• Applying Ricci flow to Manifold Learning

    分类: 计算机科学 >> 计算机软件 提交时间: 2017-04-10

    摘要: Traditional manifold learning algorithms often bear an assumption that the local neighborhood of any point on embedded manifold is roughly equal to the tangent space at that point without considering the curvature. The curvature indifferent way of manifold processing often makes traditional dimension reduction poorly neighborhood preserving. To overcome this drawback we propose a new algorithm called RF-ML to perform an operation on the manifold with help of Ricci flow before reducing the dimension of manifold.

  • A Statistical Fields Theory underlying the Thermodynamics of Ricci Flow and Gravity

    分类: 物理学 >> 普通物理:统计和量子力学,量子信息等 提交时间: 2023-02-17

    摘要: The paper proposes a statistical fields theory of quantum reference frame underlying the Perelman's analogies between his formalism of the Ricci flow and the thermodynamics. The theory is based on a $d=4-\epsilon$ quantum non-linear sigma model (NLSM), interpreted as a quantum reference frame system which a to-be-studied quantum system is relative to.The statistic physics and thermodynamics of the quantum frame fields is studied by the density matrix of them obtained by the Gaussian approximation quantization. The induced Ricci flow of the frame fields and the Ricci-DeTurck flow of the frame fields associated with the density matrix is deduced. In this framework, the diffeomorphism anomaly of the theory has deep thermodynamic interpretation. The trace anomaly is related to a Shannon entropy in terms of the density matrix, which monotonically flows and achieves its maximal value at the flow limit,called the Gradient Shrinking Ricci Soliton (GSRS). A relative Shannon entropy w.r.t. the maximal entropy gives a statistical interpretation to Perelman's partition function, which is also monotonic and giving an analogous H-theorem to the statistical frame fields system. We find that a temporal static 3-space of the GSRS spacetime is in a thermal equilibrium state, and Perelman's analogies between his formalism and the thermodynamics of the frame fields in equilibrium can be explicitly given in the framework. As a possible underlying microscopic theory of the gravitational system, the theory is also applied to understand the thermodynamics of the Schwarzschild black hole. The cosmological constant in the effective theory of gravity at cosmic scale is also briefly given.