Manifold hypotheses are typically used for tasks such as dimensionality reduction, interpolation, or improving classification performance. In the less common problem of manifold estimation, the task is to characterize the geometric structure of the manifold in the original ambient space from a sample. We focus on the r…
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LEGO estimates tangent spaces more robustly than LPCA in noisy data.
problem Estimating tangent spaces in high-noise settings.
method Spectral method using graph Laplacian eigenvectors and gradient orthogonization.
result LEGO yields more robust tangent space estimates than LPCA.
New methods estimate curvature, tangent spaces, and dimension of noisy data.
problem Estimating geometric properties of noisy or sparse data.
method Diffusion geometry tools for Riemannian manifold analysis.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods in noisy or sparse data.
Defines tangent spaces on causal sets using partial derivatives and metrics.
problem Defining geometric structures on causal sets.
method Using partial derivatives and metrics to define tangent spaces, connection, curvature, parallel transport, and geodesics.
result Approaches expected values for a flat spacetime as density increases.
We give asymptotically tight estimates of tangent space variation on Riemannian submanifolds of Euclidean space with respect to the local feature size of the submanifolds. We show that the result follows directly from structural properties of local feature size of the Riemannian submanifold and some elementary Euclidea…
There has been an emerging trend in non-Euclidean statistical analysis of aiming to recover a low dimensional structure, namely a manifold, underlying the high dimensional data. Recovering the manifold requires the noise to be of certain concentration. Existing methods address this problem by constructing an approximat…
This study proposes sparse estimation methods for the generalized linear models, which run one of least angle regression (LARS) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) in the tangent space of the manifold of the statistical model. This study approximates the statistical model and subsequently uses e…
Paper constructs infinitely many tangent functors on diffeological spaces.
problem Tangent spaces in diffeological spaces are not uniquely defined.
method Introduced and constructed infinitely many non-isomorphic tangent functors.
result The choice of tangent functor is not unique outside smooth manifolds.
Measures neural network complexity using tangent space diversity.
problem Estimating the true complexity of neural networks.
method Entropy-based measure of tangent spaces from different inputs.
result Captures effective complexity, not just theoretical capacity.
New method optimizes hyperparameters in deep learning models efficiently.
problem Manual hyperparameter tuning in deep learning models is inefficient and requires expertise.
method Introduces lower bounds to the linearized Laplace approximation of the marginal likelihood using neural tangent kernels.
result Optimization of hyperparameters can be significantly accelerated using the method.
Study recovers Riemannian quantities from noisy data densities.
problem Recovering geometric structure from noisy data on submanifolds.
method Derive uniform small-noise expansions of noisy density and its derivatives; construct estimators for tangent spaces, intrinsic dimension, and second fundamental form.
result Fundamental Riemannian quantities identifiable from density derivatives.
Study minimax estimation of stratified structure from i.i.d. samples.
problem Estimating stratified structure from i.i.d. samples of stratified mixtures of immersed manifolds.
method Ascending hierarchical co-detection of points belonging to different layers, identifying number of layers and their dimensions, assigning points to layers accurately, estimating tangent spaces optimally.
result Achieves optimal estimation of mixture components at their optimal dimension-specific rates adaptively.
Paper estimates Wasserstein distance for Ricci shrinkers.
problem Estimating Wasserstein distance for Ricci shrinkers.
method Analyzes Wasserstein distance between measures in tangent spaces.
result Provides upper estimate for Wasserstein distance.
Study of tangent spaces in diffeological spaces under Lie group actions.
problem Understanding tangent spaces in generalized spaces.
method Generalized tangent space construction and isomorphism proof.
result Internal tangent space isomorphic to stratified tangent space.
Investigates energy minimizers and critical points of scale-invariant tangent-point energies for knots.
problem Finding and characterizing minimizers and critical points of scale-invariant tangent-point energies for closed curves.
method Develops convergence and regularity theories based on fractional Sobolev spaces and new energy functionals.
result Minimizing sequences converge to locally critical embeddings in all but finitely many points, and locally critical embeddings are regular.
Complex functional maps link tangent bundles, preserving orientation and angles.
problem Linking tangent bundles for orientation-aware correspondence.
method Endow tangent bundles with complex structures to enable robust transfer of tangent vector fields.
result Establishes orientation-aware correspondence without relying on descriptors or extra regularization.
