IPL 2026 captain picks: week-by-week live updates across the tournament
IPL 2026 captain picks: every Monday morning at 9 AM IST. Captain stack, projection ceiling, hit rate, the four-axis read for each match.
The 2026 captain read in one band
IPL 2026 captain picks: every Monday at 9 AM IST. Updated for the week ahead. Form window first, then venue.
Captain picks distribution 2026: top-order bats at flat tracks lead. Death-overs specialists stay high-variance, skip for captain math.
IPL 2026 captain picks ceiling: Suryakumar Yadav MI continues to lead the SR band. Pant LSG at Rs 27 cr joins the captain pool.
Why weekly captain updates beat pre-season picks
IPL 2026 captain picks: refresh every Monday. Read the form window first.
Top 20 IPL 2026 players by fantasy projection: Virat Kohli RCB at 13.4 credits. Rishabh Pant LSG 13.0. Rohit Sharma MI 12.5. Shubman Gill GT 12.0. Travis Head SRH 11.5. Heinrich Klaasen SRH 11.0. Yashasvi Jaiswal RR 11.0. KL Rahul DC 10.5. Top 20 second tier: Suryakumar Yadav MI 10.0. Sanju Samson RR 9.5. Nicholas Pooran LSG 9.5. Andre Russell KKR 9.0. Pat Cummins SRH 9.0. Jasprit Bumrah MI 9.0. Sunil Narine KKR 9.0. Rashid Khan GT 8.5. Yuzvendra Chahal RR 8.5.
Form sits at 50 percent weight in projection math. Venue history at 30 percent. Matchup read at 20 percent. Toss overlay applies as a final 10 percent. Form updates after every completed match evening. Last 5 innings matter more than last 10. SR 155 in last 5 outweighs SR 130 in last 10.
Hot streaks of 3 consecutive 50-plus scores historically deliver 38 percent above projection mean. Cold streaks of 3 consecutive single-digit scores deliver 32 percent below projection mean. Form tracks in 3-match windows. The window sits at 5 to 7 days for the regular IPL schedule.
Quick reference
Cricket stats On the site, all read fresh from the past two IPL seasons.
Chinnaswamy at full tilt: 12 centuries in 7 IPL 2024 fixtures
M. Chinnaswamy hosted 7 of the 74 IPL 2024 league matches. First-innings average 185, low dew, flat track. Virat Kohli's 741 IPL 2024 runs came largely here. KL Rahul averages 52 across three seasons at this ground. Twelve centuries were hit across the seven matches.
Powerplay corner hits: why 145+ SR anchors pay off the cap
Powerplay phase carries the lowest projection variance because every player's role is fixed. Top-order bats at flat tracks give the steadiest read. Faf du Plessis, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul regularly clear 50 in the powerplay at 145+ SR.
Death-overs ceiling picks: how to chase the 80-point upside
A 40-point death over becomes 80 with one six. A 10-point duck becomes 20. Death overs are the most chaotic phase of T20. Captain picks here should chase ceiling rather than floor. T Natarajan SRH death-over economy 6.80 in IPL 2024.
Left-handers vs Rashid Khan: where the 12-point swing lives
Last 5 encounters per pair show specific batter-vs-bowler patterns. Rashid Khan holds 5.8 economy vs left-handers against 7.4 vs right-handers. Yashasvi Jaiswal averages 18 against him; Ruturaj Gaikwad averages 42.
Toss and venue together: 15-20 percent of fantasy outcomes
Toss swings 15-20 percent of fantasy outcomes. In Chinnaswamy, batting first averages 185, second 178. At Chepauk, the gap widens to 22 runs because of the dew curve. Captain picks update post-toss via app notification.
Wankhede dew: 6 of 7 home wins, how the play reshuffles the XI
Wankhede Stadium hosted 7 IPL 2024 matches. The home side won 6. First-innings average 178. Dew cuts spin grip 30 percent, lifts pacers 15 percent. Play-time captain picks shift post-toss: if side batting second, pacers gain value.
Play-time bankroll math: 5 percent cap wins the IPL season
Top 100 winners across IPL 2024 averaged 4.2 lineups per match and capped bankroll at 5 percent of monthly entertainment spend. Single-match focus beats multi-match chase. UPI deposits typically clear 5-30 minutes.
Captain 2x: how the 70-point actual becomes 140 fantasy
Captain 2x is the single largest points lever on every IPL platform. A 70-point actual becomes 140 fantasy. Suryakumar Yadav IPL 2024: per-match average 48.5 base points, with captain 2x that reads 97. Kohli's ceiling sits at 117.
