Differential Geometry
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Monday 25 May
H. Fujimoto showed that for a complete minimal surface in $\mathbb{R}^m$, if the Gauss map is non-degenerate, then it omits at most $\frac{m(m + 1)}{2}$ hyperplanes in the complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^{m - 1}$ in general position, and that the number $\frac{m(m + 1)}{2}$ is best possible for all odd integers $m \geq 3$ and for even integers with $4 \leq m \leq 16$. In this paper, we prove that the number $\frac{m(m + 1)}{2}$ is also best possible for all even integers $m \geq 4$, as conjectured by Fujimoto. The main tool is a special planar network $(\Gamma_0, \omega)$ in the theory of positive matrices.
Information Theory
Age of Information in Time-Varying Multi-Priority Queues
In networks with intermittent connectivity, such as mobile, aerial, and space systems, maintaining information freshness is complicated by time-varying arrivals, service disruptions, and interactions among traffic classes with different priorities. To capture these effects, we study a multi-priority single-server queue with time-varying arrivals and service rates under intermittent connectivity. Our main result shows that an appropriately selected collection of state-conditioned first moments closes exactly, leading to a finite-dimensional linear time-periodic Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) system for the mean Age of Information (AoI) and mean Peak Age of Information (PAoI) of each priority class. For periodic arrival and service rates, we define a one-period state map by propagating the ODE over a single period, and use the periodicity condition to formulate the periodic steady state as a fixed point of this map. We then propose a fixed-point iteration algorithm and prove its convergence to the unique periodic steady state (PSS). Numerical results reveal that high-priority traffic can strongly reshape the service process seen by lower-priority classes.
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Algebraic Topology
On modular inequalities for plane projective curves
We introduce modular inequalities for complements of plane curves, based on a Combinatorial Aomoto complex construction associated with the weak combinatorial type of a curve. We use this as a tool to investigate twisted Alexander polynomials, in particular to study the characteristic polynomial of the Milnor fiber associated to a projective plane curve, i.e. the classical Alexander polynomial. We give criteria for the non-triviality of the resonance in degree $1$, over a positive characteristic field, for curves with quasi fiber–type structure and we compute lower bounds for the multiplicities of some roots of twisted Alexander polynomials for this type of curves. We apply these results to theoretically compute the multiplicities of certain roots of twisted Alexander polynomials for fiber–type curves.
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Differential Geometry
Minimal surfaces, Knots, and Neural Networks
A recent conjecture by Joel Fine posits a relationship between the coefficients of the HOMFLY polynomial of a knot $K$ in the 3-sphere $S^3$, and the signed count of minimal surfaces in hyperbolic 4-space $\mathrm{H}^4$ meeting the sphere at infinity at $K$, with prescribed genus and self-intersection number. In this paper, we develop a novel machine learning framework based on Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to solve the minimal surface equation in hyperbolic space. We utilise this framework to test Fine's Conjecture by constructing near-minimal surfaces bounding various families of knots in $S^3$. Furthermore, we develop an algorithmic method to find self-intersections and compute their sign. For every knot analysed, the computationally discovered minimal surfaces and their self-intersection numbers perfectly align with the predictions of Fine's Conjecture, providing empirical evidence for it.
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Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from hep-th
$S$-duality, boundary states, and higher-form symmetries on ALE spaces
We study Abelian $S$-duality of Maxwell theory on $A$-type asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) spaces. Unlike on closed four-manifolds, the Maxwell path integral on an ALE space is not naturally a scalar partition function. Rather, it decomposes into theta-function blocks labeled by flat $U(1)$ holonomy sectors on the asymptotic lens-space boundary. We interpret these blocks as components of the Hilbert-space boundary state prepared by the ALE path integral. With this interpretation, the apparent failure of ordinary modularity is replaced by vector-valued modular covariance under the action of the modular group. We test this picture explicitly for Eguchi-Hanson space by gluing it to its orientation reversal. The resulting closed four-manifold is diffeomorphic to $S^2\times S^2$, and the natural pairing of the two ALE boundary states reproduces the standard Maxwell partition function on $S^2\times S^2$. We then refine the construction by turning on electric and magnetic $1$-form symmetry backgrounds. In their presence, the ALE theta blocks are not ordinary functions, but sections of a line bundle over the Cartan torus associated with the $A_{N-1}$ root lattice, reflecting the mixed electric-magnetic $1$-form anomaly. We also discuss gauging discrete $\mathbb Z_k$ subgroups of the $1$-form symmetries and show that the vector-valued boundary-state structure remains the natural covariant framework after gauging. In this sense, ALE spaces behave as chiral building blocks for four-dimensional Maxwell theory: individual ALE blocks carry sector-resolved boundary data, while gluing pairs these sectors to produce an ordinary closed-manifold partition function, much like the pairing of left- and right-moving conformal blocks in two-dimensional CFT.
