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48 results for quartic potentials

Study shows K-moduli spaces connect quartic surfaces to K3 surfaces, verifying predictions and classifying degenerations.

problem Understanding the moduli spaces of quartic K3 surfaces and their birational models.
method Interpolates between GIT and Baily-Borel moduli spaces, describes wall crossings, and classifies degenerations.
result Verifies Laza-O'Grady's prediction and classifies Gorenstein canonical Fano degenerations of \(\mathbb{P}^3\).

Segre quartic surfaces linked to minitwistor spaces with Einstein-Weyl structures.

problem Understanding the relationship between Segre quartic surfaces and minitwistor spaces.
method Using Penrose correspondence and detailed investigation of dual varieties.
result Determined the degrees and structure of components of dual varieties.

A new ODE model explains gradient descent dynamics near edge of stability.

problem Understanding gradient-based training over non-convex landscapes.
method Rod Flow, a new ODE approximation of GD dynamics.
result Rod Flow accurately predicts critical sharpness threshold and self-stabilization in quartic potentials.

Minimal surfaces with isothermal parameters admitting Bézier representation were studied by Cosin and Monterde. They showed that, up to an affine transformation, the Enneper surface is the only bi-cubic isothermal minimal surface. Here we study bi-quartic isothermal minimal surfaces and establish the general form of th…

2015-03-31abs ↗pdf ↗

The study characterizes surfaces with specific harmonic properties in pseudo-conformal geometry.

problem Characterizing surfaces with harmonic properties in pseudo-conformal geometry.
method Investigating sphere congruences, quasi-umbilical surfaces, and constant mean curvature surfaces.
result Generically, Bryant's quartic differential is divergence free if and only if the surface is superconformal or orthogonal to a harmonic congruence of spheres.

Researchers compute monodromy groups of surface families over quartic curves.

problem Computing monodromy groups of surface families over smooth quartic curves.
method Analyzing cyclic branched covers of P2\mathbb{P}^{2} over smooth quartic curves, computing monodromy groups for del Pezzo and K3 surfaces.
result Obtained monodromy groups for del Pezzo and K3 surfaces, including Weyl group $W\left(E_{7} ight)$ and arithmetic lattice $U\left(h_{L_{-}} ight)$.

We study the discriminant of a degree 4 extension given by a deformed bidouble cover, i.e., by equations z^2= u + a w, w^2= v + bz. We first show that the discriminant surface is a quartic which is cuspidal on a twisted cubic, i.e.,is the discriminant of the general equation of degree 3. We then take a(u,v), b(u,v) and…

2004-11-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Klein quartic maximizes the first positive Laplacian eigenvalue's multiplicity to 8.

problem Maximizing the first positive eigenvalue's multiplicity of the Laplacian.
method Analyzing hyperbolic surfaces of genus 3 and 2, proving the Klein quartic's maximality.
result Klein quartic maximizes the first positive Laplacian eigenvalue's multiplicity to 8.

The Ma-Trudinger-Wang curvature --- or cross-curvature --- is an object arising in the regularity theory of optimal transportation. If the transportation cost is derived from a Hamiltonian action, we show its cross-curvature can be expressed in terms of the associated Jacobi fields. Using this expression, we show the l…

2009-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

We give an algebro-geometric construction of some of the non-arithmetic ball quotients constructed by the author, Parker and Paupert. The new construction reveals a relationship between the corresponding orbifold fundamental groups and the automorphism group of the Klein quartic, and also with groups constructed by Bar…

2016-05-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study Einstein-Weyl spaces from Segre quartic surfaces, finding unique geodesics and deformations.

problem Characterize Einstein-Weyl spaces associated with Segre quartic surfaces.
method Explicit construction and analysis of minitwistor spaces, focusing on singularities and geodesics.
result Found unique closed geodesics on Einstein-Weyl spaces, showing deformations and non-compactifications.

We prove some value of the harmonic volume for the Klein quartic CC is nonzero modulo ${1/2}\{mathbb Z}$, using special values of the generalized hypergeometric function 3F2{}_3F_2. This result tells us the algebraic cycle CCC-C^- is not algebraically equivalent to zero in the Jacobian variety J(C)J(C).

2005-08-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Holomorphic maps between configuration spaces are classified, resolving quartic and elliptic curve problems.

problem Classifying holomorphic maps between configuration spaces.
method Using braid groups, elliptic curves, and complex analysis, the authors classify maps and families of elliptic curves.
result The only non-trivial, non-identity holomorphic maps are the resolving quartic map and a map from elliptic curves.

Study of zero-divisors in sedenions via determinant factorization.

problem Characterizing zero-divisors in the sedenion algebra.
method Factorization of determinant of left multiplication, reduction to quaternionic normal form, block computation.
result Quartic polynomial factorization of determinant, geometric model of zero-divisor locus.

