Abstract: The affinity graph is regarded as a mathematical representation of the local manifold structure. The performance of locality-preserving projections (LPPs) and its variants is tied to the ...

We'd benefit from having a simple MaterialX example of the interior mapping technique in our repository, demonstrating how this shading effect can be built from the existing viewdirection node.

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Much of mathematics is driven by intuition, by a deep-rooted sense of what should be true. But sometimes instinct can lead a ...

Much of mathematics is driven by intuition, by a deep-rooted sense of what should be true. But sometimes instinct can lead a mathematician astray. Early evidence might not represent the bigger picture ...

In-context learning (ICL) enables LLMs to adapt to new tasks by including a few examples directly in the input without updating their parameters. However, selecting appropriate in-context examples ...