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Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from hep-th
Fermion Families and Pontryagin Class: Topological Field Theory via Colour Symmetry Extension
Family puzzle asks why the Standard Model (SM) features exactly 3 families of quarks and leptons. Motivated by topological constraints, we study 4d fermionic anomalies with discrete $Z_n$ symmetry, classified by the 5d spin bordism group. We show that only the group-cohomology subclass H$^5(Z_n,U(1))\cong Z_n$ can be canceled by an anomalous $Z_n$-symmetric 4d $Z_n$-gauge topological quantum field theory (TQFT), while beyond-group-cohomology $A_{Z_n}p_1$ involving the Pontryagin class $p_1$ cannot (except $n=2,3$). More generally, we prove that any cocycle $\alpha_d\in$H$^d(Z_n,U(1))$ in odd spacetime dimension $d\ge3$ is trivialised by the symmetry extension $1\to Z_n\to Z_{n^2}\to Z_n\to 1,$ and we construct the corresponding symmetric anomalous boundary TQFT. For $d=5$ and $n=3$, this yields a Spin$\times Z_3$-symmetric 4d $Z_3$-gauge TQFT that cancels the mixed discrete $(\bf B+L)$-gauge-gravitational anomaly of the SM in the absence of 3 "sterile" right-handed neutrinos $\nu_R$. We analyze a generalized SM with $N_c$ colors and $N_f$ families and argue that missing $N_f$ copies of the $\nu_R$ can be naturally replaced by a 4d anomalous $Spin\times_{Z_2^F}Z_{2 N_f,{\bf B + L}}$ symmetric $Z_N$-gauge TQFT under the anomaly cancellation, via a $Z_N$ symmetry extension construction $1\to Z_N\to Spin\times Z_{NN_f}\to Spin\times_{Z_2^F}Z_{2N_f}\to1$ of anomalous topological order. For minimal nonzero $(N,N_f)$, the allowed minimal extensions are $N=1,3,4,12$, depending on divisibility of $N_f$ by 2 and 3. Combining Witten anomaly and other constraints, we prove that $N=N_c=N_f=3$, with 3 families and 3 colors, is the unique minimal solution to match with the color-center baryon-to-quark symmetry extension $1\to Z_{N_c}\to Spin\times_{Z_2^F}Z_{2N_cN_f,{\bf Q}+N_c{\bf L}}\to Spin\times_{Z_2^F}Z_{2 N_f,{\bf B+L}}^F\to1$. We also prove that $A_{Z_3}p_1=0\mod3$ for the mod 3 cohomology class.
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Combinatorics
A note on integer programming methods for mixed radial Moore graphs
Mixed radial Moore graphs are approximations of mixed Moore graphs that preserve the distance-preserving spanning tree for some vertices. One way to measure their resemblance to a mixed Moore graph is using the status measure. The status of a graph is defined as the sum of the distances between all pairs of ordered vertices. Mixed radial Moore graphs with minimum status are closer to mixed Moore graphs according to this measure. The existence of mixed radial Moore graphs is still unknown for most values of the degree and the diameter. In this work, we develop an integer programming model (IP) to find mixed radial Moore graphs of diameter 3 with minimum status. As a result, we show the existence of these graphs for several new values of the degree and the diameter.
