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48 results for spherical covariance

Developed a diffusion model on spherical data, addressing geometric and stochastic challenges.

problem Diffusion models on spherical data face unique geometric and stochastic issues.
method Extended spectral diffusion to spherical harmonics, introducing modified stochastic differential equations.
result Introduced a geometry-dependent inductive bias in spectral diffusion models.

New method clusters non-spherical Gaussian mixtures with fewer samples and time.

problem Clustering non-spherical Gaussian mixtures with arbitrary component covariances.
method Sum-of-Squares method for finding low-dimensional projections.
result Improved clustering algorithms with fewer samples and time complexity.

Corrected whitening restores orthogonality in high-dimensional spherical Gaussian mixtures.

problem In high-dimensional data, standard whitening fails to preserve orthogonality of mixture means.
method Derived exact limits for whitened means dot products using random matrix theory, constructed a corrected whitening matrix.
result Corrected whitening allows for improved estimation of spherical Gaussian mixtures in the large-dimensional regime.

Study spherical doubly warped spacetimes for stellar collapse and cosmology.

problem Analyzing spherically symmetric spacetimes for stellar collapse and cosmology.
method Obtained results for Weyl and Ricci tensors on general doubly warped spacetimes.
result Friedmann equations deviate from standard FRW cosmology due to electric tensor terms.

Noise in SGD affects overparameterized models, favoring sparse solutions.

problem Understanding and mitigating implicit bias in SGD with parameter-dependent noise.
method Theoretical analysis of a quadratically-parameterized model with label noise and Gaussian noise.
result SGD with label noise recovers sparse ground-truth solutions, while SGD with Gaussian noise overfits dense solutions.

Vanilla SGD learns SIM from anisotropic data without explicit covariance estimation.

problem Learning SIM from anisotropic Gaussian inputs.
method Vanilla Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) trained on SIM with anisotropic input.
result Vanilla SGD adapts to anisotropic data's covariance structure.

Probabilistic principal component analysis (PPCA) seeks a low dimensional representation of a data set in the presence of independent spherical Gaussian noise, Sigma = (sigma^2)*I. The maximum likelihood solution for the model is an eigenvalue problem on the sample covariance matrix. In this paper we consider the situa…

2011-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Lower bounds show learning mixtures of linear classifiers is nearly impossible.

problem Learning mixtures of linear classifiers under Gaussian covariates.
method Statistical Query (SQ) lower bounds and new spherical designs.
result Complexity of any SQ algorithm is \( n^{\mathrm{poly}(1/Δ) \log(r)} \), where Δ is the pairwise \(\ell_2\)-separation.

We demonstrate that it is conceptually and computationally favorable to regard spin-weighted spherical harmonics as vector valued functions on the total space SO(3)SO(3) of the Hopf bundle, satisfying a covariance condition with respect to the gauge group U(1)U(1) of this bundle. A key role is played by the invariant connec…

2014-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently estimates covariance for sub-Weibull vectors with sub-Gaussian rate.

problem Outliers in high-dimensional covariance estimation.
method Cross-Fitted Norm-Truncated Estimator for Sub-Weibull distributions.
result Achieves optimal sub-Gaussian rate with O(Nd2)O(Nd^2) operations.

Efficiently estimates covariance matrix for elliptical distributions under strong contamination.

problem Robust estimation of covariance matrix in the presence of adversarial corruptions.
method Proposes an algorithm that uses spatial sign of elliptical distributions and spectral covariance filtering.
result Achieves nearly optimal error guarantee for various elliptical distributions.

New GMM models fit high-dimensional data with fewer parameters.

problem Overparameterization and lack of flexibility in GMMs for high-dimensional data.
method Piecewise-constant covariance eigenvalue profiles, EM and penalized EM algorithms.
result Superior likelihood-parsimony tradeoffs in density fitting, clustering, and denoising.

New tests for identifying the number of latent factors in short panels with small time dimensions.

problem Determining the number of latent factors in short panels with small time dimensions.
method Eigenvalue tests based on variance-covariance matrices of asset returns, with assumptions on spherical errors or instrumental variables for factor betas.
result Established asymptotic distributional results and proposed a novel statistical test for weak factors.

Geodesic sprays on Finsler manifolds studied with covariant coefficients.

problem Understanding geometric properties of Finsler metrics through covariant coefficients.
method Introduced FF-covariant coefficients HiH_i and studied their geometric consequences.
result Existence and uniqueness of spray scalar HH for projectively flat metrics.

The abstract proves spherical surface decompositions with conical singularities.

problem Decomposing surfaces with spherical metrics and conical singularities.
method Geometric triangulations and irreducible components of standard shapes.
result Spherical polygons, including half-spherical concave polygons, can be arbitrarily complicated.

Proposes ridge regression on Riemannian manifolds for time-series prediction.

problem Time-series prediction on Riemannian manifolds.
method Combines Riemannian least-squares fitting via Bézier curves, empirical covariance on manifolds, and Mahalanobis distance regularization.
result Significant error reduction in synthetic spherical experiments and hurricane forecasting.

