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Dismantling Mafia connections triggers a surge in bank credit to legitimate businesses, lifts local output, and raises productivity – although it comes with a modest uptick in borrowing costs, research shows.
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/fightin…

Roblox partners with Persona to estimate user ages and verify they are 13 , renames Friends to Connections, and says 13 users can message Trusted Connections (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/708670/roblox-trusted-connections-age-est…

Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats
Roblox will let people make “Trusted Connections” to chat more freely, but will require that they use a new age estimation tool to verify that they’re over 13.

Not including a direct rail link to Glasgow airport is a missed opportunity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98lqj0j8rdo

New Paisley bridge and roads plan to boost Glasgow Airport links
The £59m project is expected to improve transport connections between Paisley town centre and the airport.

Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released 30 years ago today [jwz]
#internet

A Time- and Energy-Efficient CNN with Dense Connections on Memristor-Based Chips
Wenyong Zhou, Yuan Ren, Jiajun Zhou, Tianshu Hou, Ngai Wong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12251 htt…

A Time- and Energy-Efficient CNN with Dense Connections on Memristor-Based Chips
Designing lightweight convolutional neural network (CNN) models is an active research area in edge AI. Compute-in-memory (CIM) provides a new computing paradigm to alleviate time and energy consumption caused by data transfer in von Neumann architecture. Among competing alternatives, resistive random-access memory (RRAM) is a promising CIM device owing to its reliability and multi-bit programmability. However, classical lightweight designs such as depthwise convolution incurs under-utilization …

Oof, today’s #Connections is giving me brain lock. For the first time in a long time, I don’t even know where to start. #Connections762 https://www.…

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
My wonderful collaborator Julie Zook led on this study of an inpatient unit in a hospital in the US showing how greater levels of visibility in the spatial layout seems to support team communication
#SocialNetworkAnalysis #Architecture

Constructing and transforming standard resolutions of local modules
Xingbang Hao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11306 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.11306

Constructing and transforming standard resolutions of local modules
We construct standard resolutions for analytic local modules on complex hypersurfaces using standard basis methods, with extensions to complete intersections. The algebraic version over arbitrary infinite fields is also suggested. Applications include derived category formula of local hypersurface blow-ups, revealing new connections between standard bases and categorical geometry.

Skew braces and Rota-Baxter operators on semi-direct product
Pragya Belwal, Mahender Singh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13959 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.1395…

Skew braces and Rota-Baxter operators on semi-direct product
This paper examines the connections between (relative) Rota-Baxter groups, skew left braces, and enlargements of these structures on naturally associated semi-direct products. For any skew left brace, we introduce a new skew left brace, called the square, on the natural semi-direct product of its additive and multiplicative groups. Further, the square construction turns out to be distinct from the previously known double construction arising as a special case of matched pairs of skew braces. Th…

Exploring the entropic region
Laszlo Csirmaz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12439 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.12439

Exploring the entropic region
The paper explores three known methods, their variants and limitations, that can be used to obtain new entropy inequalities. The Copy Lemma was distilled from the original Zhang-Yeung construction which produced the first non-Shannon inequality. Its iterated version, effects of symmetrizations, and connections with polyhedral vertex enumeration are discussed. Another method, derived from the principle of maximum entropy, has the Copy Lemma as a special case. Nevertheless, none of the two presen…

Dynamical Perturbing and $C^*$-algebra Lifting Problems
Samantha Pilgrim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13599 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.13599

Dynamical Perturbing and $C^*$-algebra Lifting Problems
We initiate a study of a new kind of topological-dynamical stability by investigating when permutations of finite sets within a metric space which are close to being actions by a group can be perturbed to genuine actions. We show these perturbing problems can have solutions in the case of dynamics on the Cantor set, and develop a theoretical framework for potentially producing examples of other perturbing problems with no solution. We also investigate connections with semiprojectivity of $C^*$-…

Flat connections at infinity on knot surgery manifolds
Aditya Dwivedi, Archana Maji, Dmitry Noshchenko, Ramadevi Pichai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05270 https://

Flat connections at infinity on knot surgery manifolds
$\rm SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ Chern-Simons theory on a closed 3-manifold is one of the most interesting, yet tractable examples of a QFT. On one hand, its non-perturbative structure is not yet fully understood; on the other, the mathematical structure turns out to be very rich. In this work we explore the new phenomenon of flat connections at infinity on various knot surgery manifolds. Such flat connections can be understood as asymptotic ends in the non-compact moduli space of flat $\rm SL(2,\mathbb{…