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Group Theory
On partial groups of small order
We explain a computer enumeration of all partial groups (in the sense of Chermak) of order at most 10. An accompanying dataset contains a full list, consisting of 123,650 partial groups of order at most 9 and 178,937,003 partial groups of order 10; the paper itself contains a complete list of indecomposable partial groups of order at most 5. Inspection of the data led us to conjecture and then prove two results: that indecomposable partial groups of dimension two less than their order are precisely skeleta of groups of that order, and partial groups of (higher Segal) degree at most 2 are 2-coskeletal.
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Number Theory
A note on uniform version of Littlewood inequality and Fibonacci numbers
We give a simple proof of a recent result by J. Schleischitz dealing with a counterexample to the uniform Littlewood conjecture. Our construction is based on simple properties of Fibonacci numbers.
Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from gr-qc
Covariant Dynamical Systems Formulation of the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Equations
We revisit static, spherically symmetric perfect-fluid stellar models in General Relativity within the framework of the $1+1+2$ semi-tetrad formalism. For locally rotationally symmetric static spacetimes, the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff system can be expressed as a covariant first-order dynamical system and, after suitable normalization, reformulated as a three-dimensional autonomous flow for a general equation of state (EoS). In the case of a linear EoS, the system reduces further to a planar dynamical system whose finite and asymptotic equilibrium points, together with their stability properties, admit a clear geometrical interpretation in terms of covariant variables. For more general equations of state, such as the polytropic case, the dynamics naturally acquire a genuinely three-dimensional character. Beyond providing a compact, covariant, and physically transparent reformulation of the relativistic stellar problem, the present analysis clarifies how the standard metric description is encoded within a global phase-space structure constructed from geometrically meaningful covariant variables.
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General Mathematics
Graph Fractional Fourier Transform: A Unified and Efficient Sampling Theory
The graph Fourier transform (GFT) is a fundamental tool in graph signal processing and has recently been extended to the graph fractional Fourier transform (GFRFT). Existing sampling methods in the GFRFT domain are primarily designed to minimize error, whereas a wider range of alternative sampling strategies should be admitted. In this paper, a unified and efficient GFRFT sampling theory is proposed. First, a new definition of graph fractional bandlimited signals is introduced, with the corresponding graph fractional sampling and perfect reconstruction theorem, as well as the associated graph fractional localization operator. Next, several GFRFT sampling strategies are developed based on different criteria, including maximum cutoff frequency, minimum error, and maximum localized basis, along with the corresponding representations of their localization operators. Then, by exploiting a localization operator that jointly considers vertex and spectral localization, a fast sampling set selection method in the GFRFT domain is proposed. Finally, numerical experiments investigate the reconstruction errors and execution time of the proposed sampling methods and evaluate their performance in applications, demonstrating the effectiveness of the unified GFRFT sampling theory and its advantages over GFT methods.
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Probability
Radial Extremality for LRU Caching and the Fill–Holst Conjecture
For the independent reference model with popularity vector $p\in\Delta_N^\circ$, let $H_C(p)$ denote the exact stationary hit rate of an LRU cache of capacity $C$. We prove that, for every $1\le C<N$, the uniform popularity vector is the unique global minimizer of $H_C$ on the interior simplex. More sharply, along every nonconstant segment from the uniform vector to an interior point, the LRU hit rate is strictly increasing. The proof uses the standard exponential-age representation of the stationary LRU cache and gives an explicit positive pair-square formula for the radial derivative. Equivalently, for the move-to-front rule, the stationary search-cost distribution improves strictly in the usual stochastic order along every nonconstant ray away from uniform. This proves the radial restriction of the Fill–Holst Schur-concavity conjecture for move-to-front search-cost tails. In particular, all LRU miss probabilities and all nonconstant nondecreasing stack-depth costs decrease strictly along such rays. The result is radial rather than Schur-convex: full majorization monotonicity for LRU is known to fail, and the proof identifies the special positivity that survives on rays from the uniform vector.
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Algebraic Geometry
Movable curve classes and slope stability on Deligne-Mumford stacks
We generalize some results in the literature on movable curve classes and slope stability of coherent sheaves on smooth projective varieties to the case of smooth proper DM stacks admitting projective coarse moduli spaces. As an application, we establish a Bogomolov-Gieseker inequality on such stacks. This paper is the second in a series aiming to generalize results of Popa-Schnell and Wei-Wu on Viehweg hyperbolicity to the setting of DM stacks, and in particular, to certain KSBA moduli spaces.