CeCNN predicts SE and AL from UWF images, improving myopia screening.

problem Predicting axial length and spherical equivalence from UWF fundus images.
method Copula-enhanced Convolutional Neural Network (CeCNN) for multiresponse regression.
result CeCNN improves prediction of SE and AL compared to baseline CNNs.

Study spherical curves with curvature dependent on distance to a great circle.

problem Understanding spherical curves with curvature dependent on distance to a great circle.
method Introducing spherical angular momentum, characterizing known curves, finding new families, and obtaining arc length parametrizations.
result New families of spherical curves with intrinsic equations in elementary or Jacobi elliptic functions.

Study calculates eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for spherical triangles and finds fundamental gap behavior.

problem Understanding eigenvalues and gaps in spherical triangles.
method Explicit computation of Dirichlet eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for spherical lunes and triangles.
result Fundamental gap of spherical triangles increases as the angle of the lune decreases.

Existence and uniqueness of spherical helicoidal surfaces in 3-sphere via spherical curves.

problem Existence and uniqueness of spherical helicoidal surfaces in 3-sphere.
method Continuous function of distance to axis, spherical angular momentum of spherical curves.
result Existence and uniqueness theorem for spherical helicoidal surfaces in 3-sphere.

The reductivity of a spherical curve represents how reduced the spherical curve is. It is unknown if there exists a spherical curve whose reductivity is four. In this paper we give an unavoidable set for spherical curves with reductivity four by considering 4-gons.

2016-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

This work investigates how gradient-based learning performs with structured data, revealing issues and improvements.

problem Gradient-based learning under structured data, particularly with a spiked covariance structure.
method Investigates the effect of a spiked covariance structure on gradient-based feature learning and proposes weight normalization.
result Gradient-based dynamics may fail to recover the true direction in anisotropic settings, but weight normalization can improve performance.

The paper improves inequalities for nearly spherical sets using quermassintegrals.

problem Improving inequalities for nearly spherical sets.
method Establishing quantitative Alexandrov-Fenchel inequalities for quermassintegrals.
result Lower bounds on the (k,m)(k,m)-isoperimetric deficit found using spherical deviation and asymmetry.

The reductivity of a spherical curve is the minimal number of a local transformation called an inverse-half-twisted splice required to obtain a reducible spherical curve from the spherical curve. It is unknown if there exists a spherical curve whose reductivity is four. In this paper, an unavoidable set of configuratio…

2017-05-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that we can obtain a reducible spherical curve from any non-trivial spherical curve by four or less inverse-half-twisted splices, i.e., the reductivity, which represents how reduced a spherical curve is, is four or less. We also discuss unavoidable sets of tangles for spherical curves.

2014-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper classifies Landsberg spherically symmetric Finsler metrics in various dimensions.

problem Investigating compatibility conditions on spherically symmetric Finsler metrics.
method Using the inverse problem of calculus of variations, the paper focuses on Landsberg and Berwald types.
result All Landsberg spherically symmetric manifolds in higher dimensions are either Riemannian or have specific geodesic spray formulas.

Polynomial-time algorithm for estimating covariance in corrupted Gaussian data.

problem Estimating covariance in data with up to 1-α fraction of adversarial corruptions.
method Uses low-degree sum-of-squares certificates for anti-concentration and hypercontractivity.
result Outputs a list of candidate parameters with high probability containing a nearly correct covariance.

For a convex body on the Euclidean unit sphere the spherical convex floating body is introduced. The asymptotic behavior of the volume difference of a spherical convex body and its spherical floating body is investigated. This gives rise to a new spherical area measure, the floating area. Remarkably, this floating area…

2014-11-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper examines properties of spherical Finsler metrics, proving their semi-C-reducibility and conditions for vanishing mean stretch curvature.

problem Analyzing curvature properties of spherical Finsler metrics.
method Proving semi-C-reducibility and finding conditions for vanishing mean stretch curvature.
result Conditions for a general spherically symmetric Finsler metric to have vanishing mean stretch curvature.

The paper classifies spherically symmetric Finsler metrics as Berwaldian or Riemannian.

problem Classifying spherically symmetric Finsler metrics.
method Proving all spherically symmetric Landsberg surfaces are Berwaldian and modifying the classification of spherically symmetric Finsler metrics.
result All Berwald spherically symmetric metrics of dimension n3n\geq 3 are Riemannian or given by a specific formula.

Intrinsic formulation of noncommutative geometry for quantum gravity.

problem Formalizing noncommutative differential geometry for quantum gravity.
method Geometric definitions and proofs of noncommutative Ricci curvatures and Bianchi identities.
result Quantum fluctuations and curvatures of (pseudo-) Riemannian metrics are renormalizable.

The paper characterizes spherically symmetric metrics with scalar curvature.

problem Characterizing spherically symmetric metrics with scalar curvature.
method Established a curvature compatibility condition on spherically symmetric Finsler metrics and constructed a Berwald frame.
result Characterized spherically symmetric metrics with scalar curvature.