Salary cap math: 100 credits, 11 picks, 8 roles minimum
100 credits, 11 players, 8 roles minimum. Wicket-keeper 1-4, batsman 1-8, all-rounder 1-4, bowler 1-6. Pant at 11 credits, Kohli at 11, Bumrah at 10.5. Cap forces 4-6 picks from the 7-8.5 credit bracket per squad.
Form index: last 5 innings outweighs last 10 by a wide margin
Form is weighted 50 percent of projection. Last 5 innings matter more than last 10. A batter with 240 runs in last 5 at 155 SR sits higher than 380 runs in last 10 at 130 SR. Form updates every match evening.
State rules for real-money play: 6 states remain restricted
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Sikkim, Nagaland remain restricted from real-money fantasy per the 2021 Supreme Court ruling. KYC needs PAN plus Aadhaar before first withdrawal. 18 plus only.
How it works
Step-by-step cricket flow for this topic.
Read matchweek
Note the week's schedule. Match count: 6 to 8 typical.
Read form
Open the last 5 innings. Sort by SR.
Read captain
Pick the powerplay specialist. Skip the death-overs specialist.
Read toss
Wait for the toss. Flip the captain if needed.
Lock XI
Save 10 minutes before deadline.
Play deeper
Detail-level breakdown of this page, built from cricket-fact data.
PP specialist
Suryakumar Yadav MI, Faf du Plessis RCB, KL Rahul DC.
Death ceiling
Death-overs specialists volatile. 48 percent hit rate.
Middle anchor
Spin-friendly venues tilt middle-overs picks.
Toss overlay
Post-toss flip. Wait for the toss.
Matchup swing
Last 5 head-to-head. Handedness counts.
Projection edge
Form 50 percent, venue 30, matchup 20, toss 10.
Cricket play is form plus venue plus matchup plus toss. Captain 2x is the multiplier on top of all four. Read the four, then pick the captain.
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Captain stack across IPL 2026
IPL 2026 captain stack: every franchise. Every matchweek.
Top 20 IPL 2026 players by fantasy projection: Virat Kohli RCB at 13.4 credits. Rishabh Pant LSG 13.0. Rohit Sharma MI 12.5. Shubman Gill GT 12.0. Travis Head SRH 11.5. Heinrich Klaasen SRH 11.0. Yashasvi Jaiswal RR 11.0. KL Rahul DC 10.5.
Top 20 second tier: Suryakumar Yadav MI 10.0. Sanju Samson RR 9.5. Nicholas Pooran LSG 9.5. Andre Russell KKR 9.0. Pat Cummins SRH 9.0. Jasprit Bumrah MI 9.0. Sunil Narine KKR 9.0. Rashid Khan GT 8.5. Yuzvendra Chahal RR 8.5.
Top 20 third tier: Axar Patel DC 8.5. Hardik Pandya MI 8.0. Aiden Markram SRH 8.0. Marcus Stoinis LSG 8.0. Trent Boult RR 8.0. T Natarajan SRH 7.5. All carry tier-1 projection status. Form, venue history, and matchup swing the rank within the top 20.
Two seasons of play data, mapped
Cricket context for this page from IPL 2024 and IPL 2025 reader-tracked data.
Powerplay phase covers overs 1 through 6. Top-order bats at flat tracks average 50 to 65 runs in the first six overs. Faf du Plessis, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul all clear 50 in powerplay at 145-plus SR across the last two IPL seasons. Powerplay phase is the single most consistent read for fantasy captain picks. Death overs cover overs 17 through 20. Pace bowlers dominate the wicket share at 64 percent. Slow bowlers take 28 percent. Part-timers pick up the remaining 8. Death-overs economy ratings below 8 qualify as elite. Above 10 reads as a liability for captain math.
Top 20 second tier: Suryakumar Yadav MI 10.0. Sanju Samson RR 9.5. Nicholas Pooran LSG 9.5. Andre Russell KKR 9.0. Pat Cummins SRH 9.0. Jasprit Bumrah MI 9.0. Sunil Narine KKR 9.0. Rashid Khan GT 8.5. Yuzvendra Chahal RR 8.5. Top 20 third tier: Axar Patel DC 8.5. Hardik Pandya MI 8.0. Aiden Markram SRH 8.0. Marcus Stoinis LSG 8.0. Trent Boult RR 8.0. T Natarajan SRH 7.5. All carry tier-1 projection status. Form, venue history, and matchup swing the rank within the top 20.
