Low-Rank and Sparse Drift Estimation for High-Dimensional Lévy-Driven Ornstein--Uhlenbeck Processes

This paper proposes and analyzes a convex estimator for the drift matrix of high-dimensional Lévy-driven Ornstein--Uhlenbeck processes under a low-rank-plus-sparse structure, establishing a non-asymptotic oracle inequality that demonstrates improved dimensionality dependence compared to purely sparse methods while accounting for discretization and truncation biases across various Lévy regimes.

Marina PalaistiFri, 13 Ma📊 stat

Spatiotemporal Characterization of Active Brownian Dynamics in Channels

This paper provides analytical predictions for the first-passage properties and spatial distributions of confined active Brownian particles by establishing a Siegmund duality between absorbing and hard-wall boundary conditions, revealing how active motion and initial orientation reduce mean first-passage times and lead to wall-accumulated stationary states.

Yanis Baouche, Mathis Guéneau, Christina KurzthalerFri, 13 Ma🔬 cond-mat

Breaching the Barrier: Transition Pathways of Coral Larval Connectivity Across the Eastern Pacific

By combining genetic evidence with a Markov chain analysis of historical drifter trajectories and transition path theory, this study demonstrates that the Eastern Pacific Barrier is weakly permeable to *Porites lobata* larvae, revealing a seasonal, ENSO-independent connectivity pathway from the Line Islands to Clipperton Atoll with travel times under five months.

Maria Olascoaga, Francisco Beron-Vera, Gage Bonner, Cora McKean, Ramona JossFri, 13 Ma🌀 nlin

On the density of the supremum of nonlinear SPDEs

This paper establishes that the supremum of the solution to a one-dimensional nonlinear stochastic partial differential equation, which encompasses models like the stochastic heat and linearized Cahn-Hilliard equations, admits a density with respect to Lebesgue measure by employing Malliavin calculus and the Bouleau-Hirsch criterion to overcome challenges related to the solution's argmax set and the nondegeneracy of its Malliavin derivative.

Georgia Karali, Alexandra Stavrianidi, Konstantinos Tzirakis, Pavlos ZoubouloglouFri, 13 Ma🔢 math

The Euclidean ϕ24\phi^4_2 theory as a limit of an inhomogeneous Bose gas

This paper proves that the grand canonical Gibbs state of an inhomogeneous two-dimensional interacting Bose gas converges to the renormalized Euclidean ϕ24\phi^4_2 field theory in the high-density, short-range interaction limit, overcoming significant mathematical challenges posed by the need for divergent counterterm functions rather than simple scalars due to the presence of a trapping potential.

Cristina Caraci, Antti Knowles, Alessio Ranallo, Pedro Torres GiesteiraFri, 13 Ma🔢 math-ph

Localization and unique continuation for non-stationary Schrödinger operators on the 2D lattice

This paper extends Ding and Smart's 2020 Anderson localization results for random Schrödinger operators on the 2D lattice to non-identically distributed potentials by replacing the identical distribution assumption with uniform bounds on the essential range and variance, utilizing Bernoulli decompositions to establish a quantitative unique continuation principle and Wegner estimate that prove localization at the bottom of the spectrum.

Omar Hurtado2026-03-11🔢 math-ph

A mean-field theory for heterogeneous random growth with redistribution

This paper investigates a mean-field model of random multiplicative growth with redistribution, revealing that while strong migration prevents total localization under static growth rates, the addition of temporal noise induces a distinct partially localized phase that mitigates but does not eliminate extreme concentration, with implications for understanding population dynamics and wealth inequality.

Maximilien Bernard, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Pierre Le Doussal2026-03-11💰 q-fin

On noncentral Wishart mixtures of noncentral Wisharts and their use for testing random effects in factorial design models

This paper demonstrates that a noncentral Wishart mixture of noncentral Wishart distributions with identical degrees of freedom remains a noncentral Wishart distribution, a result used to derive the finite-sample distribution for testing random effects in two-factor and general factorial design models with multivariate normal data.

Christian Genest, Anne MacKay, Frédéric Ouimet2026-03-10📊 stat

Bounds for survival probabilities in supercritical Galton-Watson processes and applications to population genetics

This paper develops a method to derive simple, analytically explicit upper or lower bounds for the survival probability of beneficial mutations in supercritical Galton-Watson processes by approximating their generating functions with fractional linear ones, and applies these results to model the evolution of quantitative traits under directional selection in finite populations.

Reinhard Bürger2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

Supersymmetric properties of one-dimensional Markov generators with the links to Markov-dualities and to shape-invariance-exact-solvability

This paper establishes a unified framework linking supersymmetry, Markov dualities, and shape-invariance exact solvability by analyzing the factorized structure of one-dimensional Fokker-Planck generators and their supersymmetric partners, extending these concepts to both diffusion processes and nearest-neighbor Markov jump processes.

Cecile Monthus2026-03-10🔬 cond-mat

Delocalization of the height function of the six-vertex model

This paper proves that the height function of the six-vertex model with parameters a=b=1a=b=1 and $1 \le c \le 2exhibitsdelocalizationwithlogarithmicvariance,therebycompletingthecharacterizationofthemodelsphasetransitionbycomplementingtheknownlocalizationbehaviorfor exhibits delocalization with logarithmic variance, thereby completing the characterization of the model's phase transition by complementing the known localization behavior for c > 2$.

Hugo Duminil-Copin, Alex Karrila, Ioan Manolescu + 1 more2026-03-06🔬 physics

Convergence analysis for minimum action methods coupled with a finite difference method

This paper presents a convergence analysis for minimum action methods coupled with finite difference schemes, establishing that the convergence orders of the discrete Freidlin-Wentzell action functional are $1/2formultiplicativenoiseand for multiplicative noise and 1foradditivenoise,whilealsodemonstratingtheconvergenceofthestochastic for additive noise, while also demonstrating the convergence of the stochastic \theta$-method for small-noise stochastic differential equations in the context of large deviations.

Jialin Hong, Diancong Jin, Derui Sheng2026-03-06🔢 math

Asymptotics of large deviations of finite difference method for stochastic Cahn--Hilliard equation

This paper establishes the Freidlin--Wentzell large deviations principle for the stochastic Cahn--Hilliard equation with small noise and proves the convergence of the one-point large deviations rate function for its spatial finite difference method by utilizing Γ\Gamma-convergence of objective functions and overcoming non-Lipschitz drift challenges through discrete interpolation inequalities.

Diancong Jin, Derui Sheng2026-03-06🔢 math