Crosslisted article(s) found for math.AT. https://arxiv.org/list/math.AT/new
[1/1]:
- Flat connections at infinity on knot surgery manifolds
Aditya Dwivedi, Archana Maji, Dmitry Noshchenko, Ramadevi Pichai

Crosslisted article(s) found for math-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/math-ph/new
[2/2]:
- Flat connections at infinity on knot surgery manifolds
Aditya Dwivedi, Archana Maji, Dmitry Noshchenko, Ramadevi Pichai

New formulas for Macdonald polynomials via the multispecies exclusion and zero range processes
Olya Mandelshtam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04666 https://ar…

New formulas for Macdonald polynomials via the multispecies exclusion and zero range processes
We describe some recently discovered connections between one-dimensional interacting particle models and Macdonald polynomials. The first such model is the multispecies asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) on a ring, linked to the symmetric Macdonald polynomial $P_λ(X;q,t)$ through its partition function. Through this connection, a new formula was found for $P_λ$ by generalizing multiline queues, which were introduced by Martin in 2018 to compute stationary probabilities of the ASEP. Th…

A Riemannian viewpoint on the Amari-Cencov $\alpha$-connections and Proudman-Johnson equations
Martin Bauer, Alice Le Brigant, Cy Maor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00371 https://

A Riemannian viewpoint on the Amari-Cencov $α$-connections and Proudman-Johnson equations
We give a new geometric interpretation of the Amari-Cencov $α$-connections $\nabla^{(α)}$ from information geometry: On the space of densities $\operatorname{Dens}_+(M)$, we show that there exist Riemannian metrics $G^α$, which we call $α$-Fisher-Rao metrics, whose Levi-Civita connections are $\nabla^{(α)}$. With the exception of $α=0$ (the Fisher-Rao metric), these metrics are non-invariant to the action of the diffeomorphism group $\operatorname{Diff}(M)$, even though the connections ar…

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next - New Scientist https://apple.news/Arpwv7NmsT7uY1vStyjNfRg

Replaced article(s) found for math.NT. https://arxiv.org/list/math.NT/new
[1/1]:
- Some Connections Between The Arithmetic and The Geometry of Lipschitz Integers
Ant\'onio Machiavelo, Lu\'is Ro\c{c}adas

People might continue reading Cybernews after this, but not people in the cybersecurity business, that's for sure. Let's hope this stops them from promoting their baloney.
Glorious and detailed debunking of their false claims by @…
Fact-Checking Claims By Cybernews: The 16 Billion Record Data Breach That Wasn't

Fact-Checking Claims By Cybernews: The 16 Billion Record Data Breach That Wasn't
From dumps with no login credentials at all, to direct connections to txtbase leaks from Telegram and old breaches, Cybernews tried to pass this as new and unseen, but data says otherwise.

Got the modded PS1 (SCPH-5501) connected to the PVM via a gwscart switch using RGB (CSYNC). The switch doesn't seem to have any issues with the signal coming in from the PS1, and the Retro Gaming Cables cable (EuroSCART -> RGB Sync Audio) is absolute quality. If it weren't for Silksong at the moment, I'd be jumping into some retro games.
#retrogaming

Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.GL. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.GL/new
[1/1]:
- Connections between reinforcement learning with feedback,test-time scaling, and diffusion guidanc...
Yuchen Jiao, Yuxin Chen, Gen Li

A theorem concerning Fourier transforms: A survey
Aingeru Fern\'andez-Bertolin, Luis Vega
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08370 https://

A theorem concerning Fourier transforms: A survey
In this note, we highlight the impact of the paper G. H. Hardy, A theorem concerning Fourier transforms, J. Lond. Math. Soc. (1) 8 (1933), 227--231 in the community of harmonic analysis in the last 90 years, reviewing, on the one hand, the direct generalizations of the main results and, on the other hand, the different connections to related areas and new perspectives.

