Study stability thresholds of big line bundles, proving bounds and generalizing results.
problem Stability thresholds of big line bundles and their asymptotic behavior.
method Explicit bounds on error terms, using quasi-monomial valuations to compute stability thresholds.
result Proves Jin--Rubinstein--Tian's questions affirmatively.
New stability thresholds detect K-stability in Fano manifolds.
problem Detecting K-stability in Fano manifolds.
method Introducing new stability thresholds and studying geodesic rays in Kähler potentials.
result New entropy functional relates to radial entropy functional.
We show that uniform K-stability is a Zariski open condition in Q-Gorenstein families of Q-Fano varieties. To prove this result, we consider the behavior of the stability threshold in families. The stability threshold (also known as the delta-invariant) is a recently introduced invariant that is known to detect the K-s…
Proves finitely generated associated graded rings for valuations on log Fano pairs.
problem Stability thresholds of log Fano pairs.
method Proves finite generation of associated graded rings for valuations.
result Log Fano pairs are uniformly K-stable if their stability threshold is less than a certain value.
Study on discrete Okounkov bodies and their applications.
problem Understanding stability and thresholds in higher dimensions.
method Analysis of discrete Okounkov bodies and gap phenomena.
result Asymptotic analysis of stability and thresholds.
We show that for a K-unstable Fano variety, any divisorial valuation computing its stability threshold induces a non-trivial special test configuration preserving the stability threshold. When such a divisorial valuation exists, we show that the Fano variety degenerates to a uniquely determined twisted K-polystable Fan…
Solves modified conjecture for Fano manifolds using Ding stability.
problem Finding Kähler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds.
method Interprets Ding semistability and solves modified conjecture.
result Solves modified conjecture for coupled Kähler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds.
New method creates vacuum data at minimal and borderline decay thresholds.
problem Creating vacuum initial data at specific decay thresholds.
method Conical solution-operator method applied to vacuum asymptotically flat initial data.
result Demonstrates global and exterior stability of Minkowski spacetime.
Solves Tian's stabilization problem for toric Fano manifolds.
problem Tian's stabilization problem for equivariant global log canonical thresholds.
method Expressed complex singularity exponents in terms of support and gauge functions from convex geometry.
result First general result on Tian's problem.
Gradient descent near stability threshold exhibits sharpness oscillations.
problem Understanding sharpness behavior near stability threshold in non-Euclidean norms.
method Interpreted EoS through Directional Smoothness and generalized sharpness under arbitrary norms.
result Non-Euclidean GD with generalized sharpness shows sharpness oscillations near 2/η. Momentum affects optimization differently at small vs large batch sizes near instability.
problem Understanding how momentum impacts optimization near the edge of stability.
method Demonstrated through batch-size dependent behavior of SGD with momentum.
result Momentum operates in two distinct regimes: amplifying stochastic fluctuations at small batch sizes and stabilizing at large batch sizes.
In this paper, we prove the openness of K-semistability in families of log Fano pairs by showing that the stability threshold is a constructible function on the fibers. We also prove that any special test configuration arises from a log canonical place of a bounded complement and establish properties of any minimizer o…
Let X be a normal complex projective variety with at worst klt singularities, and L a big line bundle on X. We use valuations to study the log canonical threshold of L, as well as another invariant, the stability threshold. The latter generalizes a notion by Fujita and Odaka, and can be used to characterize when a Q-Fa…
Paper proves existence of unique constant scalar curvature Kähler metric under certain conditions.
problem Existence of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics on polarized manifolds.
method Direct proof using microscopic stability thresholds and conditions on the limit.
result Existence of a unique constant scalar curvature Kähler metric under specific conditions.
The paper classifies and analyzes the stability of elastic curves with fixed endpoints.
problem Classification and stability of pinned elasticae.
method Critical points of the length-penalized elastic bending energy among planar curves with fixed endpoints.
result Explicit parametrization and classification of all critical points with a threshold parameter \(\hatλ \simeq 0.70107\).
Counterexample disproves conjectures about log canonical thresholds.
problem Conjectures about log canonical thresholds were disproved.
method Provided a counterexample to both conjectures.
result Conjectures about log canonical thresholds are false.
Gradient descent near stability threshold shows sharpness oscillations.
problem Understanding sharpness and stability in non-Euclidean norms during gradient descent.
method Interpreted EoS through Directional Smoothness, defined generalized sharpness for arbitrary norms.
result Non-Euclidean GD exhibits sharpness oscillations around the stability threshold.
