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48 results for scaling arguments

NUTS mixing time scales as d^(1/4) for Gaussian distributions.

problem Improving the efficiency of the No-U-Turn Sampler (NUTS) for Gaussian distributions.
method Coupling argument leveraging geometric structure of Gaussian concentration, uniformity analysis of NUTS transitions.
result The mixing time of NUTS scales as d^(1/4) for Gaussian distributions, up to logarithmic factors.

We prove a scaling limit theorem for the super-replication cost of options in a Cox--Ross--Rubinstein binomial model with transient price impact. The correct scaling turns out to keep the market depth parameter constant while resilience over fixed periods of time grows in inverse proportion with the duration between tr…

2018-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study scaling limits of utility indifference prices in discretized Bachelier model.

problem Analyzing utility indifference prices for path-dependent European options in a discretized Bachelier model.
method Purely probabilistic approach, including duality argument, optimal drift control problem, martingale techniques, and strong invariance principles.
result Obtained a scaling limit for utility indifference prices as the number of trading times increases.

Study scaling limits for option pricing in trinomial models.

problem Analyzing exponential hedging in trinomial models converging to Black-Scholes.
method Purely probabilistic approach using duality, martingale, and weak-convergence techniques.
result Derives a scaling limit for exponential certainty-equivalent prices in trinomial models.

We define a hybrid between Ollvier and Bakry Emery curvature on graphs with dependence on a variable neighborhood. The hexagonal lattice is non-negatively curved under this new curvature notion. Bonnet-Myers diameter bounds and Lichnerowicz eigenvalue estimates follow from the standard arguments. We prove gradient esti…

2019-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We study a class of weakly identifiable location-scale mixture models for which the maximum likelihood estimates based on nn i.i.d. samples are known to have lower accuracy than the classical n12n^{- \frac{1}{2}} error. We investigate whether the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm also converges slowly for these m…

2019-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Simplifies deep learning scaling analysis without sacrificing accuracy.

problem Interpreting feature learning mechanisms and determining network implicit bias in high-dimensional settings.
method Developed a heuristic approach for predicting data and width scales of feature learning patterns.
result Predictions align with known results and extend to complex architectures.

In this note, we study a class of stochastic control problems where the optimal strategies are described by two parameters. These include a subset of singular control, impulse control, and two-player stochastic games. The parameters are first chosen by the two continuous/smooth fit conditions, and then the optimality o…

2016-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves unboundedness of a functional on G2 forms and describes manifold limits.

problem Proving unboundedness of a functional on G2 forms and describing manifold limits.
method Scaling arguments, geometric estimates, collapsing theorem for orbifolds.
result Explicit descriptions of large volume limits of two G2 manifolds.

In this work we address the problem of argument search. The purpose of argument search is the distillation of pro and contra arguments for requested topics from large text corpora. In previous works, the usual approach is to use a standard search engine to extract text parts which are relevant to the given topic and su…

2019-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The notion of market impact is subtle and sometimes misinterpreted. Here we argue that impact should not be misconstrued as volatility. In particular, the so-called ``square-root impact law'', which states that impact grows as the square-root of traded volume, has nothing to do with price diffusion, i.e. that typical p…

2019-05-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows formation of Kerr black holes with complete apparent horizons and proves Penrose inequalities.

problem Formation of Kerr black holes and Penrose inequalities.
method Combining gravitational-collapse and Kerr stability results with new coordinate changes and elliptic arguments.
result Proves dynamical and spacetime Penrose inequalities in black hole formation spacetimes.

Algorithm improves online canonical correlation analysis.

problem Online canonical correlation analysis.
method Stochastic Scaled-Gradient Descent (SSGD) for minimizing expectation over Riemannian manifolds.
result Achieved optimal one-time-scale algorithm with explicit rate of local asymptotic convergence.

Revises mean-field theory of Santa Fe model using kinetic theory.

problem Deriving a solid mathematical foundation for the Santa Fe model.
method Systematic derivation of BBGKY hierarchy from exact master equation.
result Explicit and closed-form solutions for mean-field equations.

This paper investigates the scaling dependencies between measures of "activity" and of "size" for companies included in the FTSE 100. The "size" of companies is measured by the total market capitalization. The "activity" is measured with several quantities related to trades (transaction value per trade, transaction val…

2004-07-29abs ↗pdf ↗

The nowadays massive amounts of generated and communicated data present major challenges in their processing. While capable of successfully classifying nonlinearly separable objects in various settings, subspace clustering (SC) methods incur prohibitively high computational complexity when processing large-scale data. …

2015-10-06abs ↗pdf ↗

A hierarchical model shows how scaling laws emerge from sequential feature recovery.

problem Emergence of scaling laws from feature learning in multi-layer networks.
method Layer-wise spectral algorithm adapted to compositional structure, sequential feature detection.
result Sequential detection of latent features, leading to explicit power-law decay of prediction error.

Understanding the structure of financial markets deals with suitably determining the functional relation between financial variables. In this respect, important variables are the trading activity, defined here as the number of trades NN, the traded volume VV, the asset price PP, the squared volatility σ2σ^2, the bid…

2018-03-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Study large-scale geometry of graph braid groups via cubical structures.

problem Classify and understand the quasi-isometry of graph braid groups.
method Exploit cubical structures to relate hyperbolicity, undistorted subgroups, and group decompositions.
result Complete classification of graph braid groups quasi-isometric to free groups.

