LCVA models spillover effects between pairs of units using variational autoencoders.
problem Inferring causation between pairs of events with spillover effects.
method LCVA combines variational autoencoders and deep learning to model confounders affecting both units.
result LCVA outperforms existing methods in capturing spillover effects.
It is proved that for every fractal continuous mapping F: I\to I^2 of the unit interval onto the unit square there is a pair of points x,y\in I, such that |F(x)-F(y)|^2\ge 5|x-y|.
Equality in Miyaoka-Yau inequality implies uniformization of Klt pairs.
problem Understanding uniformization of Klt pairs under equality in Miyaoka-Yau inequality.
method Analyzing Kähler klt pairs with specific conditions and using orbifold Miyaoka-Yau inequality.
result Orbifold universal cover is either the unit ball or affine space.
New methods to construct curve pairs and their applications.
problem Constructing curve pairs and their properties.
method Using integral curves to study direction and donor curves.
result New methods to construct partner curves of unit speed curves.
Study finds the volume of unit vector fields on a punctured sphere and shows their images match minimally immersed Klein bottles.
problem Finding the volume of unit vector fields on a punctured sphere.
method Analyzes the volume of unit vector fields on an antipodally punctured unit 2-sphere and shows their images coincide with minimally immersed Klein bottles.
result The images of minimizing vector fields on the punctured sphere match those of minimally immersed Klein bottles.
Constructs non-unital monoidal category of contact manifolds and Legendrian correspondence calculus
problem Constructing a non-unital monoidal category of contact manifolds without contact forms
method Developing contact topology without contact forms and defining the star product
result Proving the associativity of the star product and the pentagon axiom
The study finds an upper limit for the number of minimal origami pairs on a surface.
problem Counting the minimal origami pairs on a surface of genus g.
method Algorithm to count minimal origami pairs and using Ménage Problem to establish an upper bound.
result Established a new upper bound for the count of minimal origami pairs.
Researchers found multiple surfaces with same topological and symmetry properties.
problem Determining unique free boundary minimal surfaces from topology and symmetry.
method Provided pairs of non-isometric surfaces with same genus, boundary components, and symmetry group.
result Infinitely many pairs of surfaces with same topology and symmetry group exist.
We describe a model for capturing the statistical structure of local amplitude and local spatial phase in natural images. The model is based on a recently developed, factorized third-order Boltzmann machine that was shown to be effective at capturing higher-order structure in images by modeling dependencies among squar…
Optimizes trading strategy for cointegrated assets with bounded risk.
problem Maximizing profit from cointegrated assets with risk constraints.
method Formulates as convex optimization problem, then generalizes to bounded risk.
result Optimal strategy remains efficiently solvable even with bounded risk.
In this paper it is shown that multiplicative cohomology theories that are rationally even -- a technical condition that is often satisfied -- the Hopkins-Singer construction of generalized differential cohomology has a unital, graded commutative multiplicative structure. To this end, an explicit integration and a diff…
Given a pair of integers m and n such that 1 < m < n, we show that every n-dimensional manifold admits metrics of arbitrarily small total volume, and possessing the following property: every m-dimensional submanifold of less than unit m-volume is necessarily torsion in homology. This result is different from the case o…
The study provides a lower bound for knot complement volumes related to geodesics.
problem Understanding the volumes of knot complements associated with geodesics.
method Analyzing the volumes of knot complements in the projective unit tangent bundle of a surface.
result A lower bound for the volume of knot complements relative to the number of geodesic arcs.
We introduce a structure of an infinite-dimensional Frobenius manifold on a subspace in the space of pairs of functions analytic inside/outside the unit circle with simple poles at 0/infinity respectively. The dispersionless 2D Toda equations are embedded into a bigger integrable hierarchy associated with this Frobeniu…
New method to construct partner curves of non-lightlike curves.
problem Constructing partner curves for non-lightlike curves.
method Using integral curves in Minkowski 3-space, direction curve, and donor curve.
result New methods to construct partner curves of a unit speed non-lightlike curve.
Origami edge-paths connect coherent curves on surfaces.
problem Understanding coherent curves on surfaces.
method Origami structure and edge-paths.
result Existence of origami edge-paths connecting coherent curves.