Proves uniform K-stability is open in Kähler cone.
problem Stability of Kähler metrics in complex geometry.
method Introduced new norm on test configurations and estimates for non-archimedean energy functionals.
result Uniform K-stability is an open condition in the Kähler cone.
New stability criteria for Fano varieties using generalized b-divisors.
problem Characterizing uniform K-stability in Fano varieties. method Introducing a new function ildeδ and formalism for K-stability, proving stability conditions for Kähler-Einstein metrics. result Existence of a unique Kähler-Einstein metric implies uniform D-log K-stability when ildeδ(D)>1. High-dimensional models become unstable when sample size falls below a critical level, leading to a phase transition.
problem Instability in high-dimensional learning models when sample size is insufficient.
method Proved the necessity of a Fisher eigenvalue threshold for stability, introduced Fisher floor for verification.
result A sharp phase transition between reliable concentration and inevitable failure in high-dimensional learning.
Sharp stability threshold found for deep residual architectures.
problem Ensuring stable training and inference in deep residual networks.
method Sublinear-growth principle and optimal-control analysis.
result Stable training condition: input-magnitude exponent q ≤ 1.
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.
The study bounds the stability of Gaussian mixtures under small perturbations.
problem Stability of Gaussian mixtures under small changes in distribution.
method Deriving an explicit bound on parameter stability of spherical Gaussian Mixture Models (sGMM) in a pre-defined model class.
result Upper bound on parameter distance of close sGMMs to the original sGMM, dependent only on the original model.
New approach proves K-stability of Fano varieties.
problem Proving K-stability of Fano varieties.
method Developed a general approach using admissible flags.
result Proved K-stability of smooth Fano hypersurfaces of index two.
Proves properness of K-moduli spaces for Fano varieties.
problem Proving properness of moduli spaces of K-polystable Fano varieties.
method Algebraic approach, studying test configurations, constructing stratification.
result Proves properness under specific divisorial valuation condition.
This paper analyzes quantiles of heavy-tailed distributions, separating projection direction and quantile threshold effects.
problem Analyzing quantiles of heavy-tailed distributions with estimated parameters.
method Introduces a Q-Q orthogonality formulation to separate projection-direction and quantile-threshold effects.
result Decomposes the difference between empirical and population quantiles into three terms.
Extends probabilistic approach for Kahler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds.
problem Constructing Kahler-Einstein metrics on log Fano manifolds with non-discrete automorphism groups.
method Introduces Gibbs polystability and uses moment map constraint to break symmetry.
result Gibbs polystability conjectured to be equivalent to existence of Kahler-Einstein metric.
The paper explores how dynamic preconditioning affects the CLT in online averaging.
problem When does dynamic preconditioning preserve the Polyak-Ruppert CLT?
method The authors decompose the averaged error and identify a stabilization-rate threshold for the CLT to hold.
result The CLT holds if the dynamic remainder vanishes in L2 and the stabilization rate exceeds a threshold. The minimizer of a volume function is unique for klt singularities.
problem Uniqueness of the minimizer of the normalized volume function for klt singularities.
method Defining stability thresholds for valuations and showing K-semistability.
result The minimizer of the normalized volume function for a klt singularity is unique up to rescaling.
Paper analyzes IHT's performance in sparse recovery problems.
problem Generalization performance of Iterative Hard Thresholding (IHT).
method Sparse generalization theory under algorithmic stability.
result IHT achieves convergence rates in sparse excess risk.
Study shows boundedness of klt singularities in 3D or with bounded Kollár components.
problem Boundedness of klt singularities in algebraic geometry.
method Analysis of Kollár components and local volumes.
result Minimal log discrepancies of Kollár components are bounded in dimension 3.
LLMs fail to match statistical ground truth despite stable run-to-run performance.
problem LLMs lack validation against statistical ground truth in automated scientific workflows.
method Introduced a behavioral evaluation framework for LLMs, separating four decision-making dimensions.
result LLMs can exhibit near-perfect stability but diverge from statistical ground truth.
