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An entropy function is proposed in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 251602] as a way to detect criticality even when the system size is small. In this note we apply this strategy in the search for criticality of lattice transfer matrices constructed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-06 Anran Jin , Ling-Yan Hung

We introduce an axiomatic approach to entropies and relative entropies that relies only on minimal information-theoretic axioms, namely monotonicity under mixing and data-processing as well as additivity for product distributions. We find…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Gilad Gour , Marco Tomamichel

Motivated by the notion of intermediate dimensions introduced by Falconer et al., we introduce a continuum of topological entropies that are intermediate between the (Bowen) topological entropy and the lower and upper capacity topological…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Yujun Ju

In this paper we explore how non trivial boundary conditions could influence the entanglement entropy in a topological order in 2+1 dimensions. Specifically we consider the special class of topological orders describable by the quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-26 Chaoyi Chen , Ling-Yan Hung , Yingcheng Li , Yidun Wan

Conditional lower bounds based on $P\neq NP$, the Exponential-Time Hypothesis (ETH), or similar complexity assumptions can provide very useful information about what type of algorithms are likely to be possible. Ideally, such lower bounds…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-03-16 Dániel Marx

During a spontaneous change, a macroscopic physical system will evolve towards a macro-state with more realizations. This observation is at the basis of the Statistical Mechanical version of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and it provides…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-22 Mengjie Zu , Arunkumar Bupathy , Daan Frenkel , Srikanth Sastry

For a closed-loop control system with a digital channel between the sensor and the controller, the notion of invariance entropy quantifies the smallest average rate of information above which a given compact subset of the state space can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-19 Mahendra Singh Tomar , Christoph Kawan , Majid Zamani

Sequential recommender systems have achieved steady gains in offline accuracy, yet it remains unclear how close current models are to the intrinsic accuracy limit imposed by the data. A reliable, model-agnostic estimate of this ceiling…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-04-15 En Xu , Jingtao Ding , Yong Li

We develop a variational method for constructing positive entropy invariant measures of Lagrangian systems without assuming transversal intersections of stable and unstable manifolds, and without restrictions to the size of non-integrable…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-06-23 Sinisa Slijepcevic

Automating algorithm configuration is growing increasingly necessary as algorithms come with more and more tunable parameters. It is common to tune parameters using machine learning, optimizing performance metrics such as runtime and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-25 Maria-Florina Balcan , Tuomas Sandholm , Ellen Vitercik

Finding the minimal relative entropy of two quantum states under semidefinite constraints is a pivotal problem located at the mathematical core of various applications in quantum information theory. An efficient method for providing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-02 Gereon Koßmann , René Schwonnek

The topological susceptibility is an important quantity in QCD, which can be computed using lattice methods. However, at a fine lattice spacing, or when using high quality chirally symmetric quarks, algorithms which proceed in small update…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-05-30 Arthur Dromard , Wolfgang Bietenholz , Krzysztof Cichy , Marc Wagner

We present an analytical-numerical method providing robust upper estimates for the topological entropy or, more generally, uniform volume growth exponents of differentiable mappings. By introducing varying metrics, we simplify the analysis…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Mikhail Anikushin , Andrey Romanov

We consider the problem of locating a nearest descriptor system of prescribed reduced order to a descriptor system with large order with respect to the ${\mathcal L}_\infty$ norm. Widely employed approaches such as the balanced truncation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-18 Emre Mengi

I consider multipartite processes in which there are constraints on each subsystem's rate matrix, restricting which other subsystems can directly affect its dynamics. I derive a strictly nonzero lower bound on the minimal achievable entropy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-05-14 David H Wolpert

For deterministic continuous time nonlinear control systems, epsilon-practical stabilization entropy and practical stabilization entropy are introduced. Here the rate of attraction is specified by a KL-function. Upper and lower bounds for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Fritz Colonius , Boumediene Hamzi

It is shown that, an entire class of off-diagonally disordered linear lattices composed of two basic building blocks and described within a tight binding model can be tailored to generate absolutely continuous energy bands. It can be…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-09-09 Atanu Nandy , Biplab Pal , Arunava Chakrabarti

We give an algorithmic and lower-bound framework that facilitates the construction of subexponential algorithms and matching conditional complexity bounds. It can be applied to intersection graphs of similarly-sized fat objects, yielding…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-12-18 Mark de Berg , Hans L. Bodlaender , Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak , Dániel Marx , Tom C. van der Zanden

Ever since Claude Shannon used entropy for his "Mathematical Theory of Communication", entropy has become a buzzword in research circles with scientists applying entropy to describe any phenomena that are reminiscent of disorder. In this…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Temitayo Adefemi

Secure codes are widely-studied combinatorial structures which were introduced for traitor tracing in broadcast encryption. To determine the maximum size of such structures is the main research objective. In this paper, we investigate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Bingchen Qian , Xin Wang , Gennian Ge