Form sits at 50 percent weight in projection math. Venue history at 30 percent. Matchup read at 20 percent. Toss overlay applies as a final 10 percent. Form updates after every completed match evening. Last 5 innings matter more than last 10. SR 155 in last 5 outweighs SR 130 in last 10. Hot streaks of 3 consecutive 50-plus scores historically deliver 38 percent above projection mean. Cold streaks of 3 consecutive single-digit scores deliver 32 percent below projection mean. Form tracks in 3-match windows. The window sits at 5 to 7 days for the regular IPL schedule.
Week-by-week captain picks across the tournament
IPL 2026 captain picks: refreshed every Monday. Read the week ahead.
Powerplay phase covers overs 1 through 6. Top-order bats at flat tracks average 50 to 65 runs in the first six overs. Faf du Plessis, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul all clear 50 in powerplay at 145-plus SR across the last two IPL seasons. Powerplay phase is the single most consistent read for fantasy captain picks.
Death overs cover overs 17 through 20. Pace bowlers dominate the wicket share at 64 percent. Slow bowlers take 28 percent. Part-timers pick up the remaining 8. Death-overs economy ratings below 8 qualify as elite. Above 10 reads as a liability for captain math.
Last 5 encounters per pair form the matchup database. Matchups swing projections by 15 to 25 percent. Rashid Khan economy against left-handers sits at 5.8 against 7.4 versus right-handers. Yashasvi Jaiswal averages 18 against Rashid; Ruturaj Gaikwad averages 42 across last 5 encounters.
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Reader questions
Cricket play questions, answered
IPL 2026 captain cycle?
Every Monday at 9 AM IST. Updated for the week ahead.
IPL 2026 captain top?
Suryakumar Yadav MI, Virat Kohli RCB, Travis Head SRH, Shubman Gill GT.
IPL 2026 captain new?
Pant LSG joins the pool at Rs 27 cr. Projected top-tier.
IPL 2026 captain flip?
Post-toss flip within 30 seconds.
IPL 2026 captain matchup?
Last 5 head-to-head. Handedness swing.
IPL 2026 captain form?
Last 5 innings. SR sort first. Not last 10.
IPL 2026 captain state rules?
TG/AP/AS/OR/SK/NL restricted from real-money.
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Data mining and database theory covers query languages plus relational algebra plus relational calculus plus SQL plus Datalog plus linear Datalog plus Datalog with negation plus recursive queries plus conjunctive queries plus first-order queries plus query evaluation plus query optimization plus cost-based optimization plus join algorithms plus hash join plus sort-merge join plus nested loop join plus index structures plus B-trees plus B+ trees plus hash indexes plus bitmap indexes plus column stores plus row stores plus LSM trees plus write-ahead logging plus ARIES recovery algorithm plus transaction processing plus concurrency control plus two-phase locking plus timestamp ordering plus multiversion concurrency control plus snapshot isolation plus serializable snapshot isolation plus distributed transactions plus two-phase commit plus three-phase commit plus consensus plus Paxos plus Raft.
Operator algebras cover C-star algebras plus W-star algebras plus von Neumann algebras plus Tomita-Takesaki theory plus modular theory plus subfactor theory plus Jones index plus planar algebras plus fusion categories plus module categories plus Frobenius algebras plus Calabi-Yau algebras plus Hopf algebras plus quantum groups plus Kac-Paljutkin algebras plus group measure space construction plus free probability.
Mathematical statistics covers parametric inference plus nonparametric inference plus semi-parametric inference plus high-dimensional statistics plus shape-constrained inference plus isotonic regression plus convex regression plus sparse estimation plus lasso plus elastic net plus adaptive lasso plus group lasso plus fused lasso plus graphical lasso plus sparse precision matrix estimation plus covariance estimation plus Stein estimation plus shrinkage estimation plus ridge regression plus principal component regression plus partial least squares plus canonical correlation analysis plus independent component analysis plus projection pursuit.
Machine learning theory covers PAC learning plus VC dimension plus Rademacher complexity plus covering numbers plus fat shattering dimension plus uniform convergence plus generalization bounds plus algorithmic stability plus differentially private learning plus compression-based bounds plus PAC-Bayes plus information-theoretic bounds plus mutual information generalization bound plus rate-distortion theory plus compression plus Blackwell approachability plus online learning plus regret minimization plus online convex optimization plus follow the regularized leader plus online mirror descent plus bandit algorithms plus UCB1 plus LinUCB plus Thompson sampling plus best arm identification plus lower bounds plus minimax optimal rates plus oracle inequalities plus adaptive rates plus model selection plus cross-validation plus stacking plus bagging plus boosting plus AdaBoost plus gradient boosting plus XGBoost plus LightGBM plus CatBoost.
