Study slice-regular polynomial functions via twistor space group actions.
problem Characterize slice-regular functions and their polynomial subclasses.
method Employ the twistor construction and group actions of PGL(2,H). result Characterize slice-regular functions with planar twistor lifts and normal classes of polynomials.
The study proves geometric inequalities for static convex domains in static rotationally symmetric spaces.
problem Proving geometric inequalities for static convex domains in static rotationally symmetric spaces.
method Locally constrained curvature flow in a static rotationally symmetric space Nn+1, proving graphical solutions and static convexity preservation. result Proves weighted geometric inequalities for static convex domains close to a slice of Nn+1. The theory of slice regular functions of a quaternion variable is applied to the study of orthogonal complex structures on domains Ω of R^4. When Ω is a symmetric slice domain, the twistor transform of such a function is a holomorphic curve in the Klein quadric. The case in which Ω is the complement of a parabola is st…
The paper defines new knot genera and finds bounds for stabilization distances.
problem Finding bounds for stabilization distances of symmetric surfaces.
method Defining new knot genera and using them to find bounds.
result Constructs unknotted symmetric 2-spheres without symmetric 3-ball bounds.
Proposes a new Sliced-Wasserstein distance for covariance matrices in M/EEG signals.
problem Efficiently dealing with distributions of covariance matrices in M/EEG multivariate time series.
method Defines a Sliced-Wasserstein distance for symmetric positive definite matrices and applies it to brain-age prediction and Brain Computer Interface applications.
result Demonstrates computational efficiency and strong theoretical guarantees for the proposed distance.
Upper bound for max-sliced 2-Wasserstein distance between measures.
problem Estimating distance between probability measures and their empirical counterparts.
method Same technique as previous work, upper bound approach.
result Upper bound for expected max-sliced 2-Wasserstein distance.
Study equivariant 4-genus of knots in symmetric 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding equivariant 4-genus of knots in symmetric 4-manifolds.
method Developed techniques for constructing slice disks via equivariant tubing construction.
result Equivariant 4-genus can differ from standard and equivariant 4-genus of 4-manifolds.
Sharp bounds for max-sliced Wasserstein distances derived for empirical distributions.
problem Estimating the expected max-sliced Wasserstein distance between a probability measure and its empirical distribution.
method Banach space version and operator norm approach for upper bounds.
result Upper bounds for max-sliced Wasserstein distances are essentially matching and sharp up to a log factor.
The twisting number of a ribbon knot is at least as large as its doubly slice genus.
problem Proving a lower bound for the twisting number of ribbon knots in terms of their doubly slice genus.
method Analyzing symmetric unions and tangle replacements to establish the bound.
result Ribbon knots have arbitrarily high twisting numbers, matching their doubly slice genus.
Extends SW and GSW to compare heterogeneous joint distributions.
problem Limited applicability of SW and GSW to heterogeneous joint distributions.
method Introduces HHRT and PGRT to extend SW and GSW.
result H2SW distance for heterogeneous joint distributions.
We investigate the homogeneity of certain kind of slices of the complete complexification of a proper complex equifocal submanifold in a symmetric space of non-compact type.
Given asymptotically flat initial data on M^3 for the vacuum Einstein field equation, and given a bounded domain in M, we construct solutions of the vacuum constraint equations which agree with the original data inside the given domain, and are identical to that of a suitable Kerr slice (or identical to a member of som…
New Sliced-Wasserstein distances for non-Euclidean data.
problem Computational burden of Wasserstein distance on non-Euclidean manifolds.
method Derive Sliced-Wasserstein distances and flows on Cartan-Hadamard manifolds.
result General constructions and non-parametric schemes for minimizing new distances.
Develops slicing method to prove rigidity of scalar curvature on manifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Minimal slicing via capillary hypersurfaces to prove rigidity statements.
result Proves rigidity statement in dimension 4 for specific geometric conditions.
A new slicing method reduces computational cost for cross-domain alignment.
problem High computational cost in solving Gromov-Wasserstein distance.
method Relation-Aware Projecting Direction (RAPD) and Relation-Aware Slicing Distribution (RASD).
result RASGW distance reduces computational cost and improves alignment accuracy.
Study identifies prime strongly positive amphicheiral knots with double symmetry.
problem Characterizing prime strongly positive amphicheiral knots with specific symmetries.
method Examined knots up to 16 crossings, identified prime knots with double symmetry, and presented almost doubly symmetric diagrams.
result Found the first prime strongly positive amphicheiral knot not slice.
