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Complex Analysis meets Statistical Mechanics: Applications to Kernel Methods and Conformal Field Theory

Spadaro, Francesco  
2021

This thesis is centered on questions coming from Machine Learning (ML) and Statistical Field Theory (SFT). In Machine Learning, we consider the subfield of Supervised Learning (SL), and in particular regression tasks where one tries to find a regressor that fits given labeled data points as well as possible while at the same time optimizing other constrains. We consider two very famous Regression Models: Kernel Methods and Random Features (RF) models. We show that RF models can be used as an effective way to implement Kernel Methods and discuss in details the robustness of this approximation. Furthermore we propose a new estimator for the analysis of the choice of kernels that it is based only on the acquired dataset. In SFT we focus on so-called two-dimensional Conformal Field Theories (CFTs). We study these theories via their connection with lattice models, detailing how they emerge as continuous limits of discrete models as well as the meaning of all the central quantities of the theory. Furthermore, we show how to connect CFTs with the theory of Schramm-Loewner Evolutions (SLEs). Finally, we focus on the semi-local theories associated with the Ising and Tricritical Ising models and analyze the probabilistic and geometric meaning of the holomorphic fermions present therein.

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Type
doctoral thesis
DOI
10.5075/epfl-thesis-8786
Author(s)
Spadaro, Francesco  
Advisors
Hongler, Clément  
Jury

Prof. Sofia Charlotta Olhede (présidente) ; Prof. Clément Hongler (directeur de thèse) ; Prof. Juhan Aru, Prof. Giuseppe Gaeta, Prof. Kalle Kytölä (rapporteurs)

Date Issued

2021

Publisher

EPFL

Publisher place

Lausanne

Public defense year

2021-12-10

Thesis number

8786

Total of pages

415

Subjects

Kernel Methods

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Random Features

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Lattice models

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Conformal Field Theory

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Unitary Minimal Models

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boundary CFT

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Ising Model

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Tricritical Ising Model

EPFL units
CSFT  
Faculty
SB  
School
MATHAA  
Doctoral School
EDMA  
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