Hölder maps under Pfaffian constraints
arXiv:2607.03667
2026
Geometry
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What the math gives to ML
The paper identifies a local geometric regime in which maps annihilating a one-form admit Lipschitz extensions: when the Pfaffian form satisfies \(\lambda\wedge d\lambda=0\), the horizontal distribution \(\ker\lambda\) is locally integrable enough to extend boundary data without losing Lipschitz regularity. This suggests a constraint-aware neural decoder whose Jacobian is forced to remain in \(\ker\lambda\), rather than merely adding an unconstrained penalty to outputs. The most practical transfer is a local-chart regularizer or projected Jacobian layer, with experiments measuring whether it improves stability and constraint satisfaction at comparable reconstruction error.
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2026
Build a decoder \(F:\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb{R}^N\) whose latent-coordinate derivatives are approximately horizontal, meaning they annihilate a prescribed one-form \(\lambda\). When \(\lambda\wedge d\lambda=0\), use local chart-wise training or Jacobian projection to exploit the paper's Lipschitz extension regime and obtain smoother, geometrically valid interpolations between observed boundary samples.
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