Analyzes smoothness and classification of maps between manifolds.
problem Analyzing interpolating sesqui-harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds.
method Derives a conservation law and uses it to show smoothness of weak solutions; obtains classification results.
result Smoothness of weak solutions and classification results for interpolating sesqui-harmonic maps.
Classifies spherical objects filled with water or air using acoustic echoes and Form Function.
problem Automatic recognition of spherical objects based on acoustic echoes.
method Form Function analysis of wideband sonar data, fed into a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) classifier.
result Performance of the MLP classifier compared to SVM, highlighting the effectiveness of Form Function.
J.H.C. Whitehead defined a map Jr:πr(SO)→πrs from the homotopy of the special orthogonal group to the stable homotopy of spheres. Within a toy model we show how the known computation for kernel(J) leads to nonlinear σ-models with spherical source (space) and spherical target which admit false vacua…
A global weak solution of the biharmonic wave map equation in the energy space for spherical targets is constructed. The equation is reformulated as a conservation law and solved by a suitable Ginzburg-Landau type approximation.
Given a discrete group G and a spherical G-fusion category whose neutral component has invertible dimension, we use the state-sum method to construct a 3-dimensional Homotopy Quantum Field Theory (HQFT) with target the Eilenberg-MacLane space K(G,1).
Paper proposes SMFN for high-res spherical video super-resolution.
problem Super-resolution of 360-degree panoramic videos is expensive and challenging.
method Deformable convolutions, mixed attention mechanism, dual learning strategy, weighted mean square error loss function.
result The proposed SMFN method improves super-resolution of equatorial regions in 360-degree videos.
Study optimization landscapes for overcomplete representations, showing benign geometric structures.
problem Optimizing overcomplete representations in high-dimensional data analysis.
method Formulate as ℓ4-norm optimization problems with spherical constraint, analyze geometric properties. result Nonconvex objectives have benign geometric structures, ensuring local search algorithms find target solutions.
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.
The study explores how to infer the geometry of space forms from similarity comparisons.
problem Inferring the geometry of space forms from unreliable similarity measurements.
method Introducing ordinal capacity and spread, proving their relation to space form properties, and using statistical analysis of similarity measurements.
result The statistical behavior of ordinal spread variables can identify the underlying space form.
3D HQFTs constructed using graded monoidal categories.
problem Constructing 3D HQFTs with specific targets.
method Using spherical χ-fusion categories and the state sum method.
result 3D HQFTs constructed with target Bχ.
Paper introduces spherical knot mosaics for knot and link invariants.
problem Representing knots on a sphere with tiles.
method Tiling a 2-sphere with 11 knot mosaic tiles to define new invariants.
result New knot invariants derived from spherical mosaic tiling.
Study geodesics on spherical polyhedra, estimating their number.
problem Counting simple closed geodesics on spherical polyhedra.
method Examined regular spherical octahedra, cubes, and tetrahedra.
result Estimated the number of simple closed geodesics on spherical polyhedra.
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.
For the n-dimensional spherical pedal curve pedγ,P with respect to an n-dimensional spherical unit speed curve γ and a given point P∈Sn, we define the spherical orthotomic curve of γ relative to the point P, and classify singularities of spherical orthotomic curves.
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.
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.
New findings show fundamental group is not audible in spherical space forms.
problem Isospectral spherical space forms with non-cyclic fundamental groups.
method Revisited and found new examples of spherical space forms.
result Fundamental group is not audible among spherical space forms.
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.
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)-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…
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.
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.
Inspired by work of Colding-Minicozzi on mean curvature flow, Zhang introduced a notion of entropy stability for harmonic map flow. We build further upon this work in several directions. First we prove the equivalence of entropy stability with a more computationally tractable F-stability. Then, focusing on t…
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…
Study on spherical CR manifolds with non-trivial Chern classes.
problem Understanding Chern classes in spherical CR manifolds.
method Construction and proof of constraints on Chern classes.
result Topological obstruction to spherical CR structures on contact manifolds.
PGF kernels analyze spherical data using generalized RBF kernels.
problem Analysis of spherical data.
method Introduced PGF kernels and a semi-parametric learning algorithm.
result PGF kernels generalize RBF kernels for spherical data.
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.