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Numerical Analysis
Quantum Domain Decomposition for Preconditioning the Finite Element Method
Even in cases where quantum linear solvers provide significant speedup compared to their classical counterparts, their performance depends on some of the same parameters. In particular, the condition number of the matrix which is to be inverted is a decisive parameter. A well known classical, and now quantum, remedy is to precondition the linear system $A x = b$ by premultiplying it by a matrix $H$ in such a way that the condition number of $HA$ is significantly smaller than the condition number of $A$. In this work, we focus on a family of preconditioners called domain decomposition. First, we prove that it is feasible to apply quantum domain decomposition. We provide upper bounds for the block-encoding parameters of the Poisson problem discretized by the finite element method and preconditioned by the two-level Additive Schwarz preconditioner (one of the most fundamental domain decomposition techniques). From these bounds, we deduce the complexity of the quantum linear system solver. Second, we focus on a particular choice of local solver within the domain decomposition preconditioner by applying recent work by [Deiml and Peterseim, Math. Comput., 2025] on the Bramble–Pasciak–Xu (BPX) preconditioner. Finally, we provide details on how the operators are implemented.
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Probability
Quantitative Einstein relation for reversible diffusions in a random environment
The Einstein relation describes the response of a diffusing particle to a small constant external force. It states that, as the force tends to zero, the ratio of the limiting velocity to the force magnitude converges to the diffusivity matrix of the unforced particle, evaluated in the force direction. Gantert, Mathieu, and Piatnitski (2012) proved this identity for reversible diffusions in random environments. We prove a quantitative version, with an explicit quenched algebraic rate.
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Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from hep-th
Intersecting Surface Operators in 6d Holomorphic Field Theories
We study intersecting surface operators in 6d holomorphic field theories with the aim of unraveling associated quantum integrable structures. We first study the intersections of surface operators in 6d holomorphic Chern-Simons theory on $\mathbb{C}^3$. Computing their correlation function, we find a local operator at the intersection of the surface operators with a form reminiscent of the leading nontrivial term in the quasi-classical expansion of a rational $R$-matrix, as predicted by Costello. We provide evidence that this $R$-matrix-like operator satisfies a Yang-Baxter-type relation. We then derive the associated coproduct of the chiral algebra supported by surface operators from their OPE. We also study intersecting surface operators in 6d holomorphic BF theory and derive the local leading form of the corresponding $R$-matrix-like operator. When this theory is placed on twistor space, where it describes the self-dual sector of 4d Yang-Mills theory, this operator is expected to provide a local building block for quantum integrable structures anticipated in that setting.
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Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from cond-mat.stat-mech
Effect of slow bonds on current fluctuations in the symmetric simple exclusion process
The symmetric simple exclusion process (SSEP) is a paradigmatic model of classical non-equilibrium dynamics. Exact results for large deviations of particle current in the SSEP have been obtained in various settings using integrability-based methods. In this Article, we discuss how these results are modified in the presence of localized slow bonds. We consider three conventional geometries: (a) a finite one-dimensional lattice weakly coupled to unequal reservoirs at its boundaries, (b) a semi-infinite one-dimensional lattice weakly coupled to a boundary reservoir, and (c) an infinite one-dimensional lattice with localized slow bonds near the origin. For each case, we present exact expressions for the large deviation function of current and validate them through rare-event simulations based on the cloning algorithm. In connection with our results, we present an elementary derivation of the exact large deviation function for the current in the semi-infinite SSEP, complementing recent results obtained through more elaborate techniques.
