arXiv:2609.27836v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Let $P$ be an irreducible reversible Markov kernel on a $m$-state space $\Omega$, and denote its right spectral gap $\gamma=1-\lambda_2(P)$. From a s...
By Yanjin Xiang, Zhihua Zhang
arXiv:2608. 16878v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: For any convex body $\mathcal{K}\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$ containing a unit ball, the spectral gap of Hit-and-Run is $\Omega(1/(n^2 C_{\mathsf{PI}}))$, where $C_{\mathsf{PI}}$ is the Poincar\'e constant of the uniform distribution $\pi$ over $\mathcal{K}$.
By Yunbum Kook, Santosh S. Vempala
The paper introduces a new simultaneous pointwise majorization framework for Banach‑valued stochastic processes that possess finite‑metric mixed‑tail increments. By assuming an anchored process satisfies a tail bound involving multiple pseudo‑metrics and orders, the authors derive a high‑probability envelope that holds uniformly over the index set, with terms expressed through integrals of log‑covering numbers and distance functions. This result generalizes single‑metric sub‑Weibull bounds and, in the Gaussian case, improves existing pointwise upper bounds by removing extraneous logarithmic factors.
By Haichen Hu, David Simchi-Levi
arXiv:2610. 12358v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study Gaussian regression under squared population $L_2$ loss in a known $m$-dimensional subspace of degree-at-most-$k$ functions on the $d$-dimensional Boolean cube.
By Thomas Weinberger
arXiv:2607. 22620v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Yun, Sra, and Jadbabaie (COLT 2021, open question) conjectured the SS--RS--GD inequalities: for well-conditioned symmetric matrices $A_1,\dots,A_n$, the operators $W_{ss}$, $W_{rs}$, and $W_{gd}$ that encode the expected iterate of single-shuffle SGD, random-reshuffle SGD, and gradient descent on a quadratic finite sum should satisfy \[ \|W_{ss}\|\le \| W_{rs}\|\le \|W_{gd}\|.
By Binghui Peng
arXiv:2609. 38880v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study the last iterate of standard importance-weighted temporal-difference (TD) learning from a single trajectory of a finite Markov decision process.
By Yang Peng