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Number theory covers prime distribution plus analytic number theory plus algebraic number theory plus transcendental number theory plus arithmetic geometry plus class field theory plus Langlands program plus Iwasawa theory plus p-adic analysis plus p-adic Hodge theory plus rigid analysis plus Berkovich spaces plus perfectoid spaces plus prisms plus prismatic cohomology plus Fontaine's period rings plus comparison theorems.
Partial differential equations cover linear elliptic plus nonlinear elliptic plus linear parabolic plus nonlinear parabolic plus linear hyperbolic plus nonlinear hyperbolic plus Navier-Stokes plus Euler equations plus Maxwell equations plus Yang-Mills equations plus mean curvature flow plus Ricci flow plus Calabi flow plus inverse mean curvature flow plus minimal surface equation plus Monge-Ampere equation plus complex Monge-Ampere plus obstacle problem plus free boundary problems plus variational inequalities plus PDE on manifolds plus PDE on singular spaces plus boundary value problems plus spectral theory plus scattering theory plus semiclassical analysis plus WKB analysis plus geometric optics plus microlocal analysis plus pseudodifferential operators plus Fourier integral operators plus paradifferential operators plus paradifferential calculus plus Hormander plus Calderon-Zygmund plus Fefferman-Stein plus Muckenhoupt weights.
Operator algebras cover C-star algebras plus W-star algebras plus von Neumann algebras plus Tomita-Takesaki theory plus modular theory plus subfactor theory plus Jones index plus planar algebras plus fusion categories plus module categories plus Frobenius algebras plus Calabi-Yau algebras plus Hopf algebras plus quantum groups plus Kac-Paljutkin algebras plus group measure space construction plus free probability.
Computational mathematics and numerical analysis cover numerical linear algebra plus iterative methods plus direct methods plus Krylov subspace methods plus GMRES plus BiCGSTAB plus QMR plus multigrid methods plus domain decomposition plus finite element methods plus finite volume methods plus discontinuous Galerkin methods plus spectral methods plus boundary element methods plus meshfree methods plus particle methods plus mesh generation plus adaptive methods plus hp-methods plus hp-cloud methods plus isogeometric analysis plus numerical PDEs plus scientific computing plus high-performance computing plus parallel algorithms plus GPU computing plus distributed computing plus cloud computing plus quantum computing.
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Information geometry and statistics covers manifold of probability distributions plus Fisher information metric plus natural gradient plus natural gradient descent plus mirror descent plus information-geometric optimization plus dually flat manifolds plus Bregman divergence plus KL divergence plus exponential family plus mixture family plus mixture of exponential families plus hierarchical models plus empirical likelihood plus exponential tilting plus dual geometry plus Legendre transform plus convex conjugate plus Bregman divergence plus mirror maps plus relative entropy plus information projections plus I-projection plus M-projection plus e-projection plus m-projection plus information geometry of neural networks plus Wasserstein natural gradient plus Stein variational gradient descent plus score matching plus implicit score matching plus denoising score matching plus sliced score matching plus truncated score matching plus Riemannian manifold Langevin dynamics plus constrained manifold optimization plus hyperbolic geometry plus Poincaré embeddings plus hyperbolic neural networks plus geometric deep learning plus graph neural networks.
Number theory and combinatorics intersects with additive combinatorics plus probabilistic number theory plus metric number theory plus geometric measure theory plus Erdos distance problem plus Szemeredi regularity plus Roth theorem plus Green-Tao theorem plus Furstenberg ergodic proof plus Gowers norms plus uniformity norms plus analytic techniques plus circle method plus Vinogradov mean value theorem plus Bourgain-Glibichuk-Konyagin sum-product estimates plus decoupling plus restriction theory plus Strichartz estimates.
Symplectic geometry and Poisson geometry cover symplectic manifolds plus symplectic group actions plus moment maps plus Hamiltonian group actions plus reduction plus symplectic quotients plus Floer theory plus Gromov-Witten invariants plus Fukaya categories plus symplectic field theory plus tropical symplectic geometry plus mirror symmetry plus homological mirror symmetry plus SYZ conjecture plus T-duality plus noncommutative geometry.
