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Let $F$ be a lower semicontinuous, 1-homogeneous positive function defined on $\mathbf{R}^n$. We provide a characterization of absolutely continuous paths that minimize the anisotropic $F$-length between two points. The characterization is…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Pietro Aldrigo

We study planar domains $G$ equipped with a hyperbolic type metric and approximate geodesics that join two points $x,y \in G$ and their lengths. We present an algorithm that enables one to approximate the shortest distance in polygonal…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Shuliang Gao , Anni Hakanen , Antti Rasila , Matti Vuorinen

We consider a constrained version of the shortest path problem on the complete graphs whose edges have independent random lengths and costs. We establish the asymptotic value of the minimum length as a function of the cost-budget within a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Alan Frieze , Tomasz Tkocz

We investigate first-passage percolation on the lattice $\Z^d$ for dimensions $d \geq 2$. Each edge $e$ of the graph is assigned an independent copy of a non-negative random variable $\tau$. We only assume $\P[\tau=0]0$ is explicit) for the…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Olivier Durieu , Jean-Baptiste Gouéré , Antonin Jacquet

We study an inverse problem on a finite connected graph G = (X, E), on whose vertices a conductivity {\gamma} is defined. Our data consists in a sequence of partial observations of a fractional random walk on G. The observations are partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Giovanni Covi , Matti Lassas

We present an anytime algorithm that generates a collision-free configuration-space path that closely follows a desired path in task space, according to the discrete Frechet distance. By leveraging tools from computational geometry, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Rachel Holladay , Oren Salzman , Siddhartha Srinivasa

We give an accessible introduction and elaboration on the methods used in obtaining a geodesic, which is the curve of shortest length connecting two points lying on the surface of a function. This is found through computing what's known as…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-21 Andrew R. Tawfeek

We consider an inhomogeneous version of the Barak-Erd\H{o}s graph, i.e. a directed Er\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph on $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ with no loop. Given $f$ a Riemann-integrable non-negative function on $[0,1]^2$ and $\gamma > 0$, we define…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Bastien Mallein , Pavel Tesemnikov

According to a version of Donsker's theorem, geodesic random walks on Riemannian manifolds converge to the respective Brownian motion. From a computational perspective, however, evaluating geodesics can be quite costly. We therefore…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Simon Schwarz , Michael Herrmann , Anja Sturm , Max Wardetzky

The space of all probability measures having positive density function on a connected compact smooth manifold $M$, denoted by $\mathcal{P}(M)$, carries the Fisher information metric $G$. We define the geometric mean of probability measures…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-19 Mitsuhiro Itoh , Hiroyasu Satoh

This study delves into first-passage percolation on random geometric graphs in the supercritical regime, where the graphs exhibit a unique infinite connected component. We investigate properties such as geodesic paths, moderate deviations,…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Lucas R. de Lima , Daniel Valesin

We propose a distribution-free approach to the study of random geometric graphs. The distribution of vertices follows a Poisson point process with intensity function $nf(\cdot)$, where $n\in \mathbb{N}$, and $f$ is a probability density…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-10-22 Srikanth K. Iyer , Debleena Thacker

We present an analytical approach to calculating the distribution of shortest paths lengths (also called intervertex distances, or geodesic paths) between nodes in unweighted undirected networks. We obtain very accurate results for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-04-20 Sergey Melnik , James P. Gleeson

Consider~\(n\) nodes~\(\{X_i\}_{1 \leq i \leq n}\) independently distributed in the unit square~\(S,\) each according to a distribution~\(f.\) Nodes~\(X_i\) and~\(X_j\) are joined by an edge if the Euclidean distance~\(d(X_i,X_j)\) is less…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Ghurumuruhan Ganesan

There have lately been several suggestions for parametrized distances on a graph that generalize the shortest path distance and the commute time or resistance distance. The need for developing such distances has risen from the observation…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-03-17 Ilkka Kivimäki , Masashi Shimbo , Marco Saerens

Numerical computation of shortest paths or geodesics on curved domains, as well as the associated geodesic distance, arises in a broad range of applications across digital geometry processing, scientific computing, computer graphics, and…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-07-22 Keenan Crane , Marco Livesu , Enrico Puppo , Yipeng Qin

We present the first polynomial time approximation algorithm for computing shortest paths in weighted three-dimensional domains. Given a polyhedral domain $\D$, consisting of $n$ tetrahedra with positive weights, and a real number…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-02-16 Lyudmil Aleksandrov , Hristo Djidjev , Anil Maheshwari , Joerg-Rudiger Sack

This paper presents an approximation algorithm for finding a shortest path between two points $s$ and $t$ in a weighted planar subdivision $\PS$. Each face $f$ of $\PS$ is associated with a weight $w_f$, and the cost of travel along a line…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-12-01 Rajasekhar Inkulu , Sanjiv Kapoor

The result of performing integrations over connection type variables in the path integral for the discrete field theory may be poorly defined in the case of non-compact gauge group with the Haar measure exponentially growing in some…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 V. M. Khatsymovsky

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a reproducing kernel Hilbert space of functions on a set $X$. We study the problem of finding a minimal geodesic of the Grassmann manifold of $\mathcal{H}$ that joins two subspaces consisting of functions which vanish…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-03 Esteban Andruchow , Eduardo Chiumiento , Alejandro Varela