)\mathbb{R}^5 \times SO(5). In the SO(5)SO(5)-equivariant setting, the Yang-Mills heat equation reduces to a single semilinear reaction-diffusion equation for which an explicit self-similar blowup solution was found by Weinkove \cite{Wei04}. We prove …

2016-04-26abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we introduce a new invariant of virtual knots and links that is non-trivial for infinitely many virtuals, but is trivial on classical knots and links. The invariant is initially be expressed in terms of a relative of the bracket polynomial and then extracted from this polynomial in terms of its exponents,…

2004-05-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We solve the equivalence problem for the orthogonally separable webs on the three-sphere under the action of the isometry group. This continues a classical project initiated by Olevsky in which he solved the corresponding canonical forms problem. The solution to the equivalence problem together with the results by Olev…

2010-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the Ricci flow for initial metrics with positive isotropic curvature (strictly PIC for short). In the first part of this paper, we prove new curvature pinching estimates which ensure that blow-up limits are uniformly PIC in all dimensions. Moreover, in dimension n12n \geq 12, we show that blow-up limits are wea…

2017-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proves rigidity of initial data sets with boundary and capillary MOTS.

problem Rigidity of initial data sets with boundary and capillary MOTS.
method Estimates area of MOTS, proves rigidity for 3D, extends to high dimensions using Yamabe constant.
result Rigidity results for initial data sets with boundary and capillary MOTS.