In this work, we propose a novel recurrent neural network (RNN) architecture. The proposed RNN, gated-feedback RNN (GF-RNN), extends the existing approach of stacking multiple recurrent layers by allowing and controlling signals flowing from upper recurrent layers to lower layers using a global gating unit for each pai…
We produce skew loops -- loops having no pair of parallel tangent lines -- homotopic to any loop in a flat torus or other quotient of R^n. The interesting case here is n=3. More subtly for any n, we characterize the homotopy classes that will contain a skew loop having a specified loop in the unit sphere as tangent ind…
New proof for weak mixing in polygonal billiards.
problem Proving weak mixing in polygonal billiards.
method Using Baire category and eigenvalue analysis.
result Billiard flow is weakly mixing for non-rational polygons.
Researchers generalize space forms in Riemannian geometry using specific vector fields.
problem Generalizing space forms in Riemannian geometry with a distinguished vector field.
method Proposing and studying pairs (g,T) of Riemannian metrics and vector fields, leading to Lorentzian metrics with constant curvature.
result Only flat, product manifolds with universal covering as a product of R and N are the only pairs (g,T) whose corresponding Lorentzian metric is a space form in the compact setting.
Formula derived for Dirac operators on Lie groupoids.
problem Equivariant Dirac operators on Lie groupoids.
method Getzler rescaling method to derive a fixed-point formula.
result Reduces to standard fixed-point formula for closed manifolds.
Learn generic latent relational graphs for better transfer learning.
problem Lack of transferable structured graphical representations in deep transfer learning.
method Unsupervisedly learned latent relational graphs from unlabeled data.
result Improves performance on various downstream tasks.
This paper improves SVD for recommender systems using block-based matrix factorization.
problem Scalability and performance issues in recommender systems.
method Block-based Singular Value Decomposition (BMF) for matrix factorization.
result BMF paired with SVD enhances performance and scalability.
Two spheres found with specific curvature constraints.
problem Existence of spheres with prescribed mean curvature.
method Proved existence of at least two embedded spheres with curvature h satisfying pinching condition. result Existence of at least two embedded spheres with prescribed mean curvature h. On the universal bundle of unit spinors we study a natural energy functional whose critical points, if dim M \geq 3, are precisely the pairs (g, φ) consisting of a Ricci-flat Riemannian metric g together with a parallel g-spinor φ. We investigate the basic properties of this functional and study its negative gradient f…
New minimal surfaces in a ball created by merging catenoids and disks.
problem Creating minimal surfaces in a bounded space.
method Desingularizing a critical catenoid and equatorial disk using singular perturbation methods.
result Constructed high genus free boundary minimal surfaces with three boundary components.
CURE extracts relations without supervision by clustering similar entity pairs.
problem Extracting relations unsupervised without considering sentence correlations.
method CURE uses Encoder-Decoder architecture for self-supervised learning and clustering similar relations.
result CURE outperforms state-of-the-art models on NYT and UNPC datasets.
The paper finds non-isotopic Legendrian unit conormal bundles in high dimensions.
problem Identifying non-isotopic Legendrian unit conormal bundles in high dimensions.
method Defined strip Legendrian contact homology and coproduct for Legendrian submanifolds.
result Found non-isotopic Legendrian unit conormal bundles using topological and string topology methods.
The paper studies prescribed angle surfaces in Riemannian manifolds with torse-forming vector fields.
problem Characterizing surfaces with prescribed angles in Riemannian geometry.
method Introducing and analyzing prescribed angle hypersurfaces associated with torse-forming vector fields.
result Classification of prescribed angle surfaces in 3D Riemannian manifolds.
The paper reformulates Legendrian contact homology using string topology.
problem Defining and invariance of Legendrian contact homology for unit conormal bundles.
method Using pseudo-holomorphic curves and string topology to define a graded algebra.
result The new algebra is conjectured to be isomorphic to Legendrian contact homology.
The presence of significant cross-correlations between the synchronous time evolution of a pair of equity returns is a well-known empirical fact. The Pearson correlation is commonly used to indicate the level of similarity in the price changes for a given pair of stocks, but it does not measure whether other stocks inf…
New method uses exponential family priors to handle shuffled data problems.
problem Handling mismatch errors in record linkage of two data files.
method Flexible exponential family prior on the permutation group for regularization.
result The proposed method outperforms competing methods in synthetic and real data.