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Combinatorics
The Erdős Matching Conjecture for 4-uniform hypergraphs
We prove the Erdős Matching Conjecture for $4$-uniform hypergraphs for every matching number $s\ge6004$. Specifically, for integers $s\ge 6004$ and $n\ge 4s+4$, if a $n$-vertex 4-uniform hypergraph $\mathcal F$ does not contain a matching of size $s+1$, then \[ |\mathcal F|\le \max\left\{\binom{4s+3}{4},\binom n4-\binom{n-s}{4}\right\}. \] Our proof introduces a finite-board reduction for general uniformity. It reduces the global conjecture to a lower-uniformity bound and a fixed finite optimization at the two adjacent vertex numbers where the candidate constructions exchange dominance. In the $4$-uniform case the board has $19$ vertices, and its weighted inequality splits into $19$-, $15$-, and $11$-vertex layers. The hardest layer is resolved by exact rational dual certificates and deterministic integer searches. All computer-assisted steps are checked in exact arithmetic by verifiers that reconstruct the finite systems directly from their mathematical definitions.
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Algebraic Geometry
Proxy smallness meets $t$-structures
We introduce a notion of proxy smallness for $t$-structures on triangulated categories associated to a Noetherian scheme. Specifically, the theory is developed in the presence of tensor actions. Consequently, our results yield a new characterization of schemes that are locally complete intersections in terms of $t$-structures, as well as a topological classification of preaisles on the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves.
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Numerical Analysis
A Fully Discrete Energy-Based Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Variable-Order Time-Fractional Wave Equations
Variable-order time-fractional wave equations provide a flexible model for wave phenomena with evolving memory effects and anomalous temporal dynamics. Their numerical approximation is challenging because the variable-order fractional derivative generates time-dependent history weights and therefore lacks the standard time-translation-invariant convolution structure of constant-order fractional operators. In this paper, we develop and analyze a fully discrete energy-based discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for wave equations with a Caputo-type variable-order time-fractional derivative. The equation is reformulated as a reduced first-order-in-time system, discretized in space by an energy-based DG method, and advanced in time using a second-order approximation of the variable-order Caputo derivative at a specially chosen point in each time interval. The main analytical novelty is a cumulative weight-variation estimate for the variable-order memory weights, which requires only that the variable order $\alpha:[0,T] \rightarrow (0,1)$ be Lipschitz continuous. Based on this estimate, we establish energy stability of the fully discrete scheme and derive second-order temporal convergence together with energy-norm spatial error estimates. The analysis gives suboptimal convergence on general affine simplicial or tensor-product meshes and optimal convergence under additional Cartesian and flux assumptions. Numerical experiments in one and two dimensions validate the theoretical findings.
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Combinatorics
Extremal $t$-intersecting Families of Permutations for Large $t$
A set of permutations of $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$ is $t$-intersecting if any two permutations agree on at least $t$ inputs. A recent work by Kupavskii, in the spirit of the Erdős-Ko-Rado Theorem, shows that for all $t\leq n-O\left(\frac{n\log\log n}{\log n}\right)$, every $t$-intersecting family of permutations of $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$ with the maximum size must be isomorphic to the set $$A_k = \{\sigma : \sigma(i)=i\text{ for at least } t+k \text{ indices } i\in\{1,2,\dots,t+2k\}\}$$ for some $k$. By refining Kupavskii's spread approximation technique, we prove that this conclusion holds for a wider range of $t\leq n-n^{5/7+\varepsilon}$.
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Operator Algebras
Noncommutative protori and inductive spectral triples
We study inductive limits of higher-dimensional noncommutative tori, which we call noncommutative protori. We compute the Elliott invariants for broad classes of unital and nonunital systems, including toric maps, Morita-corner embeddings, and dimension-changing and proper embeddings. For the resulting simple limits we determine explicitly the ordered $K$-groups, trace cone, scale, and projection scale, yielding concrete classification criteria. We also construct compatible spectral triples and locally compact spectral triples on these limits via Fourier- and Morita-compatible Dirac structures.