We study how the notion of tangent space can be extended from smooth manifolds to diffeological spaces, which are generalizations of smooth manifolds that include singular spaces and infinite-dimensional spaces. We focus on two definitions. The internal tangent space of a diffeological space is defined using smooth cur…
Kähler-Ricci flows' tangent cones are algebraic varieties.
problem Understanding the structure of Kähler-Ricci flows' tangent cones.
method Analyzing tangent cones as normal affine algebraic varieties and using Hörmander's estimate.
result The regular set of tangent cones coincides with the algebraic regular set.
New height estimate for area minimizing currents, leading to unique tangent cones and decay properties.
problem Analyzing singularities of area minimizing currents.
method Height estimate, decay estimates, techniques inspired by previous works.
result Locally area minimizing currents have a unique tangent cone at almost every point and decay rapidly to a unique tangent plane at branch points.
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Constructing an efficient parameterization of a large, noisy data set of points lying close to a smooth manifold in high dimension remains a fundamental problem. One approach consists in recovering a local parameterization using the local tangent plane. Principal component analysis (PCA) is often the tool of choice, as…
A novel method for parallel transport and geodesics on submanifolds.
problem Understanding parallel transport and geodesics on submanifolds.
method Rolling tangent space to visualize and analyze parallel transport and geodesics.
result Conditions for parallel transport and geodesics are simplified and visualized in the tangent space.
Researchers found all invariant contact structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact symmetric spaces.
problem Identifying all invariant contact metric structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact rank-one symmetric spaces.
method Explicitly obtained all structures, distinguishing K-contact, Sasakian, and 3-Sasakian structures.
result There is a unique Sasakian-Einstein metric on tangent sphere bundles of spheres and real projective spaces.
The paper proves Morse estimates for translated points on unit tangent bundles.
problem Estimating the minimal number of translated points in unit tangent bundles.
method Analyzing contactomorphisms of that lift diffeomorphisms of homotopic to identity.
result Proves the existence of sequences with for a large class of manifolds.
The paper studies singularities on parallels of tangent developable surfaces of frontal curves.
problem Understanding singularities on parallels of tangent developable surfaces.
method Generalization of tangent developable surfaces and parallel deformations for frontal curves in arbitrary dimensions.
result Classification of generic singularities on parallels of tangent developable surfaces for frontal curves in 3 or 4 dimensional Euclidean spaces.
A diffusion model estimates data manifold dimension by tracking likelihood increases.
problem Estimating the intrinsic dimension of data manifolds.
method Trained diffusion model approximates score function, revealing manifold directionality.
result Diffusion model provides an approximation of the tangent space's dimension.
Developing a non-symmetric strainer theory for spaces with non-negative curvature beyond Alexandrov geometry.
problem Studying spaces with non-Riemannian curvature beyond Alexandrov geometry.
method Introducing a weak quadruple comparison principle and developing a strainer theory.
result Spaces have constant integer dimension, measure contraction property, and unique Banach tangent cones.
New Calabi-Yau metrics found on complex symmetric spaces.
problem Finding Calabi-Yau metrics on complex symmetric spaces.
method Complete Calabi-Yau metrics with prescribed horospherical singular tangent cone.
result First examples of Calabi-Yau smoothings of singular tangent cones.
New method deflates manifolds to visualize high-dimensional data.
problem Failure of nonlinear dimensionality reduction methods on simple manifolds.
method Iterative deflation of differential operators using single-coordinate estimates.
result Empirically, recovers novel embeddings on real-world and synthetic datasets.
Study of normal and tangent maps to frontals.
problem Understanding geometric and dynamical properties of frontals.
method Geometrical and dynamical analysis of normal and tangent maps.
result Parallels of the tangent map to a frontal curve are right equivalent to the tangent map of a frontal curve under certain conditions.
The main new notions are the notions of tangent-like spaces and local monoids. The main result is the pasage from a local monoid to its tangent-like space which is a local Leibniz algebra.
A method to fix radius distortion in generative models on curved spaces.
problem Distortion in geodesic radius measurements across different charts on Riemannian manifolds.
method Radial Compensation (RC) adjusts the tangent-space base distribution to match the geodesic radius law, improving model stability and interpretability.
result RC ensures that the model's geodesic radius matches the intended distribution, improving numerical stability and curvature interpretation.