Replaced article(s) found for gr-qc. https://arxiv.org/list/gr-qc/new
[1/1]:
- The essential regularity of singular connections in Geometry
Moritz Reintjes, Blake Temple

Effective normalization of sub-Riemannian connections
Erlend Grong, Jan Slovak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00108 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.00108

Effective normalization of sub-Riemannian connections
We give a new normalization condition for connections on sub-Riemannian manifolds with constant symbols. The condition is formulated in terms of Cartan connections and depends only on the first degree of homogeneity of the curvature. The essential part of our result is to show how a Cartan connection can be uniquely determined by a partial connection on the horizontal bundle. Viewed from the manifold, this observation is equivalent to the following claim: a compatible partial affine connection …

Barvinok's interpolation method meets Weitz's correlation decay approach
Ferenc Bencs, Guus Regts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03135 https://

Barvinok's interpolation method meets Weitz's correlation decay approach
In this paper we take inspiration from Weit'z algorithm for approximating the independence polynomial to provide a new algorithm for computing the coefficients of the Taylor series of the logarithm of the independence polynomial. Hereby we provide a clear connections between Barvinok's interpolation method and Weitz's algorithm. Our algorithm easily extends to other graph polynomials and partition functions and we illustrate this by applying it to the chromatic polynomial and to the graph homom…

Replaced article(s) found for cs.DM. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DM/new
[1/1]:
- On Connections Between Association Schemes and Analyses of Polyhedral and Positive Semidefinite L...
Yu Hin Au, Nathan Lindzey, Levent Tun\c{c}el

TopoNav: Topological Graphs as a Key Enabler for Advanced Object Navigation
Peiran Liu, Qiang Zhang, Daojie Peng, Lingfeng Zhang, Yihao Qin, Hang Zhou, Jun Ma, Renjing Xu, Yiding Ji
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01364

TopoNav: Topological Graphs as a Key Enabler for Advanced Object Navigation
Object Navigation (ObjectNav) has made great progress with large language models (LLMs), but still faces challenges in memory management, especially in long-horizon tasks and dynamic scenes. To address this, we propose TopoNav, a new framework that leverages topological structures as spatial memory. By building and updating a topological graph that captures scene connections, adjacency, and semantic meaning, TopoNav helps agents accumulate spatial knowledge over time, retrieve key information, …

Replaced article(s) found for hep-th. https://arxiv.org/list/hep-th/new
[2/2]:
- Affine connections for Galilean and Carrollian structures: a unified perspective
Quentin Vigneron, Hamed Barzegar, James Read

Pebble Games and Algebraic Proof Systems
Lisa-Marie Jaser, Jacobo Toran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21149 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.2…

Pebble Games and Algebraic Proof Systems
Analyzing refutations of the well known 0pebbling formulas Peb$(G)$ we prove some new strong connections between pebble games and algebraic proof system, showing that there is a parallelism between the reversible, black and black-white pebbling games on one side, and the three algebraic proof systems Nullstellensatz, Monomial Calculus and Polynomial Calculus on the other side. In particular we prove that for any DAG $G$ with a single sink, if there is a Monomial Calculus refutation for Peb$(G)$…

Hurwitz--Lerch Type Families of Poly-Bernoulli and Poly-Cauchy Numbers and Polynomials with Parameters $(\alpha,a)$
Noel B. Lacpao, Roberto B. Corcino
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06766

Hurwitz--Lerch Type Families of Poly-Bernoulli and Poly-Cauchy Numbers and Polynomials with Parameters $(α,a)$
This study introduces $(α,a)$-parameterized Hurwitz-Lerch type poly-Bernoulli and poly-Cauchy numbers and polynomials, extending classical sequences through the Hurwitz-Lerch zeta function. We derive generating functions, recurrences, and explicit formulas, revealing deeper structures and connections with zeta functions and polylogarithms. The results enrich existing theory and open new directions in analytic number theory and combinatorics.

Rethinking VAE: From Continuous to Discrete Representations Without Probabilistic Assumptions
Songxuan Shi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17255 https://…

Rethinking VAE: From Continuous to Discrete Representations Without Probabilistic Assumptions
This paper explores the generative capabilities of Autoencoders (AEs) and establishes connections between Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) and Vector Quantized-Variational Autoencoders (VQ-VAEs) through a reformulated training framework. We demonstrate that AEs exhibit generative potential via latent space interpolation and perturbation, albeit limited by undefined regions in the encoding space. To address this, we propose a new VAE-like training method that introduces clustering centers to enha…

Semantic Scaffolding: Augmenting Textual Structures with Domain-Specific Groupings for Accessible Data Exploration
Jonathan Zong, Isabella Pedraza Pineros, Mengzhu Katie Chen, Daniel Hajas, Arvind Satyanarayan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15883

Semantic Scaffolding: Augmenting Textual Structures with Domain-Specific Groupings for Accessible Data Exploration
Drawing connections between interesting groupings of data and their real-world meaning is an important, yet difficult, part of encountering a new dataset. A lay reader might see an interesting visual pattern in a chart but lack the domain expertise to explain its meaning. Or, a reader might be familiar with a real-world concept but struggle to express it in terms of a dataset's fields. In response, we developed semantic scaffolding, a technique for using domain-specific information from large l…