Statistical signal processing covers estimation theory plus detection theory plus estimation bounds plus Cramer-Rao bound plus Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound plus Ziv-Zakai bound plus Weiss-Weinstein bound plus Bobrovsky-Zakai bound plus Kalman filtering plus extended Kalman filter plus unscented Kalman filter plus particle filtering plus Markov Chain Monte Carlo plus sequential Monte Carlo plus importance sampling plus sequential importance sampling plus resampling plus Rao-Blackwellization plus auxiliary particle filter plus Gaussian particle filter plus cubature Kalman filter plus sigma point filters plus particle smoothing plus forward-backward smoothing plus Viterbi algorithm plus Baum-Welch algorithm plus HMM plus hidden Markov models plus state-space models plus dynamic Bayesian networks plus Kalman smoother plus RTS smoother plus fixed-lag smoother plus fixed-point smoother plus expectation-maximization plus EM algorithm plus variational EM.
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Mathematical statistics covers parametric inference plus nonparametric inference plus semi-parametric inference plus high-dimensional statistics plus shape-constrained inference plus isotonic regression plus convex regression plus sparse estimation plus lasso plus elastic net plus adaptive lasso plus group lasso plus fused lasso plus graphical lasso plus sparse precision matrix estimation plus covariance estimation plus Stein estimation plus shrinkage estimation plus ridge regression plus principal component regression plus partial least squares plus canonical correlation analysis plus independent component analysis plus projection pursuit.
Mathematical logic covers proof theory plus model theory plus set theory plus recursion theory plus computability theory plus ordinal analysis plus large cardinals plus forcing plus inner model theory plus descriptive set theory plus determinacy plus large continuum plus projective determinacy plus AD plus Woodin cardinals plus Ultimate-L plus determinacy hypotheses. Model theory covers stability theory plus o-minimality plus neo-stability plus definable groups plus model companions.
Mathematical physics covers classical mechanics plus continuum mechanics plus statistical mechanics plus kinetic theory plus quantum mechanics plus relativistic quantum mechanics plus quantum field theory plus gauge theory plus noncommutative field theory plus supersymmetry plus string theory plus conformal field theory plus topological field theory plus integrable systems plus soliton theory plus scattering theory plus inverse scattering plus Riemann-Hilbert problem.
Mathematical finance continuous-time and stochastic control covers stochastic optimal control plus dynamic programming principle plus Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation plus verification theorem plus martingale method for optimal control plus maximum principle plus adjoint equation plus linear-quadratic stochastic control plus Kalman-Bucy filter plus Wonham filter plus partially observed control plus separating principle plus risk-sensitive control plus exponential-of-integral control plus linear-exponential-quadratic-Gaussian plus mean-variance control plus portfolio optimization plus Merton problem plus continuous-time portfolio selection plus consumption-investment problem plus infinite-horizon control plus ergodic control plus ergodic HJB plus long-run-average cost plus discounted-cost control plus viscosity solutions plus comparison principle plus stochastic target problems plus quantile hedging plus loss aversion in finance plus prospect theory plus cumulative prospect theory plus rank-dependent utility plus habit formation preferences plus Epstein-Zin preferences plus recursive utility plus Duffie-Epstein plus long-run risk plus stochastic differential utility plus consumption-based asset pricing plus Hansen-Jagannathan bounds plus SDF plus stochastic discount factor plus consumption-CAPM plus CCAPM plus habit-CAPM plus long-run risk model plus external habit plus recursive preferences plus Campbell-Cochrane habit model.
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Algebraic geometry covers varieties plus schemes plus sheaves plus cohomology plus Hodge theory plus intersection theory plus deformation theory plus moduli spaces plus stacks plus derived algebraic geometry plus spectral schemes plus motivic cohomology plus etale cohomology plus crystalline cohomology plus de Rham cohomology plus rigid cohomology plus prismatic cohomology plus syntomic cohomology plus stable homotopy theory plus cobordism.
Mathematical programming and optimization covers convex optimization plus linear programming plus second-order cone programming plus semidefinite programming plus conic optimization plus disciplined convex programming plus DCP plus disciplined quasiconvex programming plus DQCP plus convex-concave procedure plus DC programming plus difference of convex functions plus majorization-minimization plus MM algorithms plus convex-concave procedure plus sequential convex approximation plus successive convexification plus convex envelope plus convex hull plus linear programming relaxation plus SDP relaxation plus Lagrangian relaxation plus primal-dual interior point methods plus barrier methods plus augmented Lagrangian methods plus alternating direction method of multipliers plus ADMM plus Bregman ADMM plus Douglas-Rachford splitting plus proximal gradient methods plus accelerated proximal gradient plus FISTA plus Bregman proximal methods plus primal-dual hybrid gradient.
