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48 results for power derivatives

Proposes a regularization approach to model German power derivative market, identifying significant risk spillovers.

problem Large portfolio of German power derivative contracts, identifying significant risk spillovers.
method Combines high-dimensional variable selection with dynamic network analysis.
result Identifies significant risk contributors and interdependencies between contracts, especially spot contracts.

A new derivation is given of Branson's factorization formula for the conformally invariant operator on the sphere whose principal part is the k-th power of the scalar Laplacian. The derivation deduces Branson's formula from knowledge of the corresponding conformally invariant operator on Euclidean space (the k-th power…

2007-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

CR invariant differential operators on densities with leading part a power of the sub-Laplacian are derived. One family of such operators is constructed from the ``conformally invariant powers of the Laplacian'' via the Fefferman metric; the powers which arise for these operators are bounded in terms of the dimension. …

2003-01-09abs ↗pdf ↗

New equations reveal how cylinder power in progressive lenses depends on geodesic curvature.

problem Current understanding of cylinder power in progressive lenses is incomplete.
method Derived complete compatibility equations for spatially-varying curvature surfaces.
result Cylinder power depends on geodesic curvature, not just principal curvature.

Study on time-zero efficiency of European power derivatives markets using statistical tests and trading rules.

problem Assessing time-zero efficiency in European power derivatives markets.
method Statistical tests based on the law of one price and trading rules based on price differentials and no-arbitrage violations applied to daily data of three European power markets.
result Definite conclusions on time-zero efficiency are not possible for French and Spanish markets due to liquidity and representativeness challenges.

Study explores how scalar functionals evolve under Ricci flow.

problem Understanding the evolution of functionals involving scalar quantities under Ricci flow.
method Deriving explicit expressions for the time derivative of integrals of scalar functionals under extended Ricci flow.
result Explicit expressions for the time derivative of integrals involving scalar functionals under Ricci flow.

Testing independence is of significant interest in many important areas of large-scale inference. Using extreme-value form statistics to test against sparse alternatives and using quadratic form statistics to test against dense alternatives are two important testing procedures for high-dimensional independence. However…

2015-12-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We derive the implied volatility estimation formula in European power call options pricing, where the payoff functions are in the form of V=(STαK)+V=(S^α_T-K)^{+} and V=(STαKα)+V=(S^α_T-K^α)^{+} (α>0α>0)respectively. Using quadratic Taylor approximations, We develop the computing formula of implied volatility in European power call op…

2012-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper derives expansions for Green's operators and resolvents using Hadamard methods.

problem Analyzing normally hyperbolic operators and their Green's functions.
method Hadamard expansions for powers of Green's operators and resolvents.
result Derives expansions involving Hadamard coefficients for advanced/retarded Green's operators.

Paper shows geometric frequency and Lagrange derivative equivalence for electric and fluid systems.

problem Understanding and classifying system operating conditions based on electric quantity waveform distortions.
method Demonstrates equivalence between geometric frequency and Lagrange derivative through numerical examples.
result Identifies components of Lagrange derivative that relate to geometric frequency and waveform distortions.

Critical volatility triggers log-normal to power-law transitions in interconnected systems.

problem Understanding the transition from log-normal to power-law distributions in interconnected systems.
method Analyzing an infinite option-on-option chain model, deriving a critical volatility threshold.
result A critical volatility threshold of approximately 250.66% for unconditional cases, dropping to 125.3% with selective survival.

A Lie algebroid over a manifold is a vector bundle over that manifold whose properties are very similar to those of a tangent bundle. Its dual bundle has properties very similar to those of a cotangent bundle: in the graded algebra of sections of its external powers, one can define an operator similar to the exterior d…

2008-04-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New model for pricing volatility derivatives considering rough volatility and jumps.

problem Modeling instantaneous volatility with rough volatility and jumps.
method Generalized fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process with Lévy subordinator and sinusoidal-composite Lévy process.
result Pricing-hedging formulae for power-type derivatives on average forward variance are derived.

Study of metrics on positive-definite matrices from power potential, linking to power means.

problem Understanding metrics on positive-definite matrices derived from power potential.
method Explicit expressions for geodesics and distance function derived from Hessian of power potential.
result Geodesics and distance function converge to weighted matrix geometric mean as β tends to zero.

The paper proves properties of Renyi entropy power on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Properties of Renyi entropy power on Riemannian manifolds.
method Proof of concavity, rigidity models, Aronson-Benilan estimates, NIW formula, entropy isoperimetric inequality.
result Rigidity models and intrinsic relationships for Renyi entropy power.

