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Polynomial Bounds for Invariant Functions Separating Orbits
Consider the representations of an algebraic group G. In general, polynomial
invariant functions may fail to separate orbits. The invariant subring may not
be finitely generated, or the number and complexity of the generators may grow
rapidly with the size of the representation. We instead study "constructible"
functions defined by straight line programs in the polynomial ring, with a new
"quasi-inverse" that computes the inverse of a function where defined. We write
straight line programs defining constructible functions that separate the
orbits of G. The number of these programs and their length have polynomial
bounds in the parameters of the representation.Comment: Clarified proofs, algorithms, and notation. Corrected typo
Communication Complexity of Permutation-Invariant Functions
Motivated by the quest for a broader understanding of communication
complexity of simple functions, we introduce the class of
"permutation-invariant" functions. A partial function is permutation-invariant if for every bijection
and every , it is the case that . Most of the commonly studied functions
in communication complexity are permutation-invariant. For such functions, we
present a simple complexity measure (computable in time polynomial in given
an implicit description of ) that describes their communication complexity
up to polynomial factors and up to an additive error that is logarithmic in the
input size. This gives a coarse taxonomy of the communication complexity of
simple functions. Our work highlights the role of the well-known lower bounds
of functions such as 'Set-Disjointness' and 'Indexing', while complementing
them with the relatively lesser-known upper bounds for 'Gap-Inner-Product'
(from the sketching literature) and 'Sparse-Gap-Inner-Product' (from the recent
work of Canonne et al. [ITCS 2015]). We also present consequences to the study
of communication complexity with imperfectly shared randomness where we show
that for total permutation-invariant functions, imperfectly shared randomness
results in only a polynomial blow-up in communication complexity after an
additive overhead
A local Paley-Wiener theorem for compact symmetric spaces
The Fourier coefficients of a smooth -invariant function on a compact
symmetric space are given by integration of the function against the
spherical functions. For functions with support in a neighborhood of the
origin, we describe the size of the support by means of the exponential type of
a holomorphic extension of the Fourier coefficient
Linear Convergence of Comparison-based Step-size Adaptive Randomized Search via Stability of Markov Chains
In this paper, we consider comparison-based adaptive stochastic algorithms
for solving numerical optimisation problems. We consider a specific subclass of
algorithms that we call comparison-based step-size adaptive randomized search
(CB-SARS), where the state variables at a given iteration are a vector of the
search space and a positive parameter, the step-size, typically controlling the
overall standard deviation of the underlying search distribution.We investigate
the linear convergence of CB-SARS on\emph{scaling-invariant} objective
functions. Scaling-invariantfunctions preserve the ordering of points with
respect to their functionvalue when the points are scaled with the same
positive parameter (thescaling is done w.r.t. a fixed reference point). This
class offunctions includes norms composed with strictly increasing functions
aswell as many non quasi-convex and non-continuousfunctions. On
scaling-invariant functions, we show the existence of ahomogeneous Markov
chain, as a consequence of natural invarianceproperties of CB-SARS (essentially
scale-invariance and invariance tostrictly increasing transformation of the
objective function). We thenderive sufficient conditions for \emph{global
linear convergence} ofCB-SARS, expressed in terms of different stability
conditions of thenormalised homogeneous Markov chain (irreducibility,
positivity, Harrisrecurrence, geometric ergodicity) and thus define a general
methodologyfor proving global linear convergence of CB-SARS algorithms
onscaling-invariant functions. As a by-product we provide aconnexion between
comparison-based adaptive stochasticalgorithms and Markov chain Monte Carlo
algorithms.Comment: SIAM Journal on Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics, 201
Gauge Boson Masses in the 3-d, SU(2) Gauge-Higgs Model
We study gauge boson propagators in the symmetric and symmetry broken phases
of the 3-d, gauge-Higgs model. Correlation functions for the gauge
fields are calculated in Landau gauge. They are found to decay exponentially at
large distances leading to a non-vanishing mass for the gauge bosons. We find
that the W-boson screening mass drops in the symmetry broken phase when
approaching the critical temperature. In the symmetric phase the screening mass