We show that a diffeological bundle gives rise to an exact sequence of internal tangent spaces. We then introduce two new classes of diffeological spaces, which we call weakly filtered and filtered diffeological spaces, whose tangent spaces are easier to understand. These are the diffeological spaces whose categories o…
Study geodesic Lie groups' convergence to limits with quantitative estimates.
problem Quantifying convergence rates of geodesic Lie groups to their limits.
method Estimates on the difference between original metrics and asymptotic/tangent metrics.
result Sharpens existing bounds on convergence rates.
Generalizes Connes's tangent groupoid for sub-Riemannian geometry.
problem Calculating tangent cones in sub-Riemannian geometry.
method Constructs a completion of using sub-Riemannian metric.
result Calculates all tangent cones in Gromov-Hausdorff distance.
We equip the whole tangent space to a hyperbolic manifold (of constant sectional curvature -1) with a natural metric in an intrinsic way, so that the isometries of extend to isometries of by holomorphic continuation. The image to the tangent space to a geodesic is equivalent to a hyperbolic disk. In t…
Sasakian structures found on tangent sphere bundles of certain symmetric spaces.
problem Existence of Sasakian structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact rank-one symmetric spaces.
method Proof of existence using K-contact structures and induced structures from almost Hermitian structures.
result Tangent sphere bundles of compact rank-one symmetric spaces admit unique K-contact structures that are Sasakian.
We review the basic definitions and properties concerning smooth structures, convenient spaces, diffeological spaces and tangent structures. The relation betwen them is described. A tangent structure is constructed for each pre-convenient space. This one is proved to be convenient iff the space and the tangent fibres c…
New examples of Ricci limit spaces with mixed tangent cones.
problem Constructing Ricci limit spaces with mixed tangent cones.
method For any integers m≥n≥3, construct a Ricci limit space X_{m,n} with specific tangent cones.
result Found a new example of Ricci limit space with mixed tangent cones.
We study codimension one holomorphic distributions on the projective three-space, analyzing the properties of their singular schemes and tangent sheaves. In particular, we provide a classification of codimension one distributions of degree at most 2 with locally free tangent sheaves, and show that codimension one distr…
New examples of manifolds in tangent cones of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
problem Uncertainty in homeomorphism types of tangent cones of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
method Construction of limit spaces in all dimensions at least 5.
result Any finite collection of manifolds can appear as cross sections of tangent cones of the same point.
We study the Assouad dimension and the Nagata dimension of metric spaces. As a general result, we prove that the Nagata dimension of a metric space is always bounded from above by the Assouad dimension. Most of the paper is devoted to the study of when these metric dimensions of a metric space are locally given by the …
Study compact Kähler manifolds with pseudo-effective tangent bundles.
problem Characterize compact Kähler manifolds with strongly pseudo-effective tangent bundles.
method New proofs and characterizations of properties of vector bundles.
result Only projective spaces have big tangent bundles.
Improved bounds for function approximation in nonlinear sets.
problem Achieving high probability error with limited samples in nonlinear function approximation.
method Restricting model class to a neighbourhood of the best approximation and estimating sample complexity using tangent and normal spaces' complexities and curvature.
result Improved worst-case bounds for sample complexity in more general sets like tensor networks and neural networks.
We show that in any infinitesimally Hilbertian -space at almost every point there exists a Euclidean weak tangent, i.e. there exists a sequence of dilations of the space that converges to a Euclidean space in the pointed measured Gromov-Hausdorff topology. The proof follows by considering iterated tangents a…
DM approximates submanifolds with error bounds.
problem Understanding the accuracy of Diffusion Maps in embedding submanifolds.
method Deriving geometric properties and deriving bounds on embedding errors.
result Error bounds for DM embeddings and tangent spaces.
We give the complete solution to the local diffeomorphism classification problem of generic singularities which appear in tangent surfaces, in as wider situations as possible. We interpret tangent geodesics as tangent lines whenever a (semi-)Riemannian metric, or, more generally, an affine connection is given in an amb…
This short note has been written as an Oberwolfach report for the workshop "Differentialgeometrie im Grossen". We discuss properties of metric spaces that at almost all points admit a tangent metric space. We explain why, under some mild assumptions, the tangents are almost surely subFinsler Carnot groups. We mention s…
Study on triviality of tangent and generalized tangent bundles of manifolds.
problem Triviality of tangent and generalized tangent bundles of manifolds.
method Analyzing relations between tangent bundle and generalized tangent bundle of manifolds.
result The generalized tangent bundle of a parallelizable manifold is trivial, but the converse is not always true.