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This expository paper explores the interaction of group ordering with topological questions, especially in dimensions 2 and 3. Among the topics considered are surfaces, braid groups, 3-manifolds and their structures such as foliations and…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-03-20 Dale Rolfsen

We review a growing theoretical motivation and evidence that the number of dimensions actually reduces at high energies. This reduction can happen near the Planck scale, or much before, the dimensions that are reduced can be effective,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-18 Dejan Stojkovic

Beginning from a discussion of the known most fundamental dynamical structures of the Standard Model of physics, extended into the realms of mathematics and theory by the concept of "supersymmetry" or "SUSY," an introduction to efforts to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-18 Mathew Calkins , S. James Gates , Caroline Klivans

This is a survey on the local structure about a fixed point of discrete finite-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems, discussing in particular the existence of local topological conjugacies to normal forms, and the structure of local…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Marco Abate

Large collections of high-dimensional data have become nearly ubiquitous across many academic fields and application domains, ranging from biology to the humanities. Since working directly with high-dimensional data poses challenges, the…

This is an expanded version of lectures given in Hangzhou and Beijing, on the symplectic forms common to Seiberg-Witten theory and the theory of solitons. Methods for evaluating the prepotential are discussed. The construction of new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-12-23 Eric D'Hoker , I. M. Krichever , D. H. Phong

The existence of exponential dichotomies has been well-established as a powerful tool to study existence, stability, and bifurcations of coherent structures. Currently, the application of exponential dichotomies to elliptic problems posed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Margaret Beck , Ryan Goh , Alanna Haslam-Hyde

This paper explores the advanced mathematical frameworks used to analyze symmetry breaking in high-dimensional field theories, emphasizing the roles of Laurent series, residues, and winding numbers. Symmetry breaking is fundamental in…

General Physics · Physics 2024-09-16 Wen-Xiang Chen

Due to the emergence of symplectic geometry, the geometric treatment of mechanics underwent a great development during the last century. In this scenario the pressence of symmetries in Hamiltonian systems leads naturally to the existence of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Juan Manso García-Mauriño

These are lecture notes for a simple minicourse approaching the satistical properties of a dynamical system by the study of the associated transfer operator (considered on a suitable functions or measures spaces). The following questions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Stefano Galatolo

This article reviews the role of hidden symmetries of dynamics in the study of physical systems, from the basic concepts of symmetries in phase space to the forefront of current research. Such symmetries emerge naturally in the description…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Marco Cariglia

Inductive bias refers to restrictions on the hypothesis class that enable a learning method to generalize effectively from limited data. A canonical example in control is linearity, which underpins low sample-complexity guarantees for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Zhuo Ouyang , Jixian Liu , Enrique Mallada

The study of algebraic properties of groups of transformations of a manifold gives rise to an interplay between different areas of mathemathics such as topology, geometry, and dynamical systems. Especially, in this paper, we point out some…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-05 Stéphane Tchuiaga

We have researched the condition for symplectic discretization to preserve local boundedness for the space of 2-dimensional Hamiltonian dynamical systems in this paper.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-06-25 Wu-Hwan Jong , Yon-Hui Jo

The past few years have witnessed an increased interest in learning Hamiltonian dynamics in deep learning frameworks. As an inductive bias based on physical laws, Hamiltonian dynamics endow neural networks with accurate long-term…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-02 Zhijie Chen , Mingquan Feng , Junchi Yan , Hongyuan Zha

This is a set of expository lecture notes created originally for a graduate course on holomorphic curves taught at ETH Zurich and the Humboldt University Berlin in 2009/2010. The notes are still incomplete, but due to recent requests from…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-28 Chris Wendl

Two families of symplectic methods specially designed for second-order time-dependent linear systems are presented. Both are obtained from the Magnus expansion of the corresponding first-order equation, but otherwise they differ in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Philipp Bader , Sergio Blanes , Fernando Casas , Nikita Kopylov , Enrique Ponsoda

Recent progress on the understanding of the Random Conductance Model is reviewed and commented. A particular emphasis is on the results on the scaling limit of the random walk among random conductances for almost every realization of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-01-04 Marek Biskup

We use explicit pseudoholomorphic curve techniques (without virtual perturbations) to define a sequence of symplectic capacities analogous to those defined recently by the second named author using symplectic field theory. We then compute…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Dusa McDuff , Kyler Siegel

This study examines long-term trends and shifting behavior in the collaboration network of mathematics literature, using a subset of data from Mathematical Reviews spanning 1985-2009. Rather than modeling the network cumulatively, this…