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Probability
Classification of the eternal solutions and multiple coalescing shocks in the KPZ fixed point
We give a complete classification of the eternal solutions for the KPZ fixed point. Each of these is a (possibly infinite) max-plus convolution of the known eternal solutions, called Busemann functions. Specifically, we show that the space of eternal solutions is homeomorphic to a certain space of upper semicontinuous functions that encodes the weights of each of the Busemann functions. As a result, we show that the Busemann process gives a spectral decomposition of eternal solutions of the KPZ fixed point analogous to that for Hamilton-Jaccobi equations. The resulting evolution of the KPZ fixed point exhibits a shock at each of the boundaries between the different Busemann functions. Moving forward in time, the shocks coalesce, while moving backwards in time, additional shocks can form. We describe several geometric properties of this tree of shocks. This completes the study of eternal solutions initiated in earlier work of the second and third authors with Seppäläinen and continued in the previous work of the authors and in recent work of Rassoul-Agha and Sweeney.
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Numerical Analysis
Fast Quadratic Manifold Learning For Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction in Large-scale Systems using Riemannian Optimization
The effectiveness of dimensionality reduction with quadratic manifolds hinges on the choice of a reduced basis and the associated quadratic correction terms. Existing approaches typically rely on subspaces spanned by the leading principal components of the training data. Although optimal for linear approximation, such bases are inherently suboptimal for quadratic manifold learning. Greedy basis-selection methods can significantly improve the representational capacity of quadratic manifolds by searching over a larger pool of candidate principal components, but the combinatorial cost limits the basis sizes that can be used in practice. This work proposes FastQM, an approach that treats the identification of an optimal quadratic approximation as a continuous optimization problem on the Stiefel manifold. By rotating the reduced basis within a candidate span of singular vectors, FastQM learns an ideal coordinate alignment tailored to quadratic manifold approximation. A feature-space formulation ensures that the optimization cost scales independently of the full state-space dimension. The efficacy of the proposed method is demonstrated on a turbulent airfoil-wake large-eddy simulation.
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Complex Variables
Meromorphic mappings into projective varieties intersecting arbitrary families of moving hypersurfaces
In this paper, we establish a general second main theorem for meromorphic mappings from $\mathbb C^m$ into a subvariety $V$ of $\mathbb P^n(\mathbb C)$ with respect to an arbitrary family of slowly moving hypersurfaces $\mathcal Q=\{Q_1,\ldots,Q_q\}$. In contrast to the usual setting, the mapping is not required to be algebraically nondegenerate over the field $\mathcal K_{\mathcal Q}$. Moreover, the truncation levels of the counting functions are explicitly estimated, and the total defect bound is given by $\Delta_{\mathcal Q,V}(3\dim V-1)$, which is independent of the mapping $f$, where $\Delta_{\mathcal Q,V}$ denotes the distributive constant of $\mathcal Q$ with respect to $V$.
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Classical Analysis and ODEs
Lattice point counting problems on step-two nilpotent Lie groups
We develop the theory of lattice point counting on connected and simply connected nilpotent Lie groups of step-two, endowed with the parabolic type dilation and a family of homogeneous norms $ \mathcal{N}_{\alpha,M}(x, t)=\left(|M_1x|^\alpha + |M_2t|^{\alpha / 2}\right)^{1 / \alpha}$ adapted to the dilation structure, where $\alpha>0$ and $M_1,M_2$ are invertible matrices. With appropriate notions of lattices, the domains to be counted are balls associated to these norms, and explicit counting discrepancy estimates are deduced for all possible dimensions and all $\alpha>0$. The bounds are sharp when the group center is unidimensional and $\alpha=2$, in certain rational sense. Our study also generalizes and even quantitatively improves previous results on Heisenberg groups obtained by Garg–Nevo–Taylor \cite[Ann. Inst. Fourier, 2015]{GNT15}: (i) In dimension $5$, the exponent of logarithmic factor is lowered from $2/3$ to ${1}/{3}$ if $\alpha \in(3,4] $ or $\alpha=1$; and the factor $\log ^{2/3} R $ is dropped if $\alpha\in(2,3]$. (ii) In dimension $3$, the estimation is upgraded from $O_\epsilon(R^{ 5/2+\epsilon})$ to $O(R^{2}\log^{ 1/2} R)$ for $\alpha=1$, and to $O(R^{{19}/{8}})$ for $\alpha\in (1,2)$; and the factor $\log R$ is removed for $\alpha>4$. Moreover, as a byproduct, we extend the lattice counting near Heisenberg spheres, recently considered by Campolongo–Taylor \cite[Matematica, 2023]{CT23} and Srivastava–Taylor \cite[J. Fourier Anal. Appl., 2026]{ST26}, to the above step-two group setting with arbitrary dimensional group center, where some quantitative improvements are also attained. Our method relies upon Poisson's summation formulas, oscillatory integral estimates and asymptotic properties as well as recursion formulas of Bessel functions.
