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48 results for Vandermonde matrix

In the spirit of Bar Natan's construction of Khovanov homology, we give a categorification of the Vandermonde determinant. Given a sequence of positive integers x=(x1,...,xn)\vec{x}=(x_1,...,x_n), we construct a commutative diagram in the shape of the Bruhat order on SnS_n whose nodes are colored smoothings of the 22-strand toru…

2018-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper establishes conditions for optimal sampling configurations on complex manifolds.

problem Finding optimal sampling configurations on complex manifolds.
method Analyzes point configurations on compact complex manifolds using tensor powers of Hermitian ample line bundles.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of asymptotically Fekete sequences.

Optimal joint separation condition for radar and communications channels in dual-blind deconvolution.

problem Recovering information from overlaid radar and communications signals with unknown channels.
method Extremal functions from Beurling-Selberg interpolation theory for joint separation, nuclear norm minimization for matrix retrieval, and MUSIC for parameter estimation.
result Guaranteed well-conditioned Vandermonde matrix for MUSIC, validating theoretical findings.

Paper improves likelihood estimation for discrete distributions.

problem Computing profile maximum likelihood for discrete distributions.
method New bounds on Bethe and Sinkhorn permanents for low rank matrices.
result Achieves an approximation factor of exp(-O(sqrt(n) log n)) in polynomial time.

The main goal is to find the Homfly polynomial of a link formed by decorating each component of the Hopf link with the closure of a directly oriented tangle. Such decorations are spanned in the Homfly skein of the annulus by elements Q_λ, depending on partitions λ. We show how to find the 2-variable Homfly invariant <λ…

2001-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The article studies factorization structures in geometry and their applications to cones and polytopes.

problem Understanding and characterizing factorization structures in geometry.
method Comprehensive study of factorization structures, including structure theory, construction of compatible polytopes and cones, and derivation of generalised Gale's evenness condition.
result Established generalised Vandermonde identities and found examples of Delzant and rational Delzant compatible polytopes.

We show how to solve a number of problems in numerical linear algebra, such as least squares regression, p\ell_p-regression for any p1p \geq 1, low rank approximation, and kernel regression, in time $T(A) \poly(\log(nd))$, where for a given input matrix ARn×dA \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times d}, T(A)T(A) is the time needed to com…

2019-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

New combinatorial framework for geometric realizations of subword complexes.

problem Proving or disproving geometric realizations of subword complexes of Coxeter groups.
method Algebraic combinatorics and discrete geometry framework, parameter matrices.
result Existence of parameter matrices equivalent to realizability of subword complexes as chirotopes.

Geometrically interprets cup products and defines combinatorial Pin structures.

problem Understanding Steenrod's cup products and their geometric interpretation.
method Constructs vector fields and combinatorial frames to interpret cochain-level formulas.
result Geometrically interprets cup products and defines Pin structures combinatorially.

The paper studies totally nonnegative parts of flag varieties and their topologies.

problem Understanding the topology of totally nonnegative flag varieties.
method Algebraic, geometric, and dynamical perspectives; orbit context; gradient flows; Riemannian metrics.
result Positivity is preserved in certain metrics on the totally nonnegative part of flag varieties.

New matrix reveals cluster info in sparse directed graphs.

problem Analyzing cluster information in directed graphs.
method Proposed complex non-backtracking matrix integrating Hermitian adjacency matrix and non-backtracking matrix properties.
result The complex non-backtracking matrix holds cluster information, especially for sparse directed graphs.

Generalised matrix-matrix multiplication forms the kernel of many mathematical algorithms. A faster matrix-matrix multiply immediately benefits these algorithms. In this paper we implement efficient matrix multiplication for large matrices using the floating point Intel Pentium SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) a…

2019-11-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Classifies SL(n) covariant matrix-valued valuations on Lp-spaces.

problem Classifying SL(n) covariant matrix-valued valuations on Lp-spaces.
method Established a complete classification for continuous and SL(n) covariant matrix-valued valuations on Lp(Rn,|x|2dx), eliminating matrix symmetry assumption.
result Unique characterization of such valuations by the moment matrix in n>2, rotation matrix in 2D.

Unified approach for robust low rank matrix estimation with adversaries.

problem Robust low rank matrix estimation in the presence of adversaries.
method Unified approach combining Huber loss and nuclear norm penalization.
result Sharp estimation error bounds for matrix compressed sensing and completion.

