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We consider the problem of estimating the intersection multiplicity between an algebraic variety and a Pfaffian foliation, at every point of the variety. We show that this multiplicity can be majorized at every point $p$ by the local…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-14 Gal Binyamini

We introduce priors and algorithms to perform Bayesian inference in Gaussian models defined by acyclic directed mixed graphs. Such a class of graphs, composed of directed and bi-directed edges, is a representation of conditional…

Methodology · Statistics 2012-07-02 Ricardo Silva , Zoubin Ghahramani

Let $\mathbb{Z}_{p^s}$ be the residue class ring of integers modulo $p^s$, where $p$ is a prime number and $s$ is a positive integer. Using matrix representation and the inner rank of a matrix, we study the intersection, join, dimension…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-15 Li-Ping Huang , Benjian Lv , Kaishun Wang

Universal cycles, such as De Bruijn cycles, are cyclic sequences of symbols that represent every combinatorial object from some family exactly once as a consecutive subsequence. Graph universal cycles are a graph analogue of universal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-14 Rachel Kirsch , Clare Sibley , Elizabeth Sprangel

An operation on species corresponding to the inner plethysm of their associated cycle index series is constructed. This operation, the inner plethysm of species, is generalized to n-sorted species. Polynomial maps on species are studied and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Leopold Travis

Using the celebrated Witten-Kontsevich theorem, we prove a recursive formula of the $n$-point functions for intersection numbers on moduli spaces of curves. It has been used to prove the Faber intersection number conjecture and motivated us…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-27 Kefeng Liu , Hao Xu

We show that recent determinant evaluations involving Catalan numbers and generalisations thereof have most convenient explanations by combining the Lindstr\"om-Gessel-Viennot theorem on non-intersecting lattice paths with a simple…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-04-27 Christian Krattenthaler

In this work we consider a suitable generalization of the Feynman path integral on a specific class of Riemannian manifolds consisting of compact Lie groups with bi-invariant Riemannian metrics. The main tools we use are the Cartan…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Nicoló Drago , Sonia Mazzucchi , Valter Moretti

We prove the famous Faber intersection number conjecture and other more general results by using a recursion formula of $n$-point functions for intersection numbers on moduli spaces of curves. We also present some vanishing properties of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-03-24 Kefeng Liu , Hao Xu

The natural habitat of most Bayesian methods is data represented by exchangeable sequences of observations, for which de Finetti's theorem provides the theoretical foundation. Dirichlet process clustering, Gaussian process regression, and…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-16 Peter Orbanz , Daniel M. Roy

We consider a hierarchy of graph invariants that naturally extends the spectral invariants defined by F\"urer (Lin. Alg. Appl. 2010) based on the angles formed by the set of standard basis vectors and their projections onto eigenspaces of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-05-06 V. Arvind , Frank Fuhlbrück , Johannes Köbler , Oleg Verbitsky

The particular structure of Galileon interactions allows for higher-derivative terms while retaining second order field equations for scalar fields and Abelian $p$-forms. In this work we introduce an index-free formulation of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-05 Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis , Fech Scen Khoo , Diederik Roest , Peter Schupp

This is a simple mathematical introduction into Feynman diagram technique, which is a standard physical tool to write perturbative expansions of path integrals near a critical point of the action. I start from a rigorous treatment of a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-09-15 Michael Polyak

We give a new proof of the trace formula for regular graphs. Our approach is inspired by path integral approach in quantum mechanics, and calculations are mostly combinatorial.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pavel Mnev

This works deals with the formal mathematical structure of so called Grassmann Numbers applied to Theoretical Physics, which is a basic concept on Berezin integration. To achieve this purpose we make use of some constructions from relative…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-04-09 Ricardo M. Bentin , Sergio Mota

This work is devoted to the study of the relationships between graph theory and the qualitative analysis of ordinary differential equations, with a special focus on two-dimensional systems. In particular, we reinterpret classical results…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Marcos Masip

We present a simplified exposition of some classical and modern results on graph drawings in the plane. These results are chosen so that they illustrate some spectacular recent higher-dimensional results on the border of topology and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-12-23 A. Skopenkov

Paragrassmann algebras with one and many paragrassmann variables are considered from the algebraic point of view without using the Green ansatz. Operators of differentiation with respect to paragrassmann variables and a covariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. T. Filippov , A. P. Isaev , A. B. Kurdikov

We present an exact formula for the ordinary generating series of the simple paths between any two vertices of a graph. Our formula involves the adjacency matrix of the connected induced subgraphs and remains valid on weighted and directed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Pierre-Louis Giscard , Paul Rochet