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This paper introduces a new class of rigid analytic varieties over a p-adic field that exhibit Poincaré duality for étale cohomology with mod p coefficients. The significance lies in extending Poincaré duality results to a broader class of varieties, including almost proper varieties and p-adic period domains. This has implications for understanding the étale cohomology of these objects, particularly p-adic period domains, and provides a generalization of existing computations.
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The paper shows that almost proper varieties, as well as p-adic (weakly admissible) period domains in the sense of Rappoport-Zink belong to this class.

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This paper addresses the challenge of drift uncertainty in asset returns, a significant problem in portfolio optimization. It proposes a robust growth-optimization approach in an incomplete market, incorporating a stochastic factor. The key contribution is demonstrating that utilizing this factor leads to improved robust growth compared to previous models. This is particularly relevant for strategies like pairs trading, where modeling the spread process is crucial.
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The paper determines the robust optimal growth rate, constructs a worst-case admissible model, and characterizes the robust growth-optimal strategy via a solution to a certain partial differential equation (PDE).

Coarse Geometry of Extended Admissible Groups Explored

Published:Dec 31, 2025 11:07
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ArXiv

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This paper investigates the coarse geometric properties of extended admissible groups, a class of groups generalizing those found in 3-manifold groups. The research focuses on quasi-isometry invariance, large-scale nonpositive curvature, quasi-redirecting boundaries, divergence, and subgroup structure. The results extend existing knowledge and answer a previously posed question, contributing to the understanding of these groups' geometric behavior.
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The paper shows that changing the gluing edge isomorphisms does not affect the quasi-isometry type of these groups.

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This paper presents three key results in the realm of complex geometry, specifically focusing on Kähler-Einstein (KE) varieties and vector bundles. The first result establishes the existence of admissible Hermitian-Yang-Mills (HYM) metrics on slope-stable reflexive sheaves over log terminal KE varieties. The second result connects the Miyaoka-Yau (MY) equality for K-stable varieties with big anti-canonical divisors to the existence of quasi-étale covers from projective space. The third result provides a counterexample regarding semistability of vector bundles, demonstrating that semistability with respect to a nef and big line bundle does not necessarily imply semistability with respect to ample line bundles. These results contribute to the understanding of stability conditions and metric properties in complex geometry.
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If a reflexive sheaf $\mathcal{E}$ on a log terminal Kähler-Einstein variety $(X,ω)$ is slope stable with respect to a singular Kähler-Einstein metric $ω$, then $\mathcal{E}$ admits an $ω$-admissible Hermitian-Yang-Mills metric.

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This paper addresses the ordering ambiguity problem in the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, a central issue in quantum cosmology. It demonstrates that for specific minisuperspace models, different operator orderings, which typically lead to different quantum theories, are actually equivalent and define the same physics. This is a significant finding because it simplifies the quantization process and provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between path integrals, operator orderings, and physical observables in quantum gravity.
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The consistent orderings are in one-to-one correspondence with the Jacobians associated with all field redefinitions of a set of canonical degrees of freedom. For each admissible operator ordering--or equivalently, each path-integral measure--we identify a definite, positive Hilbert-space inner product. All such prescriptions define the same quantum theory, in the sense that they lead to identical physical observables.

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This paper addresses a critical issue in machine learning: the instability of rank-based normalization operators under various transformations. It highlights the shortcomings of existing methods and proposes a new framework based on three axioms to ensure stability and invariance. The work is significant because it provides a formal understanding of the design space for rank-based normalization, which is crucial for building robust and reliable machine learning models.
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The paper proposes three axioms that formalize the minimal invariance and stability properties required of rank-based input normalization.