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Dix formulated the inverse problem of recovering an elastic body from the measurements of wave fronts of point sources. We geometrize this problem in the context of seismology, leading to the geometrical inverse problem of recovering a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Maarten V. de Hoop , Joonas Ilmavirta , Matti Lassas

Deep learning-based methods have reached state of the art performances, relying on large quantity of available data and computational power. Such methods still remain highly inappropriate when facing a major open machine learning problem,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Ghouthi Boukli Hacene , Vincent Gripon , Nicolas Farrugia , Matthieu Arzel , Michel Jezequel

Topological data analysis (TDA) uses persistent homology to quantify loops and higher-dimensional holes in data, making it particularly relevant for examining the characteristics of images of cells in the field of cell biology. In the…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-05-06 Susan Glenn , Jessi Cisewski-Kehe , Jun Zhu , William M. Bement

A methodology is proposed for inferring the topology underlying point cloud data. The approach employs basic elements of Morse Theory, and is capable of producing not only a point estimate of various topological quantities (e.g., genus),…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2011-05-16 Caren Marzban , Ulvi Yurtsever

Tensor classification has become increasingly crucial in statistics and machine learning, with applications spanning neuroimaging, computer vision, and recommendation systems. However, the high dimensionality of tensors presents significant…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-09-24 Elynn Chen , Yuefeng Han , Jiayu Li

We develop a rigorous theoretical framework for principal manifold estimation that recovers a latent low-dimensional manifold from a point cloud observed in a high-dimensional ambient space. Our framework accommodates manifolds with…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Kun Meng , Christopher Perez

This paper concerns a theoretical approach that combines topological data analysis (TDA) and sheaf theory. Topological data analysis, a rising field in mathematics and computer science, concerns the shape of the data and has been proven…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Chuan-Shen Hu , Yu-Min Chung

In this study, we present and analyze a framework for geometric and topological estimation for mapping of unknown environments. We consider agents mimicking motion behaviors of cyborg insects, known as biobots, and exploit coordinate-free…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-07-04 Alireza Dirafzoon , Alper Bozkurt , Edgar Lobaton

Shape analysis and classification are popular methods for biologists, biophysicists and mathematicians investigating relationships between object function and form. Classic shape descriptors, such as sphericity, can be powerful but may be…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-02-21 Allyson Quinn Ryan , Johannes Soltwedel , Carl D. Modes

The paper introduces the class of O-metric spaces, a novel generalization of metric-type spaces, classifying almost all possible metric types into upward and downward O-metrics. We list some topologies arising from O-metrics and discuss…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Hallowed O. Olaoluwa , Aminat O. Ige , Johnson O. Olaleru

This study investigates whether Topological Data Analysis (TDA) can provide additional insights beyond traditional statistical methods in clustering currency behaviours. We focus on the foreign exchange (FX) market, which is a complex…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-23 Pattravadee de Favereau de Jeneret , Ioannis Diamantis

We provide a good dynamical framework allowing to generalize Thurston's asymmetric metric and the associated Finsler norm from Teichm\"uller space to large classes of Anosov representations. In many cases, including the space of Hitchin…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-08 León Carvajales , Xian Dai , Beatrice Pozzetti , Anna Wienhard

Accurate bone strength prediction is essential for assessing fracture risk, particularly in aging populations and individuals with osteoporosis. Bone imaging has evolved from X-rays and DXA to clinical computed tomography (CT), and now to…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-04 John Rick Manzanares , Richard Leslie Abel , Paweł Dłotko

Tensors provide a structured representation for multidimensional data, yet discretization can obscure important information when such data originates from continuous processes. We address this limitation by introducing a functional Tucker…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-03-27 Noah Steidle , Joppe De Jonghe , Mariya Ishteva

This paper presents a new type of surface models constructed on the basis of Finsler geometry. A Finsler metric is defined on the surface by using an underlying vector field, which is an in-plane tilt order. According to the orientation of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hiroshi Koibuchi , Hideo Sekino

We revisit Deep Linear Discriminant Analysis (Deep LDA) from a likelihood-based perspective. While classical LDA is a simple Gaussian model with linear decision boundaries, attaching an LDA head to a neural encoder raises the question of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-02-23 Maxat Tezekbayev , Arman Bolatov , Zhenisbek Assylbekov

With the increasing use of black-box Machine Learning (ML) techniques in critical applications, there is a growing demand for methods that can provide transparency and accountability for model predictions. As a result, a large number of…

In the standard approach to Finsler geometry the metric is defined as a vertical Hessian and the Chern or Cartan connections appear as just two among many possible natural linear connections on the pullback tangent bundle. Here it is shown…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-14 E. Minguzzi

Assessing the quality of 3D printed models before they are printed remains a challeng- ing problem, particularly when considering point cloud-based models. This paper introduces an approach to quality assessment, which uses techniques from…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-07-10 Paul Rosen , Mustafa Hajij , Junyi Tu , Tanvirul Arafin , Les Piegl

Inferring topological and geometrical information from data can offer an alternative perspective on machine learning problems. Methods from topological data analysis, e.g., persistent homology, enable us to obtain such information,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-19 Christoph Hofer , Roland Kwitt , Marc Niethammer , Andreas Uhl