arXiv preprints from January 1, 2026 through September 20, 2026 — 17:59:40 EST
The Non-Cancelling Intersections (NCI) conjecture of Amarilli, Monet and Suciu [arXiv:2401.16210] states that the union of a finite family of sets can always be built from its algebraically non-cancelling intersections using only disjoint unions and subset complements. In Wilhelm [arXiv:2608.19414] the conjecture was shown to fail...
We consider the distribution-constrained optimal stopping problem introduced by Bayraktar and Miller (Mathematical Finance, 2019) and Beiglbock et al. (PTRF, 2018). Motivated by the multi-marginal Skorokhod embedding problems (SEP) and applications in mathematical finance, we generalize (a class of) its solution to the multi-marginal...
We model equity markets using geometric Brownian particles entering and exiting at rank-dependent intensities. In the many-firm limit, the capital distribution converges to the solution of a reaction-diffusion equation with reaction term built from the intensities. Calibrated on CRSP data, the reaction term is bistable, and the...
We prove an $(\infty,2)$-categorical version of Koszul duality for operads and cooperads in spectra by showing that there is an equivalence between a Morita category of operads and bimodules and a dual Morita category of cooperads and bicomodules. This result subsumes various forms of operadic Koszul duality present in the literature.
In this paper, we prove finiteness results for K-trivial varieties in all dimensions. In dimension 2, these results are corollaries of the Global Torelli Theorem for polarized K3 surfaces. In particular, we establish a sufficient condition when two fibers of a projective family of K-trivial varieties are isomorphic via the Hodge...
We prove that the $q$-Ehrhart series of a hyperplane slice of a cube is a rational function with an explicit denominator that satisfies $q$-reciprocity, confirming a conjecture of Reiner and Rhoades for these polytopes. To do this, we find a generating set for the orbit harmonics ideal, which also yields the Hilbert series and graded...
Let $A$ be a commutative-associative algebra with an invertible derivation $D$, and put $R=D^{-1}$. We study the operations \begin{equation*} x\succ y=R(x)y,\qquad x\prec y=xD(y), \end{equation*} which define a Novikov-Zinbiel algebra. Using a simple graded model, we represent multilinear $\prec,\succ$-monomials by rational functions...
This paper addresses centroids, which are fundamental invariants of tensors. Our main results are as follows: (i) The construction of explicit tensors with very large centroids, whereas previously it had been conjectured that none such exist. (ii) An upper bound on the dimension of the centroid that is essentially attained by our...
This paper establishes that the system of ordinary differential equations arising from the sequential and distributive dual futile cycle has the structural capacity for Hopf bifurcations, whenever it is endowed with general parameter-rich kinetics, but it loses such capacity if it is endowed with mass action kinetics. The proof of the...
We develop $L^1$ bounds for the difference between a test function of a random sum and a standard normal random variable, where the summands are assumed to be independent but not necessarily identically distributed. The bounds are obtained through a new version of the approximate zero bias transformation specifically developed for...
In Abner J. Salgado and Ignacio Tomas. Diagonally implicit Runge-Kutta schemes: discrete energy-balance laws and compactness properties. J. Number. Math., 31(4):313-341, 2023, the notion of $U$-stability for Diagonally Implicit Runge-Kutta (DIRK) schemes was introduced. Here we establish the equivalence between $U$- and $B$-...
The quotient-affine metric gives an intrinsic Riemannian geometry to full-rank correlation matrices, but its geodesic distance has no closed form and we are not aware of an analytic asymptotic null distribution for it. We connect this geometry, introduced in 2019, with Jennrich's 1970 asymptotic test for equality of correlation...
In this paper, we compute the (shifted) Hankel determinants of Catalan-like sequences, which arise naturally from the weighted enumerations of nonintersecting Motzkin meanders. Among these determinant evaluations, one and a half are newly discovered, featuring generic shifted Hankel determinants; two were formulated earlier by Cigler...
Biological reaction networks often exhibit complex transient behavior that cannot be explained solely by the analysis of steady states or long-term persistence. Existing structural approaches identify persistent system properties and have considered transitions between organizations, but do not provide a general criterion for...
Let $X$ be a connected smooth complex projective surface. We prove an effective-divisor version of the Arcara--Miles conjecture, together with its strict analogue. For every divisorial Bridgeland stability condition, failure of stability, respectively semistability, of a line bundle or its relevant shift is detected by a natural...
This is the first of two papers in which we prove the Generalised Cone Conjecture on surfaces.
We present a direct geometric construction which extends the Reshetikhin--Turaev TQFT to circles. We prove that this agrees with the generators-and-relations approach of Bartlett--Douglas--Schommer-Pries--Vicary, thus providing an alternative to the Cerf-theoretic part of their classification of once-extended 3-dimensional TQFTs, and...
We construct a real meromorphic function $F$ on $\mathbb C$ such that $F^{-1}(\{0,1,\infty\})\subset\mathbb R$, while $F$ is not of bounded type in either half-plane. More strongly, for every $a\in\widehat{\mathbb C}\setminus\{0,1,\infty\}$, the $a$-point divisor in either half-plane fails the Blaschke condition. Thus the construction...
Reformulated in terms of the asymptotic rank, a conjecture by Gromov predicts a linear isoperimetric filling inequality in all dimensions greater than or equal to the asymptotic rank of a Hadamard space, in contrast to the Euclidean-type nonlinear behavior below this threshold. We prove the predicted linear inequality for Hadamard...
We consider optimization applications with unknown parameters where the decision maker believes that the optimal value of the nominal problem-the optimization problem they would have solved if the true parameters were known-is unlikely to be large. This belief derives from information that humans have that is not captured in datasets,...
We present a family of second-order, linear, unconditionally stable implicit-explicit (IMEX) methods for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) equations modeling matched-density two-phase flows. The proposed semi-discrete scheme combines extrapolation of the nonlinear terms with an auxiliary-variable formulation of the nonlinear...
Arnold introduced the strong finite type (SFT) property in 1973 while studying the dimension of power series rings. For several classes of rings, polynomial extension is known to preserve the SFT property, but the general question remained open. We answer it negatively by constructing an SFT ring $R$ such that $R[X]$ is not SFT.
This paper proves the short-time existence of $G_2$-Laplacian flow for closed, asymptotically conical $G_2$-structures on a complete manifold, shows that this solution is unique among closed solutions, and gives a lower bound for the existence time depending on the initial geometry.
We identify the critical boundary operator-norm profile of finite-prime composition operators on the Hardy--Hilbert space \(\mathcal H^2\) of Dirichlet series. For \[ \varphi_{δ,\boldsymbolρ}(s) = \frac12+δ+ δ\sum_{j=1}^dρ_jp_j^{-s}, \qquad \boldsymbolρ\in B_d, \] the renormalized positive coefficient operators converge uniformly in...
For matrices drawn from the standard Gaussian orthogonal ensemble (GOE) and Gaussian unitary ensemble (GUE), we prove that the normalized zero counting measure of the permanental characteristic polynomial $Per(zI_N-H_N)$ converges almost surely to the standard Wigner semicircle law on $[-2,2]$, rotated by $π/2$ onto the imaginary...