In this paper, we study distribution of the zeros of the Alexander polynomials of knots and links in S^3. We call a knot or link "real stable" (resp. "circular stable") if all the zeros of its Alexander polynomial are real (resp. unit complex). We give a general construction of real stable and circular stable knots and…
We construct a class of infinite-dimensional Frobenius manifolds on the space of pairs of certain even functions meromorphic inside or outside the unit circle. Via a bi-Hamiltonian recursion relation, the principal hierarchies associated to such Frobenius manifolds are found to be certain extensions of the dispersionle…
Study compares GARCH, EWMA, and IV models for GBP/USD and EUR/GBP currency pairs.
problem Predicting 20-day variation in GBP/USD and EUR/GBP currency pairs.
method Applied GARCH, EWMA, and IV models to GBP/USD and EUR/GBP pairs data.
result GARCH models outperform other models in predicting volatility for EUR/GBP, while GARCH with rolling window for GBP/USD.
We show that the Lawrence--Krammer representation is unitary. We explicitly present the non-singular matrix representing the sesquilinear pairing invariant under the action. We show that reversing the orientation of a braid is equivalent to the transposition of its Lawrence--Krammer matrix followed by a certain conjuga…
Agent learns to trade currency pairs with improved risk management.
problem Improving systematic FX trading performance with online transfer learning.
method Online inductive transfer learning using feature representation from Gaussian mixture model to a reinforcement learning agent.
result Annualized portfolio information ratio of 0.52, compound return of 9.3%.
Study dihedral spherical surfaces and their foliations.
problem Characterize dihedral spherical surfaces and their foliations.
method Define and analyze dihedral surfaces and their foliations, introduce geometric decompositions and deformations.
result Determine the dimension of the moduli space for dihedral surfaces.
Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM) are a neural network model used in deep learning.
problem Representing probability distributions with hidden variables.
method Mathematical analysis and geometric study of RBM structures.
result Geometry of probability distributions in RBM models.
New algebraic structures called cyclic Lie-Rinehart algebras are defined.
problem Defining new algebraic structures.
method Construct Lie-Rinehart algebras with a specific cyclic submodule.
result Found a connection to differential operators in physics.
We construct a pair of compact, eight-dimensional, two-step Riemannian nilmanifolds M and M′ which are isospectral for the Laplace operator on functions and such that M has completely integrable geodesic flow in the sense of Liouville, while M′ has not. Moreover, for both manifolds we analyze the structure of t…
Develops ADMM for deep neural networks with sigmoid activations to avoid saturation and improve approximation.
problem Gradient saturation in deep neural networks with sigmoid activations.
method Introduces sigmoid-ADMM pair for training deep sigmoid nets and proves its convergence.
result ADMM avoids saturation and improves approximation of deep sigmoid nets compared to ReLU nets.
Paper proposes a method to handle linear regression with partially shuffled data.
problem Linear regression with mismatched predictors and responses.
method Pseudo-likelihood approach based on two-component mixture densities with EM optimization.
result The method can tolerate larger fractions of mismatches and estimate noise level.
Theory reconstructs network connectivity from event timings.
problem Reconstructing network connectivity from incomplete continuous-time data.
method Linearizes event space mapping to reveal direct influences.
result Reveals synapse presence and inhibitory/activating nature.
We study free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball of low cohomogeneity. For each pair of positive integers (m,n) such that m,n>1 and m+n≥8, we construct a free boundary minimal surface Σm,n⊂Bm+n(1) invariant under O(m)×O(n). When m+n<8, an instability of the resulting equat…
Identifies LA-groups via VB-group structure and complementary actions.
problem Understanding the structure and integrability of LA-groups.
method Identifies LA-groups via VB-group structure and complementary actions up to homotopy.
result Establishes an equivalence between LA-groups and LA-matched pairs.
Enhanced factored RBMs improve speech detection in noisy conditions.
problem Improving speech detection accuracy in noisy environments.
method Proposes EFTW-RBMs with conditional feature learning and low rank approximation.
result Outperforms existing 1D and 2D speech detection algorithms in various noisy conditions.
We solve the vector embedding problem by minimizing total distortion under constraints.
problem Assigning representative vectors to items with similarity and dissimilarity constraints.
method Projected quasi-Newton method for MDE problems, scalable to large data sets.
result Our method provides principled ways to validate embeddings and scales to millions of items.