A proposal for the role of higher spin fields in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology
Anders K. H. Bengtsson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06634 https://

A proposal for the role of higher spin fields in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology
This paper proposes a research program into how the special properties of the cubic chiral higher spin gravity theory may play a role in conformal cyclic cosmology and black hole physics, in particular for the black hole information paradox. The paper is qualitative, raising a number of questions and connections, that may be interesting to pursue in more detail. The proposal is based on a new -- at least not so commonly expressed -- view on the presumptive role of higher spin gauge fields in fu…

2SYN: Congestion-Aware Multihoming
Kfir Toledo, Isaac Keslassy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20044 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.20044

2SYN: Congestion-Aware Multihoming
When sending flows to arbitrary destinations, current multihoming routers adopt simple congestion-oblivious mechanisms. Therefore, they cannot avoid congested paths. In this paper, we introduce 2SYN, the first congestion-aware multihoming algorithm that works for any destination. We explain how it dynamically selects a preferred path for new connections, even given previously-unseen destinations. We further demonstrate that it can be easily implemented in Linux. Finally, in a real-world exper…

On Weighted Entropy Generating Function
Smitha S., Mary Andrewsa, Sudheesh K. Kattumannil
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15057 https://ar…

On Weighted Entropy Generating Function
In this paper, we study the properties of the weighted entropy generating function (WEGF). We also introduce the weighted residual entropy generating function (WREGF) and establish some characterization results based on its connections with the hazard rate and the mean residual life function. Furthermore, we propose two new classes of life distributions derived from WREGF. We also study the non-parametric estimation of WREGF. A non-parametric test for the Pareto type I distribution is developed…

Replaced article(s) found for math.CO. https://arxiv.org/list/math.CO/new
[1/1]:
- On Connections Between Association Schemes and Analyses of Polyhedral and Positive Semidefinite L...
Yu Hin Au, Nathan Lindzey, Levent Tun\c{c}el

Differential Geometry on Pointwise Affine Spaces
Dan Jonsson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06748 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.06748

Differential Geometry on Pointwise Affine Spaces
We introduce an alternative formalization of curved spaces in which the concept of a pointwise affine space, as defined here, replaces that of a manifold. New or modified definitions of familiar notions from differential geometry such as connections, torsion, Riemann curvature, vector fields and differentiation of vector fields are presented, and examples of applications of the resulting framework are given. In general, the notions and results considered receive simpler and more transparent for…

A polynomial approach to Carlitz's $q$-Bernoulli numbers
Mohamed Mouzaia, Bakir Farhi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20384 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.20384…

A polynomial approach to Carlitz's $q$-Bernoulli numbers
This paper investigates $q$-analogues of the classical Bernoulli polynomials and numbers. We introduce a new polynomial sequence ${\left(B_{n , q}(X)\right)}_{n \in \mathbb{N}_0}$, defined via the Jackson integral, and explore its connections with Carlitz's $q$-Bernoulli polynomials and numbers. Specifically, we prove that the numbers $B_{n , q}(0)$ are exactly the Carlitz $q$-Bernoulli numbers and that the polynomials $B_{n , q}(X)$ are genuine $q$-analogues of the classical Bernoulli polynomi…

The Painlev\'{e} I hierarchy: Correspondence between the isomonodromic approach and the minimal models of the KP hierarchy
Mohamad Alameddine, Nathan Hayford, Olivier Marchal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18433

The Painlevé I hierarchy: Correspondence between the isomonodromic approach and the minimal models of the KP hierarchy
Two approaches to the Painlevé I hierarchy are discussed: the isomonodromic construction based on meromorphic connections, and the minimal models construction based on a reduction of the KP hierarchy. An explicit correspondence between both formalisms is built which gives the identification of these setups. In particular, this provides new expressions for the Lax matrices and Hamiltonians.

Theories of the gravity gauge type in de Sitter space
Julian Lang, Yasha Neiman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16707 https://arxiv.org/pd…

Theories of the gravity+gauge type in de Sitter space
We study theories of the "General Relativity + Yang-Mills" type in 4d spacetime with cosmological constant, focusing on formulations where the basic variables are connections and curvatures (but no metric). We present a new Lagrangian for GR coupled to Yang-Mills, which uses the same kind of variables for both sectors, and has a manifest double-copy structure. This Lagrangian comes in both non-chiral (real) and chiral (complex) versions. The chiral version makes it easy to isolate the self-dual…