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48 results for sharp decay estimates

We prove sharp pointwise decay estimates for critical Dirac equations on Rn\mathbb{R}^n with n2n\geq 2. They appear for instance in the study of critical Dirac equations on compact spin manifolds, describing blow-up profiles, and as effective equations in honeycomb structures. For the latter case, we find excited state…

2018-09-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop heat kernel and Green's function estimates for manifolds with positive bottom spectrum. The results are then used to establish existence and sharp estimates of the solution to the Poisson equation on such manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below. As an application, we show that the curvature of a steady …

2017-01-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper predicts and explains the decay of stock anomaly performance over time.

problem Predicting and explaining the drop in risk-adjusted performance of stock anomalies.
method The authors propose ex-ante characteristics based on hypotheses of out-of-sample decay and in-sample overfitting.
result The year of publication explains 30% of the variance in Sharpe decay across factors.

Weight decay stabilizes training dynamics by slowing progressive sharpening.

problem Understanding how weight decay affects training stability in deep learning models.
method Analyzing weight decay effects at the Edge of Stability, developing a mathematical framework.
result Weight decay dampens oscillations and stabilizes sharpness in CNNs, causing a phase transition in MLPs.

For a sequence of blow up solutions of the Yamabe equation on non-locally confonformally flat compact Riemannian manifolds of dimension 10 or 11, we establish sharp estimates on its asymptotic profile near blow up points as well as sharp decay estimates of the Weyl tensor and its covariant derivatives at blow up points…

2006-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study sharp decay of capacity for subharmonic functions on compact Hermitian manifolds.

problem Sharp decay of capacity of sublevel sets of (ω,m)(\omega,m)-subharmonic functions.
method Generalizes previous results on Kähler manifolds and obtains full characterizations of polar sets.
result Full characterizations of polar sets and extremal functions.

The study examines asymptotic properties of G2-monopoles on nonparabolic G2-manifolds.

problem Investigating the asymptotic behavior of G2-monopoles on nonparabolic G2-manifolds.
method Proof of finite mass for monopoles with bounded curvature on nonparabolic G2-manifolds; sharp decay estimates and convergence to pseudo-Hermitian--Yang--Mills connection on asymptotically conical G2-manifolds.
result Sharp decay estimates and convergence to pseudo-Hermitian--Yang--Mills connection on asymptotically conical G2-manifolds.

We establish that finite-time singularities do not occur in four-dimensional Yang-Mills flow, confirming the conjecture of Schlatter, Struwe, and Tahvildar-Zadeh. The proof relies on a weighted energy identity and sharp decay estimates in the neck region.

2016-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove structure theorems for complete manifolds satisfying both the Ricci curvature lower bound and the weighted Poincaré inequality. In the process, a sharp decay estimate for the minimal positive Green's function is obtained. This estimate only depends on the weight function of the Poincaré inequality, and yields …

2007-01-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The study establishes minimax bounds for estimating operators from noisy samples.

problem Estimating unknown operators between Hilbert spaces from noisy data.
method Developed a minimax theory for uniformly bounded Lipschitz operators, proving lower and upper bounds.
result Sharp characterizations of minimax risk for generic Lipschitz operators, showing a curse of sample complexity.

We give sharp sectional curvature estimates for complete immersed cylindrically bounded mm-submanifolds φ:MN×Rφ:M\to N\times\mathbb{R}^{\ell}, n+2m1n+\ell\leq 2m-1 provided that either φφ is proper with the second fundamental form with certain controlled growth or MM has scalar curvature with strong quadratic decay. This l…

2009-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Unique solutions found for wave-like decaying null infinity equations.

problem Wave-like decaying null infinity equations with spherically symmetric Einstein-scalar-field.
method Local and global unique solutions for small initial data.
result Sharp decaying condition for unique solutions.

New theory sharpens Q-learning with LDTZ rate, proving it's best of both worlds.

problem Improving Q-learning's theoretical and practical performance.
method Developed a sharp non-asymptotic error bound and central limit theory for Q-learning with PD2Z-ν schedule.
result Q-learning with LDTZ schedule achieves rapid decay and asymptotic convergence guarantees.