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Representation Theory
The formal degree conjecture for groups over local function fields
In this article, we will prove that the formal degree conjecture is compatible with the Deligne-Kazhdan correspondence for quasi-split groups, assuming that the local Langlands correspondence is compatible with the Deligne-Kazhdan correspondence. Consequently, we establish the formal degree conjecture for $\operatorname{GL}_n$ over local function fields of characteristic $p > 0$, and for $\operatorname{Sp}_{2n}$, split $\operatorname{SO}_{2n}$, $\operatorname{SO}_{2n+1}$, and $\operatorname{GSp}_4$ over local function fields of characteristic $p > 2$.
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Numerical Analysis · Cross-listed from gr-qc
Hyperboloidal evolution for scalar scattering in Minkowski space
We develop a time-domain numerical framework for global scalar wave scattering in Minkowski spacetime. The main contribution is an exact conformal matching of three compactified regions: a past hyperboloidal domain attached to $\mathscr I^-$, a Penrose domain covering a neighborhood of spatial infinity $i^0$, and a future hyperboloidal domain attached to $\mathscr I^+$. The matching surfaces are identical conformal hypersurfaces in the adjacent charts. This yields a global evolution scheme connecting $\mathscr I^-$, the neighborhood of $i^0$, and $\mathscr I^+$ without artificial timelike outer boundaries and without interpolation between scri-fixing gauges. We implement the construction for spherically symmetric scalar waves, including free propagation, localized linear scattering potentials such as the Pöschl–Teller potential, and semilinear wave equations with cubic, quintic, and septic nonlinearities. The numerical experiments demonstrate stable propagation across the matching interfaces, direct extraction of radiation at $\mathscr I^+$, and fourth-order convergence for the free and linear-potential tests. The quintic and septic nonlinear tests exhibit approximately fourth-order convergence and recover the expected late-time tail rates. The cubic case, by contrast, shows only first-order convergence, revealing a limitation of our treatment near compactified boundaries when the conformally rescaled nonlinear source remains non-vanishing. These results validate the conformal matching strategy for long-time simulations, while identifying the boundary regularity issues that must be addressed using a more robust treatment of spatial infinity.
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Numerical Analysis
A Dynamic Subspace Approach for Low-rank Approximation of Large-scale Nonlinear Systems
We present a dynamic subspace approach for efficiently approximating large-scale systems by learning time-continuous trajectories on the Grassmannian manifold. By parameterizing a low-dimensional basis as a geodesic path, the method allows for adaptive tracking of evolving physics. Our approach decouples the geometric drift of the subspace from the intrinsic state evolution. This avoids the typical rank inflation required by static low-dimensional approximation methods to maintain accuracy, effectively breaking the Kolmogorov barrier in transport-dominated phenomena. To ensure scalability for high-dimensional data, the optimization is performed in a reduced feature space, rendering the computational cost independent of the large original state dimension. Numerical results for a 1D transport equation and a large-scale turbulent airfoil wake demonstrate that this dynamic subspace approach achieves higher accuracy than static linear approximations at equivalent ranks, positioning it as a robust and scalable method for the low-rank modeling of complex, non-stationary dynamical systems.
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Mathematical Physics
Field theory of $\mathfrak{su}(n)$: the absence of non-zero scatterings
We inspect $\mathfrak{su}(n)$ forms, providing greater detail for $n=2,3$, as a toy model for a field theory in finite dimensions and with gauge symmetries. Relying on homological perturbation theory, we show that there are no scattering amplitudes with trivalent tree-level diagrams, except for the interaction vertex, thus extending a known argument of Cattaneo–Mnëv to arbitrary $n$. In contrast to this, we show how to obtain non-trivial higher products when transferring to a larger space of fields.