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Graphicality of Power-Law Degree Sequences

Published:Dec 31, 2025 17:16
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This paper investigates the graphicality problem (whether a degree sequence can form a simple graph) for power-law and double power-law degree sequences. It's important because understanding network structure is crucial in various applications. The paper provides insights into why certain sequences are not graphical, offering a deeper understanding of network formation and limitations.
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The paper derives the graphicality of infinite sequences for double power-laws, uncovering a rich phase-diagram and pointing out the existence of five qualitatively distinct ways graphicality can be violated.

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This paper compares classical numerical methods (Petviashvili, finite difference) with neural network-based methods (PINNs, operator learning) for solving one-dimensional dispersive PDEs, specifically focusing on soliton profiles. It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each approach in terms of accuracy, efficiency, and applicability to single-instance vs. multi-instance problems. The study provides valuable insights into the trade-offs between traditional numerical techniques and the emerging field of AI-driven scientific computing for this specific class of problems.
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Classical approaches retain high-order accuracy and strong computational efficiency for single-instance problems... Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are also able to reproduce qualitative solutions but are generally less accurate and less efficient in low dimensions than classical solvers.

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This paper provides a crucial benchmark of different first-principles methods (DFT functionals and MB-pol potential) for simulating the melting properties of water. It highlights the limitations of commonly used DFT functionals and the importance of considering nuclear quantum effects (NQEs). The findings are significant because accurate modeling of water is essential in many scientific fields, and this study helps researchers choose appropriate methods and understand their limitations.
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MB-pol is in qualitatively good agreement with the experiment in all properties tested, whereas the four DFT functionals incorrectly predict that NQEs increase the melting temperature.

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This paper explores dereverberation techniques for speech signals, focusing on Non-negative Matrix Factor Deconvolution (NMFD) and its variations. It aims to improve the magnitude spectrogram of reverberant speech to remove reverberation effects. The study proposes and compares different NMFD-based approaches, including a novel method applied to the activation matrix. The paper's significance lies in its investigation of NMFD for speech dereverberation and its comparative analysis using objective metrics like PESQ and Cepstral Distortion. The authors acknowledge that while they qualitatively validated existing techniques, they couldn't replicate exact results, and the novel approach showed inconsistent improvement.
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The novel approach, as it is suggested, provides improvement in quantitative metrics, but is not consistent.