We study isolated singularities of two dimensional Yang-Mills-Higgs fields defined on a fiber bundle, where the fiber space is a compact Riemannian manifold and the structure group is a compact connected Lie group. In general the singularity can not be removed due to possibly non-vanishing limit holonomy around the sin…

2019-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we give a new sharp generalization bound of lp-MKL which is a generalized framework of multiple kernel learning (MKL) and imposes lp-mixed-norm regularization instead of l1-mixed-norm regularization. We utilize localization techniques to obtain the sharp learning rate. The bound is characterized by the d…

2011-03-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on massless Vlasov equation on Reissner-Nordström spacetimes, showing decay rates and non-decay phenomena.

problem Analyzing decay and non-decay rates of solutions to the massless Vlasov equation on Reissner-Nordström spacetimes.
method Quantitative analysis of geodesic flow and comparison to wave equation instability results.
result Exponential decay rates in subextremal cases and polynomial rates in extremal cases, with non-decay of transversal derivatives in extremal cases.

New approach simplifies proof of wave equations on black holes.

problem Global existence and decay for semilinear wave equations on extremal Reissner-Nordström black holes.
method Develops a new approach based on weaker estimates, avoiding near-horizon sharp estimates.
result Simpler and more streamlined proof without requiring near-horizon sharp estimates.

We show that there is no bi-Lipschitz homeomorphism of R2\mathbb{R}^2 that maps a spiral with a sub-exponential decay of winding radii to an unwinded arc. This result is sharp as shows an example of a logarithmic spiral.

2016-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

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 ↗

Last SGD iterate bounds for overparameterized linear regression.

problem Analyzing the last iterate risk bounds of SGD with decaying stepsize for overparameterized linear regression.
method Problem-dependent analysis of last iterate risk bounds of SGD with geometrically decaying stepsize.
result Proved nearly matching upper and lower bounds on the excess risk for last iterate SGD with geometrically decaying stepsize.

We study minimal graphic functions on complete Riemannian manifolds $\Si$ with non-negative Ricci curvature, Euclidean volume growth and quadratic curvature decay. We derive global bounds for the gradients for minimal graphic functions of linear growth only on one side. Then we can obtain a Liouville type theorem with …

2013-10-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study the online learning algorithm without explicit regularization terms. This algorithm is essentially a stochastic gradient descent scheme in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). The polynomially decaying step size in each iteration can play a role of regularization to ensure the generalizati…

2017-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines robust regression in high dimensions with heavy-tailed data.

problem Analyzing robust regression in high-dimensional settings with heavy-tailed data.
method Sharp asymptotic characterisation of M-estimators and ridge regression in elliptical distributions.
result Ridge regression is optimal and universal for finite second moments but can decay faster without them.

We found that factors decay over time, with momentum fitting best.

problem Understanding how factors decay over time and their impact on performance.
method Derived a hyperbolic decay model for factors, tested against linear and exponential alternatives.
result Momentum exhibits hyperbolic decay, outperforming linear and exponential models.

Study examines wave equation decay and Strichartz estimates on conic manifolds.

problem Analyzing wave equation behavior on conic spaces with critical electromagnetic potentials.
method Established decay and Strichartz estimates through localized spectral measure construction.
result Extended and improved previous results on wave equation behavior with critical potentials.

The study examines complete Kähler manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and discovers rigidity properties.

problem Characterizing and understanding properties of complete Kähler manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Analyzes volume growth, scalar curvature, and curvature decay to establish rigidity results.
result Complete Ricci flat Kähler manifolds with Euclidean volume growth are rigid, with unique tangent cones.

Calibrating a Lévy process usually requires characterizing its jump distribution. Traditionally this problem can be solved with nonparametric estimation using the empirical characteristic functions (ECF), assuming certain regularity, and results to date are mostly in 1D. For multivariate Lévy processes and less smooth …

2018-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper improves energy decay estimates for Dir-stationary Q-valued functions and applies them to Liouville-type theorems and continuity.

problem Improving energy decay estimates for Dir-stationary Q-valued functions.
method Establishing improved decay estimates and applying them to derive Liouville-type theorems and continuity.
result Dir-stationary Q-valued functions exhibit the Lebesgue property and reside in a generalized Campanato-Morrey space.

Sharp comparison theorems for 3D manifolds with scalar curvature bound.

problem Understanding the geometry and topology of 3D manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
method Sharp comparison results for Green's function and spectrum, derived from scalar curvature bounds.
result Sharp upper and lower bounds for the Green's function and spectrum of 3D manifolds.

Optimal learning rates decay to zero in easy tasks and maintain a warmup phase in hard tasks.

problem Optimizing learning rates under functional scaling laws for model training.
method Deriving optimal learning-rate schedules based on exponents ss and ββ.
result Sharp phase transition between easy and hard tasks, with different decay behaviors.