Statistical signal processing covers estimation theory plus detection theory plus estimation bounds plus Cramer-Rao bound plus Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound plus Ziv-Zakai bound plus Weiss-Weinstein bound plus Bobrovsky-Zakai bound plus Kalman filtering plus extended Kalman filter plus unscented Kalman filter plus particle filtering plus Markov Chain Monte Carlo plus sequential Monte Carlo plus importance sampling plus sequential importance sampling plus resampling plus Rao-Blackwellization plus auxiliary particle filter plus Gaussian particle filter plus cubature Kalman filter plus sigma point filters plus particle smoothing plus forward-backward smoothing plus Viterbi algorithm plus Baum-Welch algorithm plus HMM plus hidden Markov models plus state-space models plus dynamic Bayesian networks plus Kalman smoother plus RTS smoother plus fixed-lag smoother plus fixed-point smoother plus expectation-maximization plus EM algorithm plus variational EM.
Statistical mechanics and mathematical physics cover Gibbs measures plus DLR equations plus pressure plus free energy plus phase transitions plus spontaneous symmetry breaking plus Goldstone theorem plus Mermin-Wagner theorem plus renormalization group plus Wilsonian renormalization plus Polchinski exact renormalization group plus Wetterich equation plus functional renormalization group plus Callan-Symanzik equation plus beta functions plus fixed points plus universality classes plus scaling limits plus critical exponents plus conformal bootstrap plus SLE plus Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation plus random cluster model plus loop O(n) model plus vertex models plus integrable probability plus stochastic vertex models plus KPZ universality plus directed polymers plus last passage percolation plus TASEP plus asymmetric simple exclusion process plus Macdonald processes plus Schur processes plus Whittaker processes plus Hall-Littlewood processes plus q-Whittaker processes plus q-Whittaker 2D processes plus colored stochastic vertex models.
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Differential geometry covers Riemannian geometry plus sub-Riemannian geometry plus Finsler geometry plus metric geometry plus Alexandrov geometry plus CAT(k) geometry plus Gromov-hyperbolic geometry plus coarse geometry plus asymptotic geometry plus Teichmuller theory plus moduli of Riemann surfaces plus Kleinian groups plus complex hyperbolic geometry plus quasi-Fuchsian groups plus Bers boundary plus Teichmuller geodesic flow plus moduli of abelian differentials plus translation surfaces plus half-translation surfaces plus origamis.
Functional analysis covers operator theory plus Banach space theory plus Hilbert space theory plus interpolation theory plus approximation theory plus Fourier analysis plus harmonic analysis plus singular integrals plus Calderon-Zygmund theory plus Hardy space theory plus BMO space theory plus Morrey space theory plus Orlicz space theory plus rearrangement invariant spaces plus Lorentz spaces plus weighted inequalities plus geometric inequalities.
Mathematical statistics covers parametric inference plus nonparametric inference plus semi-parametric inference plus high-dimensional statistics plus shape-constrained inference plus isotonic regression plus convex regression plus sparse estimation plus lasso plus elastic net plus adaptive lasso plus group lasso plus fused lasso plus graphical lasso plus sparse precision matrix estimation plus covariance estimation plus Stein estimation plus shrinkage estimation plus ridge regression plus principal component regression plus partial least squares plus canonical correlation analysis plus independent component analysis plus projection pursuit.
Algebra covers group theory plus ring theory plus module theory plus field theory plus commutative algebra plus noncommutative algebra plus homological algebra plus Tor plus Ext plus Hochschild cohomology plus cyclic homology plus algebraic K-theory plus topological K-theory plus lambda-rings plus Adams operations plus Chern character plus Chern-Weil theory plus bivariant K-theory plus Kasparov K-theory plus operator K-theory plus cyclic homology plus negative cyclic homology plus periodic cyclic homology.
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Complex analysis covers several complex variables plus Stein manifolds plus pluripotential theory plus plurisubharmonic functions plus Monge-Ampere equations plus complex Monge-Ampere plus Kähler geometry plus Hermitian geometry plus Calabi-Yau manifolds plus Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections plus holomorphic vector bundles plus stability plus Kobayashi-Hitchin correspondence plus Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau theorem plus generalized complex geometry.
Functional analysis covers operator theory plus Banach space theory plus Hilbert space theory plus interpolation theory plus approximation theory plus Fourier analysis plus harmonic analysis plus singular integrals plus Calderon-Zygmund theory plus Hardy space theory plus BMO space theory plus Morrey space theory plus Orlicz space theory plus rearrangement invariant spaces plus Lorentz spaces plus weighted inequalities plus geometric inequalities.
