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Publications (33)

cs.LG2023

Ensuring Topological Data-Structure Preservation under Autoencoder Compression due to Latent Space Regularization in Gauss--Legendre nodes

Chethan Krishnamurthy Ramanaik, Juan-Esteban Suarez Cardona, Anna Willmann +3

We formulate a data independent latent space regularisation constraint for general unsupervised autoencoders. The regularisation rests on sampling the autoencoder Jacobian in Legen…

math.NA2025

Interpolation in Polynomial Spaces of p-Degree

Phil-Alexander Hofmann, Damar Wicaksono, Michael Hecht

We recently introduced the Fast Newton Transform (FNT), an hierarchical algorithm for performing multivariate Newton interpolation in arbitrary downward closed polynomial spaces of…

hep-th2010

Wall-crossing holomorphic anomaly and mock modularity of multiple M5-branes

Murad Alim, Babak Haghighat, Michael Hecht +3

Using wall-crossing formulae and the theory of mock modular forms we derive a holomorphic anomaly equation for the modified elliptic genus of two M5-branes wrapping a rigid divisor…

math.NA2024

A note on the rate of convergence of integration schemes for closed surfaces

Gentian Zavalani, Elima Shehu, Michael Hecht

In this paper, we issue an error analysis for integration over discrete surfaces using the surface parametrization presented in [PS22] as well as prove why even-degree polynomials…

physics.chem-ph2025

Second roton feature in the strongly coupled electron liquid

Thomas M. Chuna, Jan Vorberger, Panagiotis Tolias +5

We present extensive \emph{ab initio} path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) results for the dynamic properties of the finite temperature uniform electron gas (UEG) over a broad range of…

math.NA2022

Replacing Automatic Differentiation by Sobolev Cubatures fastens Physics Informed Neural Nets and strengthens their Approximation Power

Juan Esteban Suarez Cardona, Michael Hecht

We present a novel class of approximations for variational losses, being applicable for the training of physics-informed neural nets (PINNs). The loss formulation reflects classic…

physics.comp-ph2025

PyLIT: Reformulation and implementation of the analytic continuation problem using kernel representation methods

Alexander Benedix Robles, Phil-Alexander Hofmann, Thomas Chuna +2

Path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations are a cornerstone for studying quantum many-body systems. The analytic continuation (AC) needed to estimate dynamic quantities from the…

math.NA2022

Global Polynomial Level Sets for Numerical Differential Geometry of Smooth Closed Surfaces

Sachin K. Thekke Veettil, Gentian Zavalani, Uwe Hernandez Acosta +2

We present a computational scheme that derives a global polynomial level set parametrisation for smooth closed surfaces from a regular surface-point set and prove its uniqueness. T…

cs.LG2026

On Adversarial Vulnerability of Vision-Language Models through the Lens of Intermediate Spectral Subspaces

Chethan Krishnamurthy Ramanaik, Tobias Callies, Michael Hecht +1

Adversarial vulnerability in deep neural networks (DNNs) has been studied from the perspectives of decision-boundary geometry, feature robustness, input-output Jacobians, and the i…

hep-th2012

Flat Connections in Open String Mirror Symmetry

Murad Alim, Michael Hecht, Hans Jockers +3

We study a flat connection defined on the open-closed deformation space of open string mirror symmetry for type II compactifications on Calabi-Yau threefolds with D-branes. We use…

astro-ph.HE2021

The Variability of the Black-Hole Image in M87 at the Dynamical Time Scale

Kaushik Satapathy, Dimitrios Psaltis, Feryal Ozel +235

The black-hole images obtained with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) are expected to be variable at the dynamical timescale near their horizons. For the black hole at the center o…

math.NA2025

High-order integration on regular triangulated manifolds reaches super-algebraic approximation rates through cubical re-parameterizations

Gentian Zavalani, Oliver Sander, Michael Hecht

We present a novel methodology for deriving high-order volume elements (HOVE) designed for the integration of scalar functions over regular embedded manifolds. For constructing HOV…

math.NA2020

Multivariate Newton Interpolation

Michael Hecht, Karl B. Hoffmann, Bevan L. Cheeseman +1

For , and a given function , the polynomial interpolation problem (PIP) is to determine a unisolvent node…

math.NA2025

Multivariate Newton Interpolation in Downward Closed Spaces Reaches the Optimal Geometric Approximation Rates for Bos--Levenberg--Trefethen Functions

Michael Hecht, Phil-Alexander Hofmann, Damar Wicaksono +5

We extend the univariate Newton interpolation algorithm to arbitrary spatial dimensions and for any choice of downward-closed polynomial space, while preserving its quadratic runti…

physics.optics2023

Roadmap on Deep Learning for Microscopy

Giovanni Volpe, Carolina Wählby, Lei Tian +72

Through digital imaging, microscopy has evolved from primarily being a means for visual observation of life at the micro- and nano-scale, to a quantitative tool with ever-increasin…

math.SG2013

Isomorphic chain complexes of Hamiltonian dynamics on tori

Michael Hecht

In this work we construct for a given smooth, generic Hamiltonian on the torus a chain isomorphism $ Φ_* : \big(C_*…

hep-th2011

Type II/F-theory Superpotentials with Several Deformations and N=1 Mirror Symmetry