Researchers developed a differentially private method for computing Wasserstein distances.
problem Computing divergences between distributions while preserving privacy.
method They focused on the Sliced Wasserstein Distance and added Gaussian perturbations to make it differentially private.
result They introduced a new differentially private distance, the Smoothed Sliced Wasserstein Distance, which performs well in generative models and domain adaptation.
We prove that a Casson tower of height 4 contains a flat embedded disc bounded by the attaching circle, and we prove disc embedding results for height 2 and 3 Casson towers which are embedded into a 4-manifold, with some additional fundamental group assumptions. In the proofs we create a capped grope from a Casson towe…
Sliced skein algebras and geometric Kauffman bracket study algebraic structures and their properties.
problem Study sliced skein algebras and their properties.
method Quotient of Kauffman bracket skein algebra, center calculation, PI-degree calculation, fully Azumaya point analysis.
result Center and PI-degree calculations for sliced skein algebras, fully Azumaya points, and simple modules.
Given k>=2, we construct a (2k-2)-parameter family of properly embedded minimal surfaces in H^2 x R invariant by a vertical translation T, called Saddle Towers, which have total intrinsic curvature 4 pi(1-k), genus zero and 2k vertical Scherk-type ends in the quotient by T. As limits of those Saddle Towers, we obtain J…
Study of Riemannian geometry on quaternionic unit ball linked to Sp(1,1) group.
problem Understanding the geometry induced by slice Riemannian metric.
method Developed Lie theoretic study, computed isometry group, compared with quaternionic Poincaré geometry.
result Isometry group of slice Riemannian metric is built from symmetries of Sp(1,1) group.
The paper defines a new invariant for links and uses it to show non-sliceness.
problem Determining whether a link is slice or not.
method Defining a new concordance invariant from the Seifert form and using it to bound the slice Euler characteristic.
result The Witt coindex provides an upper bound for the slice Euler characteristic of a link.
The index of a Riemannian symmetric space is the minimal codimension of a proper totally geodesic submanifold (Onishchik, 1980). There is a conjecture by the first two authors for how to calculate the index. In this paper we give an affirmative answer to this conjecture for the exceptional Riemannian symmetric spaces a…
Let Γ be a 3-dimensional Kleinian punctured torus group with ccidental parabolic transformations. The deformation space of Γ in the group of Möbius transformations on the 2-sphere is well-known as the Maskit slice of punctured torus groups. In this paper, we study deformations Γ′ of Γ in the group of Möbius tra…
In this work, we connect two distinct concepts for unsupervised domain adaptation: feature distribution alignment between domains by utilizing the task-specific decision boundary and the Wasserstein metric. Our proposed sliced Wasserstein discrepancy (SWD) is designed to capture the natural notion of dissimilarity betw…
New method uses Floer homology to create exotic disk pairs.
problem Creating exotic disk pairs in 4-manifolds.
method Singular instanton Floer homology with Chern--Simons filtration.
result Constructs exotic pairs of slice disks and knots.
By considering suitable axially symmetric slices on the Kruskal spacetime, we construct counterexamples to a recent version of the Penrose inequality in terms of so-called generalized apparent horizons.
Bounded symmetric domains are biholomorphic to tube domains over Finsler symmetric cones.
problem Characterizing biholomorphic mappings between tube domains and bounded symmetric domains.
method Analyzing properties of Finsler symmetric cones and unital JB-algebras.
result Tube domains over Finsler symmetric cones are biholomorphic to bounded symmetric domains.
Extends polydisk theorem to Hartogs domains over symmetric domains.
problem Rigidity phenomena in Riemannian manifolds.
method Extension of polydisk theorem to Hartogs domains over arbitrary symmetric domains.
result Dual of a Hartogs domain over a bounded symmetric domain admits no totally geodesic immersion into any compact Riemannian manifold.
New slicing methods speed up Gaussian mixture Wasserstein distance computations.
problem High computational cost of the mixture Wasserstein distance.
method Slicing-based approximations to reduce computational complexity.
result Significant reduction in computational complexity while preserving key properties.
