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We propose a differential radial basis function (RBF) network termed RBF-DiffNet -- whose hidden layer blocks are partial differential equations (PDEs) linear in terms of the RBF -- to make the baseline RBF network robust to noise in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-14 Kojo Sarfo Gyamfi , James Brusey , Elena Gaura

In the Euclidean setting, the proximal gradient method and its accelerated variants are a class of efficient algorithms for optimization problems with decomposable objective. In this paper, we develop a Riemannian proximal gradient method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Wen Huang , Ke Wei

We consider a convolution-type operator on vector bundles over metric-measure spaces. This operator extends the analogous convolution Laplacian on functions in our earlier work to vector bundles, and is a natural extension of the graph…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Dmitri Burago , Sergei Ivanov , Yaroslav Kurylev , Jinpeng Lu

We study algorithms to estimate geometric properties of raw point cloud data through implicit surface representations. Given that any level-set function with a constant level set corresponding to the surface can be used for such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Alex Shiu Lun Chu , Leevan Ling , Ka Chun Cheung

Constrained radial basis function (RBF) regression has recently emerged as a powerful meshless tool for reconstructing continuous velocity fields from scattered flow measurements, particularly in image-based velocimetry. However, existing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-27 Damien Rigutto , Manuel Ratz , Miguel A. Mendez

Motivated by the problem of understanding theoretical bounds for the performance of the Belkin-Niyogi Laplacian eigencoordinate approach to dimension reduction in machine learning problems, we consider the convergence of random graph…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Bernard Akwei , Luke Rogers , Alexander Teplyaev

This paper explores an efficient Lagrangian approach for evolving point cloud data on smooth manifolds. In this preliminary study, we focus on analyzing plane curves, and our ultimate goal is to provide an alternative to the conventional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Muhammad Ammad , Leevan Ling

This work establishes a rigorous variational and gradient-based equivalence between the classical K-Means algorithm and differentiable Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks with smooth responsibilities. By reparameterizing the K-Means…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Felipe de Jesus Felix Arredondo , Alejandro Ucan-Puc , Carlos Astengo Noguez

Using the spectral decomposition of the Laplace-Beltrami operator we simulate fractal surfaces as random series of eigenfunctions. This approach allows us to generate random fields over smooth manifolds of arbitrary dimension, generalizing…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-06-15 Zachary Gelbaum , Mathew Titus

We propose Riemannian Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (RDDPMs) for learning distributions on submanifolds of Euclidean space that are level sets of functions, including most of the manifolds relevant to applications. Existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Zichen Liu , Wei Zhang , Christof Schütte , Tiejun Li

Supervised manifold learning methods for data classification map data samples residing in a high-dimensional ambient space to a lower-dimensional domain in a structure-preserving way, while enhancing the separation between different classes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-04-20 Elif Vural , Christine Guillemot

The Partition of Unity (PU) method, performed with local Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximants, has been proved to be an effective tool for solving large scattered data interpolation problems. However, in order to achieve a good…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-14 Roberto Cavoretto , Alessandra De Rossi , Emma Perracchione

Solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on manifolds defined by randomly sampled point clouds is a challenging problem in scientific computing and has broad applications in various fields. In this paper, we develop a two-step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Rongji Li , Haichuan Di , Shixiao Willing Jiang

A fundamental macroscopic description of a magnetized plasma is the Vlasov equation supplemented by the nonlinear inverse-square force Fokker-Planck collision operator [Rosenbluth et al., Phys. Rev., 107, 1957]. The Vlasov part describes…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 Eero Hirvijoki , Jeff Candy , Emily Belli , Ola Embréus

The growing availability of computational resources has significantly increased the interest of the scientific community in performing complex multi-physics and multi-domain simulations. However, the generation of appropriate computational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Daniele Moretto , Andrea Franceschini , Massimiliano Ferronato

We derive various eigenvalue estimates for the Hodge Laplacian acting on differential forms on weighted Riemannian manifolds. Our estimates unify and extend various results from the literature and we provide a number of geometric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Volker Branding , Georges Habib

This paper focuses on RBF-based meshless methods for approximating differential operators, one of the most popular being RBF-FD. Recently, a hybrid approach was introduced that combines RBF interpolation and traditional finite difference…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Adrijan Rogan , Andrej Kolar-Požun , Gregor Kosec

In real-world applications with large state and action spaces, reinforcement learning (RL) typically employs function approximations to represent core components like the policies, value functions, and dynamics models. Although powerful…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Chenxiao Gao , Haotian Sun , Na Li , Dale Schuurmans , Bo Dai

In this paper we develop a discrete Hierarchical Basis (HB) to efficiently solve the Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation problem with variable polynomial order. The HB forms an orthogonal set and is adapted to the kernel seed function…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Julio Enrique Castrillon-Candas , Jun Li , Victor Eijkhout