A Linear Parameter-Varying Framework for the Analysis of Time-Varying Optimization Algorithms

This paper proposes a novel Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) framework utilizing Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQCs) to analyze and establish quantitative tracking error bounds for iterative first-order optimization algorithms applied to time-varying convex problems, where the bounds depend on specific measures of temporal variability such as function value and gradient rates of change.

Fabian Jakob, Andrea Iannelli2026-03-05🔢 math

Gromov hyperbolicity I: the dimension-free Gehring-Hayman inequality for quasigeodesics

This paper establishes a dimension-free Gehring-Hayman inequality for quasigeodesics in infinite-dimensional spaces by developing a new approach that relaxes previous constraints on geodesics and quasiconformal equivalence, thereby affirmatively resolving a long-standing open problem regarding the relationship between uniformity and Gromov hyperbolicity in Banach spaces.

Chang-Yu Guo, Manzi Huang, Xiantao Wang2026-03-05🔢 math

Counting Fq\mathbb F_q-points of orbital varieties in ad-nilpotent ideals of type AnA_n

This paper establishes two explicit formulas for counting Fq\mathbb F_q-points of orbital varieties in ad-nilpotent ideals of type AnA_n using Hall-Littlewood functions and qq-weighted tableaux, while providing new proofs and applications for results concerning nilpotent Hessenberg varieties, square-zero matrices, and double coset counts.

Mohammad Bardestani, Keivan Mallahi-Karai, Samrith Ram + 1 more2026-03-05🔢 math