We investigate the structure of a variety of new Moishezon twistor spaces, by utilizing the pluri-half-anti-canonical map from the twistor spaces. Each of these twistor spaces is bimeromorphic to a double covering of a scroll of planes over a rational normal curve, and the branch divisor of the double cover is a cut of…

2018-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Study calculates volumes of Fano K-moduli spaces in various dimensions.

problem Computing volumes of Fano K-moduli spaces in different dimensions.
method Computed volumes of Fano K-moduli spaces of Quartic del Pezzo and log Fano hyperplane arrangements in dimensions one and two.
result Relates computed volumes to Weil-Petersson volumes, extending the Weil-Petersson metric to the log case.

It is shown that the sum of class numbers of orders in totally complex quartic fields with no real quadratic subfield obeys an asymptotic law similar to the prime numbers, as the bound on the regulators tends to infinity. Here only orders which are maximal at a given set of primes containing an even number of elements …

2006-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on homological Dehn functions of groups of type FP2FP_2.

problem Understanding the homological Dehn functions of groups of type FP2FP_2.
method Proved foundational results, studied homological Dehn functions of Leary's groups, and provided methods to obtain groups with specific homological Dehn functions.
result Found groups of type FP2FP_2 with quartic homological Dehn function and unsolvable word problem.

A Laguerre geometric local characterization is given of L-minimal surfaces and Laguerre deformations (T-transforms) of L-minimal isothermic surfaces in terms of the holomorphicity of a quartic and a quadratic differential. This is used to prove that, via their Laguerre Gauss maps, the T-transforms of L-minimal isotherm…

2014-01-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we considerably extend the class of known αα-minimizing hypercones using sub-calibration methods. Indeed, the improvement of previous results follows from a careful analysis of special cubic and quartic polynomials.

2019-01-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved bound on the product of first Laplacian eigenvalue and area for genus three surfaces.

problem Bounding the product of the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian and the area for compact surfaces of genus three.
method Improved the bound established by Yang and Yau, using numerical computations for the hyperbolic Klein quartic surface.
result Showed that the product of the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian and the area is bounded above by approximately 21.668π.

Study on Einstein metrics on specific homogeneous spaces.

problem Existence of invariant Einstein metrics on aligned homogeneous spaces.
method Analysis of G_1xG_2-invariant Einstein metrics on G_1/K x G_2/K for compact Lie groups.
result Existence of Einstein metrics is equivalent to a real root of a quartic polynomial.

We consider Lie(G)-valued G-invariant connections on bundles over spaces G/H, RxG/H and R^2xG/H, where G/H is a compact nearly Kaehler six-dimensional homogeneous space, and the manifolds RxG/H and R^2xG/H carry G_2- and Spin(7)-structures, respectively. By making a G-invariant ansatz, Yang-Mills theory with torsion on…

2009-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Automatically explores geometric loci of curves using software networking.

problem Exploring hyperbolisms and geometric loci of plane curves.
method Parametric equations, Groebner bases, and elimination for deriving polynomial equations.
result Derives new constructions of lemniscates and other geometric loci.

This article proposes a new method for the estimation of the parameters of a simple linear regression model which accounts for the role of co-moments in non-Gaussian distributions being based on the minimization of a quartic loss function. Although the proposed method is very general, we examine its application to fina…

2014-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the action of the automorphism group of a closed Riemann surface on its set of theta characteristics (or spin structures). We give criteria for when an automorphism fixes all spin structures, or when it fixes just one. The case of hyperelliptic curves and of the Klein quartic are discussed in detail.

2006-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the moduli space of null curves in Klein's quartic in the four-dimensional (complex) projective plane using methods developed by Robert Bryant. As a consequence, we show that minimal surfaces with 99 embedded planar ends do not exist and formulate some conjectures about the previous moduli space.

2019-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of large group actions on surfaces, focusing on Hurwitz and handlebody groups.

problem Characterizing and understanding group actions on surfaces, especially maximal handlebody and Hurwitz groups.
method Analyzing various group actions, comparing Hurwitz and handlebody groups, and examining bounding actions.
result Relationship between Hurwitz groups and maximal handlebody groups, and insights into geometric bounding actions.

The paper tackles learning mixtures of two multinomial logits, showing identifiability and presenting an algorithm.

problem Learning an arbitrary mixture of two multinomial logits.
method Reduction to solving a system of univariate quartic equations, followed by an algorithm using polynomial and linear samples.
result Identifiability of the mixture models may only fail on an algebraic variety of negligible measure.

We construct minimal laminations with prescribed singularities on a line segment using perturbation techniques and PDE methods. In addition to the singular set, the rate of curvature blowup is also prescribable in our construction, and we show that all curvature blowup rates between quadratic and quartic arise. Our res…

2014-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

We identify a set of "energy" functionals on the space of metrics in a given Kaehler class on a Calabi-Yau manifold, which are bounded below and minimized uniquely on the Ricci-flat metric in that class. Using these functionals, we recast the problem of numerically solving the Einstein equation as an optimization probl…

2009-08-19abs ↗pdf ↗