We show how to make a topological string theory starting from an N = 4 superconformal theory. The critical dimension for this theory is ĉ = 2 (c = 6). It is shown that superstrings (in both the RNS and GS formulations) and critical N = 2 strings are special cases of this topological theory

The geometric Langlands program can be described in a natural way by compactifying on a Riemann surface C a twisted version of N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. The key ingredients are electric-magnetic duality of gauge theory, mirror symmetry of sigma-models, branes, Wilson and ’t

A highly efficient recursive algorithm for edge detection is presented. Using Canny's design [1], we show that a solution to his precise formulation of detection and localization for an infinite extent filter leads to an optimal operator in one dimension, which can be efficiently implemented

correspondence between these types of models and to greatly extend it to include new classes of manifolds and also to include models with (0, 2) world-sheet supersymmetry. The construction also predicts the possibility of certain physical processes involving a change in the topology of space-time.

We consider the least-square regression problem with regularization by a block 1-norm, i.e., a sum of Euclidean norms over spaces of dimensions larger than one. This problem, referred to as the group Lasso, extends the usual regularization by the 1-norm where all spaces have dimension one, where

compute a local weighted least-squares estimate, which converges to the global maximum-likelihood solution. This scheme is robust to unreliable communication links. We show that it works in a network with dynamically changing topology, provided that the infinitely occurring communication graphs

Abstract. We ask some questions lying on the borderline of infinite-dimensional topology and related areas such as Dimension Theory, Descriptive Set The-

Abstract. We consider a natural way of extending the Lebesgue covering dimension to various classes of infinite dimensional separable metric spaces. All spaces in this paper are assumed to be separable metric spaces. Infinite games can be used in a natural way to define ordinal valued functions

Abstract. We consider a natural way of extending the Lebesgue covering dimension to various classes of infinite dimensional separable metric spaces. All spaces in this paper are assumed to be separable metric spaces. Infinite games can be used in a natural way to define ordinal valued functions

might be called Z2 graded chiral algebras (or chiral superalgebras) in two dimensions. Finally we discuss in some detail the for-mulation of these topological gauge theories for the special case of a finite group, establishing links with two dimensional (holomorphic) orbifold models.