Murad Alim, Michael Hecht, Hans Jockers +3

We present a detailed study of D-brane superpotentials depending on several open and closed-string deformations. The relative cohomology group associated with the brane defines a g…

cs.DM2020

Tight Localizations of Feedback Sets

Michael Hecht, Krzysztof Gonciarz, Szabolcs Horvát

The classical NP-hard feedback arc set problem (FASP) and feedback vertex set problem (FVSP) ask for a minimum set of arcs or vertices who…

math.NA2022

Multivariate Polynomial Regression of Euclidean Degree Extends the Stability for Fast Approximations of Trefethen Functions

Sachin K. Thekke Veettil, Yuxi Zheng, Uwe Hernandez Acosta +2

We address classic multivariate polynomial regression tasks from a novel perspective resting on the notion of general polynomial -degree, with total, Euclidean, and maximum de…

astro-ph.IM2013

High-Angular-Resolution and High-Sensitivity Science Enabled by Beamformed ALMA

Vincent Fish, Walter Alef, James Anderson +66

An international consortium is presently constructing a beamformer for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile that will be available as a facility instrum…

cs.DM2017

Exact Localisations of Feedback Sets

Michael Hecht

The feedback arc (vertex) set problem, shortened FASP (FVSP), is to transform a given multi digraph into an acyclic graph by deleting as few arcs (vertices) as possible.…

math.NA2026

Mitigating Numerical Stiffness in Least-Squares Formulations of Elliptic PDEs for Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Phil-Alexander Hofmann, Michael Hecht

We present theoretical insights into residual loss formulations of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for learning solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs)…

hep-th2010

Hints for Off-Shell Mirror Symmetry in type II/F-theory Compactifications

Murad Alim, Michael Hecht, Hans Jockers +3

We perform a Hodge theoretic study of parameter dependent families of D-branes on compact Calabi-Yau manifolds in type II and F-theory compactifcations. Starting from a geometric G…

math.NA2024

High-order numerical integration on regular embedded surfaces

Gentian Zavalani, Michael Hecht

We present a high-order surface quadrature (HOSQ) for accurately approximating regular surface integrals on closed surfaces. The initial step of our approach rests on exploiting sq…

cond-mat.quant-gas2023

Extraction of the frequency moments of spectral densities from imaginary-time correlation function data

Tobias Dornheim, Damar C. Wicaksono, Juan E. Suarez-Cardona +5

We introduce an exact framework to compute the positive frequency moments of different dynamic properties from imaginary-time quantum Monte Ca…

math.AP2026

Extinction and persistence criteria in non-local Klausmeier model of vegetation dynamics on flat landscapes

Maciej Tadej, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Michael Hecht

This paper investigates the dynamics of vegetation patterns in water-limited ecosystems using a generalized Klausmeier model that incorporates non-local plant dispersal within a fi…

cs.LG2021

InFlow: Robust outlier detection utilizing Normalizing Flows

Nishant Kumar, Pia Hanfeld, Michael Hecht +3

Normalizing flows are prominent deep generative models that provide tractable probability distributions and efficient density estimation. However, they are well known to fail while…

math.NA2024

Hybrid Surrogate Models: Circumventing Gibbs Phenomenon for Partial Differential Equations with Finite Shock-Type Discontinuities

Juan-Esteban Suarez Cardona, Shashank Reddy, Michael Hecht

We introduce the concept of Hybrid Surrogate Models (HSMs) -- combining multivariate polynomials with Heavyside functions -- as approximates of functions with finitely many jump di…

cs.LG2023

Polynomial-Model-Based Optimization for Blackbox Objectives

Janina Schreiber, Damar Wicaksono, Michael Hecht

For a wide range of applications the structure of systems like Neural Networks or complex simulations, is unknown and approximation is costly or even impossible. Black-box optimiza…

math.NA2026

Accelerating Multivariate Newton Interpolation in Downward Closed Polynomial Spaces

Phil-Alexander Hofmann, Michael Hecht

We introduce the fast Newton transform (FNT), a multivariate Newton interpolation algorithm for downward closed polynomial spaces in quasi-tensorial grids. The FNT computes the New…

math.OC2024

PMBO: Enhancing Black-Box Optimization through Multivariate Polynomial Surrogates

Janina Schreiber, Pau Batlle, Damar Wicaksono +1

We introduce a surrogate-based black-box optimization method, termed Polynomial-model-based optimization (PMBO). The algorithm alternates polynomial approximation with Bayesian opt…

math.NA2024

Multivariate Interpolation in Unisolvent Nodes -- Lifting the Curse of Dimensionality

Michael Hecht, Krzysztof Gonciarz, Jannik Michelfeit +2

We extend Newton and Lagrange interpolation to arbitrary dimensions. The core contribution that enables this is a generalized notion of non-tensorial unisolvent nodes, i.e., nodes…

math.NA2023

Learning Partial Differential Equations by Spectral Approximates of General Sobolev Spaces

Juan-Esteban Suarez Cardona, Phil-Alexander Hofmann, Michael Hecht

We introduce a novel spectral, finite-dimensional approximation of general Sobolev spaces in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. Based on this polynomial surrogate model (PSM), we real…