We obtain sharp bounds on the performance of Empirical Risk Minimization performed in a convex class and with respect to the squared loss, without assuming that class members and the target are bounded functions or have rapidly decaying tails. Rather than resorting to a concentration-based argument, the method used her…

2014-01-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Several models of stock trading [P. Bak et al, Physica A {\bf 246}, 430 (1997)] are analyzed in analogy with one-dimensional, two-species reaction-diffusion-branching processes. Using heuristic and scaling arguments, we show that the short-time market price variation is subdiffusive with a Hurst exponent H=1/4H=1/4. Biase…

1998-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that in a variety of large-scale deep learning scenarios the gradient dynamically converges to a very small subspace after a short period of training. The subspace is spanned by a few top eigenvectors of the Hessian (equal to the number of classes in the dataset), and is mostly preserved over long periods of tr…

2018-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows saddle connection graph's geometry and quasi-isometry properties.

problem Characterize the geometry and quasi-isometry of saddle connection graphs.
method Proved 4-hyperbolicity and uniform quasi-isometry to a tree, used generalised unicorn paths.
result Saddle connection graph is not quasi-isometrically rigid and its boundary is straight foliations.

Study of recurrences in earthquakes, climate, financial time-series, etc. is crucial to better forecast disasters and limit their consequences. However, almost all the previous phenomenological studies involved only a long-ranged autocorrelation function, or disregarded the multi-scaling properties induced by potential…

2013-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We define inductively isometric embeddings of $\mb{P}^n(\mb{R})$ and $\mb{P}^n(\mb{C})$ (with their canonical metrics conveniently scaled) into the standard unit sphere, which present the former as the restriction of the latter to the set of real points. Our argument parallels the telescopic construction of $\mb{P}^\in…

2018-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

SCAFFLSA reduces communication complexity for federated learning with heterogeneous clients.

problem Quantifying and reducing communication complexity in federated learning with heterogeneous clients.
method Proposes SCAFFLSA, a variant of FedLSA using control variates to correct for client drift.
result SCAFFLSA achieves logarithmic communication complexity for statistically heterogeneous agents, scaling with the inverse of the desired accuracy.

We study the price impact of order book events - limit orders, market orders and cancelations - using the NYSE TAQ data for 50 U.S. stocks. We show that, over short time intervals, price changes are mainly driven by the order flow imbalance, defined as the imbalance between supply and demand at the best bid and ask pri…

2010-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

In this pedagogical study, carried out by adopting standard mathematical methods of nonlinear dynamics, we have presented some simple analytical models to understand terminal behaviour in industrial growth. This issue has also been addressed from a dynamical systems perspective, with especial emphasis on the concept of…

2007-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniform scaling limits in AdamW-trained transformers converge to ODEs.

problem Understanding the dynamics of large-depth transformers trained with AdamW.
method Modeling transformer dynamics as an interacting particle system coupled through attention, proving convergence to ODEs.
result The joint dynamics of hidden states and backpropagated variables converge uniformly to an ODE system.

This paper studies the concept of instantaneous arbitrage in continuous time and its relation to the instantaneous CAPM. Absence of instantaneous arbitrage is equivalent to the existence of a trading strategy which satisfies the CAPM beta pricing relation in place of the market. Thus the difference between the arbitrag…

2019-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

A large collection of daily time series for 60 world currencies' exchange rates is considered. The correlation matrices are calculated and the corresponding Minimal Spanning Tree (MST) graphs are constructed for each of those currencies used as reference for the remaining ones. It is shown that multiplicity of the MST …

2008-10-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Study confirms complex crypto market dynamics via non-linear potentials.

problem Linear models fail to capture complex financial market dynamics.
method Analyzed high-frequency crypto currency data to confirm non-linear drift and potential functions.
result Markets exhibit either single-well or double-well potentials, indicating varying levels of uncertainty or stress.

We consider smooth complete solutions to Ricci flow with bounded curvature on manifolds without boundary in dimension three. Assuming an open ball at time zero of radius one has curvature bounded from below by -1, then we prove estimates which show that compactly contained subregions of this ball will be smoothed out b…

2014-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the spectral norm of a random n1×n2××nKn_1\times n_2\times \cdots \times n_K tensor (or higher-order array) scales as O((k=1Knk)log(K))O\left(\sqrt{(\sum_{k=1}^{K}n_k)\log(K)}\right) under some sub-Gaussian assumption on the entries. The proof is based on a covering number argument. Since the spectral norm is dual to the tensor…

2014-07-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Dropout schedules can be optimized to significantly reduce model test loss.

problem Improving model performance in neural networks.
method Developed a mean-field theory of dropout at the edge of chaos, proposing front-loaded dropout schedules.
result Front-loaded dropout schedules reduce test loss by 18-35% over constant dropout.

New theorem shows curvature concentration depends linearly on volume ratio.

problem Gap theorem for nonnegative Ricci curvature manifolds with small curvature concentration.
method Exhibited Ricci flow solution with faster than 1/t curvature decay.
result Curvature concentration depends linearly on asymptotic volume ratio.

In this article, we show how the scaling symmetry of the SABR model can be utilized to efficiently price European options. For special kinds of payoffs, the complexity of the problem is reduced by one dimension. For more generic payoffs, instead of solving the 1+2 dimensional SABR PDE, it is sufficient to solve NVN_V u…

2013-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on SGD dynamics and scaling laws for training quadratic neural networks in high dimensions.

problem Optimizing and understanding the training dynamics of quadratic neural networks in high-dimensional settings.
method Sharp analysis of SGD dynamics, combining matrix Riccati differential equations and matrix monotonicity arguments.
result Derivation of scaling laws for prediction risk, highlighting power-law dependencies on optimization time, sample size, and model width.