Designing deterministic denominators for SGLD stabilizes large drifts.
problem Stabilizing large drifts in SGLD
method Using state-dependent envelopes and empirical quantiles for activation thresholds
result Proxy-quantile denominators are close to oracle-score behavior and improve deterministic taming choices
New approach finds analytic interpretation of algebraic invariants for balanced metrics.
problem Finding analytic interpretation of algebraic invariants for balanced metrics.
method Using log canonical thresholds and basis divisors, the approach involves quantized Ding functionals on Bergman spaces.
result Each δ_m is the coercivity threshold of a quantized Ding functional on the m-th Bergman space, characterizing the existence of balanced metrics.
Paper analyzes adaptive ISTA with MAD for LASSO problem.
problem Finding solutions to LASSO problems without tuning λ. method Adaptive ISTA with median absolute deviation (MAD) for estimating noise level.
result Local linear convergence and global convergence of the algorithm.
This paper enhances stability selection by evaluating overall results robustness and identifying optimal regularization values.
problem Improving the robustness and reliability of high-dimensional variable selection.
method Developed a stability estimator to evaluate stability of stability selection results, calibrating key parameters.
result Identified optimal regularization value and improved stability of variable selection.
AIHT improves online high-dimensional quantile regression by separating support discovery and refinement.
problem Online high-dimensional quantile regression with structural sparsity.
method Adaptive Iterative Hard Thresholding (AIHT) alternates stochastic updates with adaptive hard-thresholding steps.
result AIHT achieves logarithmic regret for the sliding-window objective in high-dimensional settings.
Gradient descent forces neural network eigenvalues to a specific threshold.
problem Understanding why gradient descent drives eigenvalues to a specific threshold.
method Introduced edge coupling, a functional on consecutive iterate pairs, to explain the trajectory towards the eigenvalue threshold.
result Gradient descent forces the Hessian eigenvalue to the threshold 2/η from arbitrary initialization. Finite-time queue peaks in stochastic networks have logarithmic scaling after geometric thresholds.
problem Queue peak laws in stochastic networks with geometric thresholds.
method Self-normalization mechanism
result Logarithmic scaling of queue peaks after geometric thresholds.
Sparse connectivity improves generalization in neural networks below the Edge of Stability.
problem Generalization guarantees for fully-connected networks fail at the Edge of Stability.
method Analyzed sparse connectivity's impact on generalization in two-layer ReLU networks.
result Sparse connectivity changes the effective constraint, leading to non-vacuous generalization bounds.
Studied how heavy-tailed behavior affects SGD's generalization in quadratic optimization.
problem Link between heavy-tailed behavior and generalization in SGD.
method Used heavy-tailed stochastic differential equation and proved stability bounds.
result Stability of SGD depends on the loss function's tail behavior.
New criterion for cylinder stability in curved spaces.
problem Stability of cylinders in curved spaces.
method Extending Plateau-Rayleigh criterion to curved spaces and proving existence of instability threshold.
result Existence of a positive number L0 for cylinder instability in E(κ,τ) spaces. Study how firm liquidation regimes affect shareholder value and stability.
problem Balancing shareholder value and financial stability during firm liquidation.
method Modelled forced liquidation in reduced form, solved singular stochastic control problem.
result Combining distress regions below and above ruin threshold improves both shareholder value and firm survival.
Develops a minimax optimal estimator for system stability under distribution shift.
problem Ensuring system reliability under changes in the underlying environment.
method Minimax optimal estimation of stability defined in terms of acceptable performance degradation.
result Characterizes the minimax convergence rate and demonstrates practical utility.
We survey some recent topics on singularities, with a focus on their connection to the minimal model program. This includes the construction and properties of dual complexes, the proof of the ACC conjecture for log canonical thresholds and the recent progress on the `local stability theory' of an arbitrary Kawamata log…
A new method for disentangling action sequences improves model stability.
problem Challenges in unsupervised disentanglement learning due to incomplete theories and abstract notions.
method Introducing disentangling action sequences and a novel fractional variational autoencoder (FVAE) framework.
result FVAE improves the stability of disentanglement for action sequences.
Develops a new theory for neural systems stability and width effects.
problem Stability and finite-width effects in deep neural systems.
method Gauge-covariant stochastic effective field theory using classical commuting fields.
result Predicts the edge of chaos and low-frequency spectral deformation.
Survey on stability of Minkowski spacetime in relativity.
problem Nonlinear stability of Minkowski spacetime in general relativity.
method Decay assumptions, geometric foliations, energy identities, and gauge choices.
result Understanding of decay, dispersion, and geometry-analysis interplay.