Classifies involutions on spherical 3-manifolds.
problem Classifying involutions on spherical 3-manifolds.
method Geometric approach to conjugacy classification.
result Insights into topological properties of involutions.
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 n≥3 are Riemannian or given by a specific formula. Paper develops invariants for spherical curves using chord diagrams.
problem Developing invariants for spherical curves under local moves.
method Using based chord diagrams and local moves from Reidemeister moves.
result Invariants include both classical and new spherical curve invariants.
In this paper we consider the spherical slant helices in R3. More- over, we show how could be obtained to a spherical slant helix and we give some spherical slant helix examples in Euclidean 3-space.
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.
The study proves spherical polygon analogs of curve theorems, finding bounds on intersections and inflections.
problem Finding bounds on intersections and inflections for spherical polygons.
method Adapting smooth curve theorems to spherical polygons using discrete tools.
result Proves discrete analogs of four-vertex theorems for spherical polygons.
New formula for spherical polygon area via prequantization.
problem Traditional area formula for spherical polygons requires measuring angles.
method Uses prequantization to create a new formula that doesn't require angle measurement.
result New formula applicable to a wider range of degenerate curves and polygons.
Euler explored spherical geometry using trigonometric formulae and solid geometry methods.
problem Developing trigonometric formulae for spherical geometry.
method Used calculus of variations and classical solid geometry methods.
result Established trigonometric formulae and computed spherical triangle areas.
A spherical polyhedron surface is a triangulated surface obtained by isometric gluing of spherical triangles. For instance, the boundary of a generic convex polytope in the 3-sphere is a spherical polyhedron surface. This paper investigates these surfaces from the point of view of inner angles. A rigidity result is obt…
Recently we initiated the study of spherical T-duality for spacetimes that are principal SU(2)-bundles. In this paper, we extend spherical T-duality to spacetimes that are oriented non-principal SU(2)-bundles. There are several interesting new examples in this case and a new phenomenon appearing in the non-principal ca…
Kähler-Ricci flow on spherical Fano manifolds converges to a soliton.
problem Analyzing the behavior of Kähler-Ricci flow on spherical Fano manifolds.
method Gromov-Hausdorff limit and torus degeneration.
result The limit of Kähler-Ricci flow on spherical Fano manifolds is a spherical Fano variety with a Kähler-Ricci soliton.
We consider the Gopakumar-Ooguri-Vafa correspondence, relating U(N) Chern-Simons theory at large N to topological strings, in the context of spherical Seifert 3-manifolds. These are quotients SΓ=Γ\S3 of the three-sphere by the free action of a finite isometry group. Guided by …
Spherical Plateau problem studies minimal surfaces in quotients of spheres.
problem Minimal surfaces in quotients of spheres.
method Metric currents, barycenter map method.
result Intrinsic uniqueness of solutions for negatively curved manifolds.
The class of spherically symmetric Finsler metrics is studied and locally dually flat and projectively flat spherically symmetric Finsler metrics is classified.
In earlier papers, we introduced spherical T-duality, which relates pairs of the form (P,H) consisting of an oriented S3-bundle P→M and a 7-cocycle H on P called the 7-flux. Intuitively, the spherical T-dual is another such pair (P^,H^) and spherical T-duality exchanges the 7-flux with …
We introduce spherical T-duality, which relates pairs of the form (P,H) consisting of a principal SU(2)-bundle P→M and a 7-cocycle H on P. Intuitively spherical T-duality exchanges H with the second Chern class c2(P). Unless dim(M)≤4, not all pairs admit spherical T-duals and the spheric…
DELIMIT is a framework extension for deep learning in diffusion imaging, which extends the basic framework PyTorch towards spherical signals. Based on several novel layers, deep learning can be applied to spherical diffusion imaging data in a very convenient way. First, two spherical harmonic interpolation layers are a…
Spherically symmetric metrics form a rich and important class of metrics. Many well-known Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature can be locally expressed as a spherically symmetric metric on R^n. In this paper, we study spherically symmetric metrics with constant Ricci curvature and constant flag curvature.
Researchers find highest volumes for isospectral spherical orbifolds and space forms.
problem Finding the maximum volumes of isospectral spherical orbifolds and space forms.
method Analyzing isospectral properties and calculating volumes of spherical orbifolds and space forms.
result Highest volumes for specific dimensions and conditions of isospectral spherical orbifolds and space forms.