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In the context of regression, we consider the fundamental question of making an estimator fair while preserving its prediction accuracy as much as possible. To that end, we define its projection to fairness as its closest fair estimator in…
Exact rational solutions of the generalized Hunter-Saxton equation are obtained using Pad\'e approximant approach for the traveling-wave and self-similarity reduction. A larger class of algebraic solutions are also obtained by extending a…
We present efficient approximation of the error function obtained by Fourier expansion of the exponential function $\exp [{- {(t - 2 \sigma)^2}/4}]$. The error analysis reveals that it is highly accurate and can generate numbers that match…
We show how rational function approximations to the logarithm, such as $\log z \approx (z^2 - 1)/(z^2 + 6z + 1)$, can be turned into fast algorithms for approximating the determinant of a very large matrix. We empirically demonstrate that…
We solve the convergence case of the generalized Baker-Schmidt problem for simultaneous approximation on affine subspaces, under natural diophantine type conditions. In one of our theorems, we do not require monotonicity on the…
We propose a general algorithm for approximating nonstandard Bayesian posterior distributions. The algorithm minimizes the Kullback-Leibler divergence of an approximating distribution to the intractable posterior distribution. Our method…
Computing the distance function to some surface or line is a problem that occurs very frequently. There are several ways of computing a relevant approximation of this function, using for example technique originating from the approximation…
A generic, fast and asymptotically efficient method for parametric estimation is described. It is based on the projected stochastic gradient descent on the log-likelihood function corrected by a single step of the Fisher scoring algorithm.…
We consider a two-dimensional motion of a thin film flowing down an inclined plane under the influence of the gravity and the surface tension. In order to investigate the stability of such flow, we often use a thin film approximation, which…
We resolve a long-standing open question, about the existence of a constant-factor approximation algorithm for the average-case \textsc{Decision Tree} problem with uniform probability distribution over the hypotheses. We answer the question…
A numerical method for an inverse problem for an elliptic equation with the running source at multiple positions is presented. This algorithm does not rely on a good first guess for the solution. The so-called "approximate global…
A partial fraction decomposition of the Fermi function resulting in a finite sum over simple poles is proposed. This allows for efficient calculations involving the Fermi function in various contexts of electronic structure or electron…
We give a short introduction to Pade approximation (rational approximation to a function with close contact at one point) and to Hermite-Pade approximation (simultaneous rational approximation to several functions with close contact at one…
A systematic analysis of a continuous version of a binomial lattice, containing a real parameter $\gamma$ and covering the Toda field equation as $\gamma\to\infty$, is carried out in the framework of group theory. The symmetry algebra of…
By using the scaling method and the Thomas-Fermi and Extended Thomas-Fermi approaches to Relativistic Mean Field Theory the surface contribution to the leptodermous expansion of the finite nuclei incompressibility has been self-consistently…
In this article we prove the explicit Mordell Conjecture for large families of curves. In addition, we introduce a method, of easy application, to compute all rational points on curves of quite general shape and increasing genus. The method…
The aim of this paper is to apply an original computation method due to Malesevic and Makragic [5] to the problem of approximating some trigonometric functions. Inequalities of Wilker-Cusa-Huygens are discussed, but the method can be…
Results on the rational approximation of functions containing singularities are presented. We build further on the ''lightning method'', recently proposed by Trefethen and collaborators, based on exponentially clustering poles close to the…
Modern applications require methods that are computationally feasible on large datasets but also preserve statistical efficiency. Frequently, these two concerns are seen as contradictory: approximation methods that enable computation are…
We address the problem of numerically approximating the velocity and pressure governed by the Stokes system when the boundary conditions are only partially known and thus do not uniquely determine the velocity-pressure couple. We propose an…