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48 results for spherical optimization

Proposes spherical text embedding for better directional similarity.

problem Directional similarity is more effective but unsupervised text embeddings are typically learned in Euclidean space.
method Develops a spherical generative model and an efficient optimization algorithm for unsupervised word and paragraph embeddings.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performances on various text embedding tasks.

New analysis tightens memory capacity of Hopfield models using spherical codes.

problem Optimizing memory capacity in modern Hopfield models and Kernelized Hopfield Models.
method Connecting Hopfield models to spherical codes in information theory, establishing an optimal capacity bound and a sub-linear algorithm.
result First tight and optimal asymptotic memory capacity for modern Hopfield models, matching known lower bounds.

New gradient flows for non-negative and probability measures combining optimal transport and interaction forces.

problem Optimizing non-negative and probability measures using interaction forces and optimal transport.
method Interaction-Force Transport (IFT) gradient flows and their spherical variant, developed via infimal convolution of Wasserstein and spherical MMD tensors, with a particle-based optimization algorithm.
result The spherical IFT gradient flow provides global exponential convergence guarantees for both MMD and KL energy.

Paper introduces S3W distance for spherical probability distributions.

problem Comparing spherical probability distributions efficiently and accurately.
method S3W distance using stereographic projection and generalized Radon transform.
result Extensive theoretical analysis and evaluation of S3W performance.

The study finds the optimal metrics for free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps.

problem Optimizing metrics for free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps.
method Introducing functionals based on eigenvalues of Steklov-type problems and proving maximizers are induced by immersions.
result Maximizing metrics are induced by free boundary minimal immersions in geodesic balls of a round sphere.

Revisits Gaussian process model with spherical harmonics for scalable deep learning.

problem Scaling Gaussian process models to large input dimensions with high frequency learning.
method Introduces new kernels related to deep models, variational learning of spherical harmonic phases, and sparseness in eigenbasis.
result Enables scaling to larger input dimensions and learning of high frequency variations.

For spherically symmetric distributions, efficient quantisation can be achieved with moderate sample sizes.

problem Optimal quantisation in high dimensions requires large sample sizes, making it impractical.
method Uniformly distributed random quantisers on a sphere of suitable radius achieve exceptional performance.
result For moderate sample sizes, quantisation error can be efficiently computed and approximated.

FHDMs achieve optimal convergence in spherically supported data.

problem Statistical convergence properties of FHDMs for spherical data.
method FHDMs leverage random generation time and Doob's h-transform to optimize convergence rate.
result Achieve minimax optimal convergence rate in total variation for spherically supported Sobolev smooth data.

New method uses spherical harmonics to simplify learning single-index models.

problem Learning single-index models with unknown one-dimensional projections.
method Proposes using spherical harmonics instead of Hermite polynomials to capture rotational symmetry.
result Characterizes the complexity of learning single-index models under arbitrary spherically symmetric input distributions.

This paper uses a geometric approach to understand how normalization layers affect neural network optimization.

problem Understanding the effect of normalization layers on optimization in neural networks.
method Introduces a spherical framework to study optimization dynamics of neural networks with normalization layers from a geometric perspective.
result Derives the first effective learning rate expression of Adam and shows that SGD with NLs is equivalent to a constrained variant of Adam.

Study of Milnor invariants and ropelength of spherical links.

problem Understanding the relationship between the thickness of spherical links and their Milnor invariants.
method Generalized Massey products and Milnor invariants to spherical links, finding optimal asymptotic bounds.
result Optimal asymptotic bounds on Milnor invariants in terms of thickness, revealing a polynomial vs exponential regime.

Bayesian framework for sphere regression using Gaussian fields.

problem Nonparametric regression on the sphere with Gaussian priors.
method Isotropic Gaussian field priors, harmonic structure, exact posterior distributions, optimal spectral truncation, posterior contraction rates.
result Sharp posterior contraction rates for Gaussian priors with polynomially decaying angular power spectra.

New methods optimize functions on hyperbolic and spherical spaces, matching Euclidean rates up to logarithmic factors.

problem Optimizing functions on non-Euclidean spaces like hyperbolic and spherical geometries.
method Introduced accelerated global first-order methods for LL-smooth and geodesically convex functions on hyperbolic and spherical spaces.
result Achieved the same rates as accelerated gradient descent in Euclidean space, up to logarithmic factors.

Geometrically, spherical 3-manifolds emerge from flat SU(2)-bundles over hyperbolic surfaces.

problem Realizing spherical 3-manifolds from flat SU(2)-bundles over hyperbolic surfaces.
method Using Gromov-Hausdorff convergence and systole maximization over moduli spaces.
result Homogeneous spherical 3-manifolds can be realized as limits of metric spaces of flat SU(2)-bundles.

Compact proof for Brown-York mass positivity and rigidity in flat and spherical spaces.

problem Positivity of Brown-York mass and rigidity of manifolds with mean-convex boundaries.
method Spinorial proof and optimal lower bound for eigenvalues.
result Optimal lower bound for first non-null eigenvalue of Dirac operator.

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.

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 ↗

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 ↗

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 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.

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 ↗

Spherical CNNs tackle 3D data analysis, especially spherical images.

problem Learning problems involving spherical images, like omnidirectional vision and molecular regression.
method Defined spherical cross-correlation, developed a generalized FFT for efficient computation.
result Demonstrated spherical CNNs' effectiveness in 3D model recognition and atomization energy regression.

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.

Two-layer NN with channel attention learns low-degree spherical polynomials efficiently.

problem Learning low-degree spherical polynomials with over-parameterized neural networks.
method Two-layer neural network with channel attention, vanilla gradient descent, learnable channel selection.
result Minimally improved sample complexity of $n \asymp Θ(d^{\ell_0}/\eps)$ for learning low-degree polynomials.

Study on spherical Finsler metrics with isotropic curvature rigidity.

problem Characterizing and understanding spherically symmetric Finsler metrics with isotropic EE-curvature.
method Provided the correct formula for mean Berwald curvature, established differential equations for projective and dual flatness, and derived a rigidity result.
result Rigidity result on spherically symmetric Finsler metrics with isotropic EE-curvature.

The paper creates spherical CR structures for Whitehead link surgeries.

problem Creating spherical CR structures for Dehn surgeries of the Whitehead link.
method Applying spherical CR Dehn surgery theorem to deform Ford domains.
result Infinitely many Dehn surgeries of the Whitehead link complement with spherical CR structures.

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.