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We introduce a method for evaluating integrals in geometric calculus without introducing coordinates, based on using the fundamental theorem of calculus repeatedly and cutting the resulting manifolds so as to create a boundary and allow for…

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Derivatives play a critical role in computational statistics, examples being Bayesian inference using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampling and the training of neural networks. Automatic differentiation is a powerful tool to automate the…

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This work develops a geometric framework for constructing quantum error-correcting codes from weighted projective and orbifold structures, integrating algebraic geometry, divisor theory, and the CSS stabilizer formalism. Beginning with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Tony Shaska

These lectures review the classical Moebius-Lie geometry and recent work on its extension. The latter considers ensembles of cycles (quadrics), which are interconnected through conformal-invariant geometric relations (e.g. "to be…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-03 Vladimir V. Kisil

We describe BayesMix, a C++ library for MCMC posterior simulation for general Bayesian mixture models. The goal of BayesMix is to provide a self-contained ecosystem to perform inference for mixture models to computer scientists,…

Computation · Statistics 2022-05-18 Mario Beraha , Bruno Guindani , Matteo Gianella , Alessandra Guglielmi

We overview the ensmallen numerical optimization library, which provides a flexible C++ framework for mathematical optimization of user-supplied objective functions. Many types of objective functions are supported, including general,…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Ryan R. Curtin , Marcus Edel , Rahul Ganesh Prabhu , Suryoday Basak , Zhihao Lou , Conrad Sanderson

Manifold optimization appears in a wide variety of computational problems in the applied sciences. In recent statistical methodologies such as sufficient dimension reduction and regression envelopes, estimation relies on the optimization of…

Computation · Statistics 2016-12-28 Sean Martin , Andrew M. Raim , Wen Huang , Kofi P. Adragni

We reconsider differential geometry from the point of view of the quantum theory of non-relativistic spinning particles, which provides examples of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. This enables us to encode geometrical structure in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 J. Froehlich , O. Grandjean , A. Recknagel

To unify general relativity and quantum theory is hard in part because they are formulated in two very different mathematical languages, differential geometry and functional analysis. A natural candidate for bridging this language gap, at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-19 David Aasen , Tejal Bhamre , Achim Kempf

We formally prove correct a C program that implements a numerical scheme for the resolution of the one-dimensional acoustic wave equation. Such an implementation introduces errors at several levels: the numerical scheme introduces method…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-03-27 Sylvie Boldo , Francois Clement , Jean-Christophe Filliâtre , Micaela Mayero , Guillaume Melquiond , Pierre Weis

Learning neural operators on heterogeneous and irregular geometries remains a fundamental challenge, as existing approaches typically rely on structured discretisations or explicit mappings to a shared reference domain. We propose a unified…

Bias formation in deep neural networks (DNNs) remains a critical yet poorly understood challenge, influencing both fairness and reliability in artificial intelligence systems. Inspired by the human visual system, which decouples object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Yanbiao Ma , Bowei Liu , Andi Zhang

Segmentation is often an essential intermediate step in image analysis. A volume segmentation characterizes the underlying volume image in terms of geometric information--segments, faces between segments, curves in which several faces…

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Choosing the right representation for geometry is crucial for making 3D models compatible with existing applications. Focusing on piecewise-smooth man-made shapes, we propose a new representation that is usable in conventional CAD modeling…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-02-11 Dmitriy Smirnov , Mikhail Bessmeltsev , Justin Solomon

In this article we present REvolver, a C++ library for renormalization group evolution and automatic flavor matching of the QCD coupling and quark masses, as well as precise conversion between various quark mass renormalization schemes. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-29 Andre H. Hoang , Christopher Lepenik , Vicent Mateu

Convex programming plays a fundamental role in machine learning, data science, and engineering. Testing convexity structure in nonlinear programs relies on verifying the convexity of objectives and constraints. Grant et al. (2006)…

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This paper presents tensorflow-riemopt, a Python library for geometric machine learning in TensorFlow. The library provides efficient implementations of neural network layers with manifold-constrained parameters, geometric operations on…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Oleg Smirnov

The traditional split-up into a low level language and a high level language in the design of computer algebra systems may become obsolete with the advent of more versatile computer languages. We describe GiNaC, a special-purpose system…

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Optimization on manifolds is a class of methods for optimization of an objective function, subject to constraints which are smooth, in the sense that the set of points which satisfy the constraints admits the structure of a differentiable…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-09-03 James Townsend , Niklas Koep , Sebastian Weichwald

Many problems in science and engineering require uncertainty quantification that accounts for observed data. For example, in computational neuroscience, Neural Population Models (NPMs) are mechanistic models that describe brain physiology…

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