The Kasner metrics are among the simplest solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations, and we use them here to examine the conformal method of finding solutions of the Einstein constraint equations. After describing the conformal method's construction of constant mean curvature (CMC) slices of Kasner spacetimes, we turn…
We consider the issue of the slice invariance of refined topological string amplitudes, which means that they are independent of the choice of the preferred direction of the refined topological vertex. We work out two examples. The first example is a geometric engineering of five-dimensional U(1) gauge theory with a ma…
New proof shows no equifocal submanifolds with non-flat sections in certain symmetric spaces.
problem Existence of equifocal submanifolds with non-flat sections in symmetric spaces.
method Introduced slice topology, universal covering, and topological Tits buildings to derive contradiction.
result No equifocal submanifolds with non-flat sections in certain symmetric spaces.
Study on symmetric braid index of ribbon knots, deriving bounds and characterizations.
problem Understanding the symmetric braid index of ribbon knots.
method Defining symmetric braid index, using Khovanov homology, and calculating bounds.
result Existence of knots with symmetric braid index greater than braid index.
We deal with a Lie group G acting by isometries on a Riemannian manifold M, such that the quotient M/G is an orbifold, or, equivalently, all slice representations are polar. We show that any smooth orbifold symmetric 2-tensor on M/G lifts to a smooth G-invariant symmetric 2-tensor on M. The proof relies on a fact about…
We develop a theory of planar, origin-symmetric, convex domains that are inextensible with respect to lattice covering, that is, domains such that augmenting them in any way allows fewer domains to cover the same area. We show that origin-symmetric inextensible domains are exactly the origin-symmetric convex domains wi…
We establish existence and uniqueness of compact graphs of constant mean curvature in MxR over bounded multiply connected domains of Mx{0} with boundary lying in two parallel horizontal slices of MxR
Uniformizes klt pairs using bounded symmetric domains.
problem Characterizing klt pairs uniformizable by bounded symmetric domains.
method Determines conditions for uniformization using Miyaoka-Yau-type inequalities.
result Characterizations of orbifold quotients of polydisc and classical bounded symmetric domains.
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) is currently one of the most popular genres of digital games around the world. The domain of knowledge contained in these complicated games is large. It is hard for humans and algorithms to evaluate the real-time game situation or predict the game result. In this paper, we introdu…
An open question akin to the slice-ribbon conjecture asks whether every ribbon knot can be represented as a symmetric union. Next to this basic existence question sits the question of uniqueness of such representations. Eisermann and Lamm investigated the latter question by introducing a notion of symmetric equivalence…
New metric defined for bounded symmetric domains.
problem Defining a new metric for bounded symmetric domains.
method Using generalized Hilbert metric and Borel embedding.
result The new metric differs from Carathéodory and Bergman metrics except for complex hyperbolic space.
Improves point-cloud reconstruction by optimizing projections with self-attention.
problem Inefficient and non-metric projection methods for sliced Wasserstein distances.
method Proposes distributional sliced Wasserstein distance with self-attention for permutation-invariant and metric optimization.
result Self-attention amortized distributional projection optimization achieves better performance in point-cloud reconstruction.
We observe that an analogue of the Positive Mass Theorem in the time-symmetric case for three-space-time-dimensional general relativity follows trivially from the Gauss-Bonnet theorem. In this case we also have that the spatial slice is diffeomorphic to $\Real^2$.
Extends Polydisk Theorem to Cartan-Hartogs domains.
problem Characterizing geodesics in Cartan-Hartogs domains.
method Applying the Polydisk Theorem to Cartan-Hartogs domains.
result Cartan-Hartogs domains inherit geodesic submanifolds from bounded symmetric domains.
New method for summarizing Bayesian mixture models using sliced Wasserstein distances.
problem Estimating the mixing measure in nonparametric Bayesian mixture models.
method Decision-theoretic approach using sliced Wasserstein distances for Gaussian mixtures.
result Effective estimation of the mixing measure and mixture density.
In this article, we study holomorphic isometric embeddings between bounded symmetric domains. In particular, we show the total geodesy of any holomorphic isometric embedding between reducible bounded symmetric domains with the same rank.
Proves stability of spacetime Penrose inequality for spherical symmetric initial data.
problem Stability of the Penrose inequality for spherical symmetric spacetimes.
method Formulated and proved stability statement using spherical symmetry and asymptotically flat initial data.
result Initial data must arise from an isometric embedding into a static spacetime close to Schwarzschild spacetime.
New invariants from divisibility of Lee classes for slice-torus.
problem Determining slice-torus knots using Lee class divisibility.
method Defined new invariants from divisibility of reduced Lee class invariants.
result New invariants coincide with Rasmussen invariant for certain cases.