stays small and is independent of the scalar--gauge coupling (the hopping
parameter). Numerical results coincide with corresponding calculations
performed for the pure gauge theory. We find in this phase
which is consistent with analytic calculations based on gap equations. This is,
however, significantly smaller than masses extracted from gauge invariant
vector boson correlation functions. As internal consistency check we also have
calculated correlation functions for gauge invariant operators leading to
scalar and vector boson masses. Finite lattice size effects have been
systematically analyzed on lattices of size with and
.Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX2e File, 8 Postscript figure
Invariant expectation values in the sampling of discrete frequency distributions
The general relationship between an arbitrary frequency distribution and the
expectation value of the frequency distributions of its samples is discussed. A
wide set of measurable quantities ("invariant moments") whose expectation value
does not in general depend on the size of the sample is constructed and
illustrated by applying the results to Ewens sampling formula. Invariant
moments are especially useful in the sampling of systems characterized by the
absence of an intrinsic scale. Distribution functions that may parametrize the
samples of scale-free distributions are considered and their invariant
expectation values are computed. The conditions under which the scaling limit
of such distributions may exist are described.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1210.141
Universal anisotropic finite-size critical behavior of the two-dimensional Ising model on a strip and of d-dimensional models on films
Anisotropy effects on the finite-size critical behavior of a two-dimensional
Ising model on a general triangular lattice in an infinite-strip geometry with
periodic, antiperiodic, and free boundary conditions (bc) in the finite
direction are investigated. Exact results are obtained for the scaling
functions of the finite-size contributions to the free energy density. With
xi_> the largest and xi_< the smallest bulk correlation length at a given
temperature near criticality, we find that the dependence of these functions on
the ratio xi_ and on the angle parameterizing the orientation of the
correlation volume is of geometric rather than dynamic origin. Since the
scaling functions are independent of the particular microscopic realization of
the anisotropy within the two-dimensional Ising model, our results provide a
limited verification of universality. We explain our observations by
considering finite-size scaling of free energy densities of general weakly
anisotropic models on a d-dimensional film, i.e., in an L x infinity^(d-1)
geometry, with bc in the finite direction that are invariant under a shear
transformation relating the anisotropic and isotropic cases. This allows us to
relate free energy scaling functions in the presence of an anisotropy to those
of the corresponding isotropic system. We interpret our results as a simple and
transparent case of anisotropic universality, where, compared to the isotropic
case, scaling functions depend additionally on the shape and orientation of the
correlation volume. We conjecture that this universality extends to cases where
the geometry and/or the bc are not invariant under the shear transformation and
argue in favor of validity of two-scale factor universality for anisotropic
systems.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures; ref. [14] correcte
Quantum geometry of 2d gravity coupled to unitary matter
We show that there exists a divergent correlation length in 2d quantum
gravity for the matter fields close to the critical point provided one uses the
invariant geodesic distance as the measure of distance. The corresponding
reparameterization invariant two-point functions satisfy all scaling relations
known from the ordinary theory of critical phenomena and the KPZ exponents are
determined by the power-like fall off of these two-point functions. The only
difference compared to flat space is the appearance of a dynamically generated
fractal dimension d_h in the scaling relations. We analyze numerically the
fractal properties of space-time for Ising and three-states Potts model coupled
to 2d dimensional quantum gravity using finite size scaling as well as small
distance scaling of invariant correlation functions. Our data are consistent
with d_h=4, but we cannot rule out completely the conjecture d_H =
-2\alpha_1/\alpha_{-1}, where \alpha_{-n} is the gravitational dressing
exponent of a spin-less primary field of conformal weight (n+1,n+1). We compute
the moments and the loop-length distribution function and show that the
fractal properties associated with these observables are identical, with good
accuracy, to the pure gravity case.Comment: LaTeX2e, 38 pages, 13 figures, 32 eps files, added one referenc
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