Auto-regressive conditionally heteroskedastic (ARCH) family models are still used, by practitioners in business and economic policy making, as a conditional volatility forecasting models. Furthermore ARCH models still are attracting an interest of the researchers. In this contribution we consider the well known GARCH(1…

2014-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper reformulates systemic risk measures and finds new properties and estimators.

problem Understanding and measuring systemic risk in financial networks.
method Representation of systemic risk measures in terms of univariate risk measures and quantiles determined by copulas. Empirical properties and estimators derived.
result MES is not suitable for measuring extreme risks. ES-based measures are more sensitive to power-law tails and large losses.

Power iteration has been generalized to solve many interesting problems in machine learning and statistics. Despite its striking success, theoretical understanding of when and how such an algorithm enjoys good convergence property is limited. In this work, we introduce a new class of optimization problems called scale …

2019-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

This work analyzes neural scaling laws using power-law data spectra and derives analytical expressions for generalization error.

problem Understanding how neural network performance scales with key factors like data size and model complexity.
method Statistical mechanics techniques applied to one-pass stochastic gradient descent in a student-teacher framework.
result Derivation of analytical expressions for generalization error under power-law data spectra and identification of conditions for power-law scaling.

Develops a new class of forward performance processes for investment pools.

problem Investment performance in market models with continuous semimartingale stock prices.
method Constructs a broad class of forward performance processes with power mixture initial conditions.
result Characterizes and derives properties of two-power mixture forward performance processes.

This paper gives a connection between well chosen reductions of the Links-Gould invariants of oriented links and powers of the Alexander-Conway polynomial. We prove these formulas by showing the representations of the braid groups we derive the specialized Links-Gould polynomials from can be seen as exterior powers of …

2015-06-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new complex Gaussian distribution for better modeling of complex-valued signals.

problem Limited ability of Gaussian distribution to represent diverse amplitude characteristics.
method Introduces a power-weighted noncentral complex Gaussian distribution on the complex plane.
result Consistently outperforms conventional distributions in log-likelihood for speech power spectra.

In this paper, we resolve many of the key algorithmic questions regarding robustness, memory efficiency, and differential privacy of tensor decomposition. We propose simple variants of the tensor power method which enjoy these strong properties. We present the first guarantees for online tensor power method which has a…

2016-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Accelerators with power-law memory are proposed in the framework of the discrete time approach. To describe discrete accelerators we use the capital stock adjustment principle, which has been suggested by Matthews.The suggested discrete accelerators with memory describe the economic processes with the power-law memory …

2016-12-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified representation of density-power-based divergences simplifies estimation to M-estimation.

problem Outliers in density estimation.
method Define a norm-based Bregman density power divergence (NB-DPD) that reduces to M-estimation.
result NB-DPD connects and generalizes existing divergences, highlighting robustness properties.

We begin with a short presentation of the basic concepts related to Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids, but the main part of this paper deals with Lie algebroids. A Lie algebroid over a manifold is a vector bundle over that manifold whose properties are very similar to those of a tangent bundle. Its dual bundle has prope…

2008-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study reveals 1/f1/f noise in signals made from nonoverlapping rectangular pulses.

problem Analyzing 1/f1/f noise in signals composed of nonoverlapping pulses.
method Derived a general formula for power spectral density, analyzed rectangular pulse case.
result Observed pure 1/f1/f noise until very low frequencies with long pulse durations.

Earlier we proposed the stochastic point process model, which reproduces a variety of self-affine time series exhibiting power spectral density S(f) scaling as power of the frequency f and derived a stochastic differential equation with the same long range memory properties. Here we present a stochastic differential eq…

2006-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Polterovich proved a remarkable closed formula for heat kernel coefficients of the Laplace operator on compact Riemannian manifolds involving powers of Laplacians acting on the distance function. In the case of Kähler manifolds, we prove a combinatorial formula for powers of the complex Laplacian and use it to derive a…

2013-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper extends prediction-powered inference using conformal prediction for robust and valid imputation.

problem Safe use of black-box ML models for imputing missing data with strong guarantees.
method Connecting prediction-powered inference with conformal prediction for valid and additional guarantees.
result First general prediction-powered procedure for e-values operating off-line.

We study types of mapping classes which arise as a product of a given mapping class and powers of certain pure mapping classes. We derive an explicit constant depending only on a surface such that almost all above pure mapping classes give rise to pseudo-Anosov type whenever their powers are larger than the constant. F…

2016-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of maximizing expected power utility from consumption over an infinite horizon in the Black-Scholes model with proportional transaction costs, as studied in Shreve and Soner [Ann. Appl. Probab. 4 (1994) 609-692]. Similar to Kallsen and Muhle-Karbe [Ann. Appl. Probab. 20 (2010) 1341-1358], we der…

2011-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