Algebraic topology intersects with stable homotopy theory plus chromatic homotopy theory plus stable homotopy groups of spheres plus Adams spectral sequence plus Adams-Novikov spectral sequence plus BP-theory plus Brown-Peterson spectrum plus Morava K-theories plus Morava E-theories plus Lubin-Tate theories plus formal groups plus Goerss-Hopkins-Mahowald plus topological modular forms plus tmf plus derived algebraic geometry plus spectral schemes plus motivic homotopy theory plus A-infinity plus ring spectra plus E-infinity ring spectra plus commutative ring spectra plus derived schemes plus spectral algebraic geometry plus Lurie plus Gaitsgory plus Ayoub.
Statistical mechanics and mathematical physics cover Gibbs measures plus DLR equations plus pressure plus free energy plus phase transitions plus spontaneous symmetry breaking plus Goldstone theorem plus Mermin-Wagner theorem plus renormalization group plus Wilsonian renormalization plus Polchinski exact renormalization group plus Wetterich equation plus functional renormalization group plus Callan-Symanzik equation plus beta functions plus fixed points plus universality classes plus scaling limits plus critical exponents plus conformal bootstrap plus SLE plus Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation plus random cluster model plus loop O(n) model plus vertex models plus integrable probability plus stochastic vertex models plus KPZ universality plus directed polymers plus last passage percolation plus TASEP plus asymmetric simple exclusion process plus Macdonald processes plus Schur processes plus Whittaker processes plus Hall-Littlewood processes plus q-Whittaker processes plus q-Whittaker 2D processes plus colored stochastic vertex models.
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Mathematical statistics covers parametric inference plus nonparametric inference plus semi-parametric inference plus high-dimensional statistics plus shape-constrained inference plus isotonic regression plus convex regression plus sparse estimation plus lasso plus elastic net plus adaptive lasso plus group lasso plus fused lasso plus graphical lasso plus sparse precision matrix estimation plus covariance estimation plus Stein estimation plus shrinkage estimation plus ridge regression plus principal component regression plus partial least squares plus canonical correlation analysis plus independent component analysis plus projection pursuit.
Information theory and coding theory cover Shannon theory plus channel capacity plus rate-distortion theory plus Slepian-Wolf plus Wyner-Ziv plus network information theory plus multi-terminal source coding plus multiple access channels plus broadcast channels plus interference channels plus relay channels plus finite-blocklength information theory plus error exponents plus sphere-packing bound plus Gilbert-Varshamov bound plus Plotkin bound plus Elias-Bassalygo bound plus Hamming bound plus Singleton bound plus MRRW bound plus quantum information theory plus quantum capacity plus quantum entanglement-assisted capacity plus quantum multiple access channels plus quantum broadcast channels plus quantum Shannon theory plus Holevo bound plus accessible information plus quantum relative entropy plus quantum mutual information.
Bayesian nonparametrics covers Dirichlet process plus Chinese restaurant process plus Indian buffet process plus Pitman-Yor process plus hierarchical Dirichlet process plus Chinese restaurant franchise plus dependent Dirichlet process plus spatial Dirichlet process plus time-varying Dirichlet process plus nonparametric Bayesian inference plus MCMC for nonparametrics plus slice sampling plus retrospective sampling plus elliptical slice sampling plus truncated Dirichlet process plus Pitman-Yor process stick-breaking construction plus GEM distribution plus Griffiths-Engen-McCloskey distribution plus Ferguson-Klass representation plus posterior consistency plus Bernstein-von Mises theorem plus semiparametric efficiency plus influence functions plus targeted maximum likelihood estimation plus super learning plus ensemble learning for nonparametrics plus Bayesian model selection plus marginal likelihood plus Bayes factors plus model averaging plus stacking plus Bayesian model comparison.
Operator algebras cover C-star algebras plus W-star algebras plus von Neumann algebras plus Tomita-Takesaki theory plus modular theory plus subfactor theory plus Jones index plus planar algebras plus fusion categories plus module categories plus Frobenius algebras plus Calabi-Yau algebras plus Hopf algebras plus quantum groups plus Kac-Paljutkin algebras plus group measure space construction plus free probability.
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Mathematical physics covers classical mechanics plus continuum mechanics plus statistical mechanics plus kinetic theory plus quantum mechanics plus relativistic quantum mechanics plus quantum field theory plus gauge theory plus noncommutative field theory plus supersymmetry plus string theory plus conformal field theory plus topological field theory plus integrable systems plus soliton theory plus scattering theory plus inverse scattering plus Riemann-Hilbert problem.
Mathematical statistics covers parametric inference plus nonparametric inference plus semi-parametric inference plus high-dimensional statistics plus shape-constrained inference plus isotonic regression plus convex regression plus sparse estimation plus lasso plus elastic net plus adaptive lasso plus group lasso plus fused lasso plus graphical lasso plus sparse precision matrix estimation plus covariance estimation plus Stein estimation plus shrinkage estimation plus ridge regression plus principal component regression plus partial least squares plus canonical correlation analysis plus independent component analysis plus projection pursuit.
Deep learning theory covers approximation theory for neural networks plus universal approximation plus overparameterization plus neural tangent kernel plus lazy training plus feature learning plus implicit bias plus gradient descent dynamics plus loss landscape analysis plus saddle points plus mode connectivity plus lottery ticket hypothesis plus pruning plus quantization plus knowledge distillation plus transfer learning plus meta-learning plus MAML plus Reptile plus Prototypical Networks plus GANs plus VAEs plus diffusion models plus score-based generative models plus normalizing flows plus flow matching plus consistency models plus rectified flow plus transformer architectures plus attention mechanisms plus multi-head attention plus sparse attention plus linear attention plus long-context transformers plus state-space models plus Mamba plus RWKV plus Hyena plus RetNet plus mixture of experts.
Operator algebras cover C-star algebras plus W-star algebras plus von Neumann algebras plus Tomita-Takesaki theory plus modular theory plus subfactor theory plus Jones index plus planar algebras plus fusion categories plus module categories plus Frobenius algebras plus Calabi-Yau algebras plus Hopf algebras plus quantum groups plus Kac-Paljutkin algebras plus group measure space construction plus free probability.
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Statistical signal processing covers estimation theory plus detection theory plus estimation bounds plus Cramer-Rao bound plus Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound plus Ziv-Zakai bound plus Weiss-Weinstein bound plus Bobrovsky-Zakai bound plus Kalman filtering plus extended Kalman filter plus unscented Kalman filter plus particle filtering plus Markov Chain Monte Carlo plus sequential Monte Carlo plus importance sampling plus sequential importance sampling plus resampling plus Rao-Blackwellization plus auxiliary particle filter plus Gaussian particle filter plus cubature Kalman filter plus sigma point filters plus particle smoothing plus forward-backward smoothing plus Viterbi algorithm plus Baum-Welch algorithm plus HMM plus hidden Markov models plus state-space models plus dynamic Bayesian networks plus Kalman smoother plus RTS smoother plus fixed-lag smoother plus fixed-point smoother plus expectation-maximization plus EM algorithm plus variational EM.
Combinatorics covers enumerative combinatorics plus algebraic combinatorics plus probabilistic combinatorics plus additive combinatorics plus extremal combinatorics plus probabilistic method plus spectral graph theory plus random graphs plus graph limits plus graphons plus Stein's method for combinatorics plus analytic combinatorics plus analytic number theory combinatorics plus combinatorial number theory plus discrepancy theory plus matroid theory plus greedoids plus antimatroids plus oriented matroids plus tropical geometry plus tropical linear algebra plus tropical combinatorics plus nonlinear algebra over tropical semirings.
Information geometry and statistics covers manifold of probability distributions plus Fisher information metric plus natural gradient plus natural gradient descent plus mirror descent plus information-geometric optimization plus dually flat manifolds plus Bregman divergence plus KL divergence plus exponential family plus mixture family plus mixture of exponential families plus hierarchical models plus empirical likelihood plus exponential tilting plus dual geometry plus Legendre transform plus convex conjugate plus Bregman divergence plus mirror maps plus relative entropy plus information projections plus I-projection plus M-projection plus e-projection plus m-projection plus information geometry of neural networks plus Wasserstein natural gradient plus Stein variational gradient descent plus score matching plus implicit score matching plus denoising score matching plus sliced score matching plus truncated score matching plus Riemannian manifold Langevin dynamics plus constrained manifold optimization plus hyperbolic geometry plus Poincaré embeddings plus hyperbolic neural networks plus geometric deep learning plus graph neural networks.
Functional analysis covers operator theory plus Banach space theory plus Hilbert space theory plus interpolation theory plus approximation theory plus Fourier analysis plus harmonic analysis plus singular integrals plus Calderon-Zygmund theory plus Hardy space theory plus BMO space theory plus Morrey space theory plus Orlicz space theory plus rearrangement invariant spaces plus Lorentz spaces plus weighted inequalities plus geometric inequalities.