Most recent results in matrix completion assume that the matrix under consideration is low-rank or that the columns are in a union of low-rank subspaces. In real-world settings, however, the linear structure underlying these models is distorted by a (typically unknown) nonlinear transformation. This paper addresses the…

2015-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Recommender systems are widely used to recommend the most appealing items to users. These recommendations can be generated by applying collaborative filtering methods. The low-rank matrix completion method is the state-of-the-art collaborative filtering method. In this work, we show that the skewed distribution of rati…

2019-04-22abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves robust low-rank matrix completion for computer vision.

problem Robust low-rank matrix completion for partially observed data.
method Formulated as a nonsmooth Riemannian optimization problem over Grassmann manifold, solved with an alternating manifold proximal gradient continuation method.
result Demonstrated advantages over existing approaches in background extraction from surveillance videos.

Matrix completion is a modern missing data problem where both the missing structure and the underlying parameter are high dimensional. Although missing structure is a key component to any missing data problems, existing matrix completion methods often assume a simple uniform missing mechanism. In this work, we study ma…

2018-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Matrix approximation is a common tool in machine learning for building accurate prediction models for recommendation systems, text mining, and computer vision. A prevalent assumption in constructing matrix approximations is that the partially observed matrix is of low-rank. We propose a new matrix approximation model w…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified framework for nonconvex matrix completion with linearly parameterized factors.

problem Matrix completion with improved accuracy using linearly parameterized factors.
method Unified nonconvex optimization framework with Correlated Parametric Factorization condition.
result Uniform upper bounds for low-rank estimation at any local minimum.

Matrix completion is a problem that arises in many data-analysis settings where the input consists of a partially-observed matrix (e.g., recommender systems, traffic matrix analysis etc.). Classical approaches to matrix completion assume that the input partially-observed matrix is low rank. The success of these methods…

2017-04-30abs ↗pdf ↗

3-manifold triangulation can be reconstructed from its intersection matrix.

problem Reconstructing the triangulation of 3-manifolds from their intersection matrix.
method Using the intersection matrix of a simplicial complex to determine the triangulation of a 3-manifold up to isomorphism.
result The intersection matrix is sufficient to determine the triangulation of a 3-manifold up to isomorphism.

We give the first algorithm for Matrix Completion whose running time and sample complexity is polynomial in the rank of the unknown target matrix, linear in the dimension of the matrix, and logarithmic in the condition number of the matrix. To the best of our knowledge, all previous algorithms either incurred a quadrat…

2014-07-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper presents a new framework for covariance matrix estimation with geometric insights.

problem Challenges in covariance matrix estimation, especially in finding suitable models and efficient estimation methods.
method General framework for linear restrictions on different transformations of the covariance matrix, including matrix logarithm and its inverse.
result Yields an MM-estimator with MM-estimation allowing for straightforward asymptotic and finite sample analysis.

Study improves fractional posterior for 1-bit matrix completion.

problem Estimating a binary matrix from observed entries.
method Fractional posterior approach with low-rank factorization and spectral scaled Student priors.
result Concentration results for fractional posterior, demonstrating effectiveness in matrix recovery.

In this paper, we propose an online algorithm to compute matrix factorizations. Proposed algorithm updates the dictionary matrix and associated coefficients using a single observation at each time. The algorithm performs low-rank updates to dictionary matrix. We derive the algorithm by defining a simple objective funct…

2015-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Incorporates matrix exponential into generative flows for improved performance.

problem Improving generative flow models for better density estimation.
method Integrates matrix exponential into generative flows, proposing new layers and modifying network architecture.
result The proposed model achieves great performance on density estimation.

Consider a movie recommendation system where apart from the ratings information, side information such as user's age or movie's genre is also available. Unlike standard matrix completion, in this setting one should be able to predict inductively on new users/movies. In this paper, we study the problem of inductive matr…

2013-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Matrix SMD converges to unique solution minimizing Bregman divergence.

problem High-dimensional multi-output classification and matrix completion problems.
method Stochastic Mirror Descent with matrix parameters and matrix mirror functions.
result Matrix SMD converges exponentially to the unique solution minimizing Bregman divergence.

Paper derives matrix formulae and proves skein relations for non-orientable surfaces in quasi-cluster algebras.

problem Understanding quasi-cluster algebras on non-orientable surfaces.
method Developed matrix formulae and proved skein relations for quasi-cluster variables.
result Laurent expansion and skein relations for quasi-cluster variables on non-orientable surfaces.

Gradient descent proves global convergence for 4-layer matrix factorization.

problem Global convergence of gradient descent on four-layer matrix factorization under random initialization.
method New techniques to show saddle-avoidance properties and extend eigenvalue theories.
result Polynomial-time global convergence guarantee for randomly initialized gradient descent on four-layer matrix factorization.

Proposes a new matrix factorization model for interval-valued matrices.

problem Matrix factorization for matrices with entries in a given interval.
method Bounded simplex-structured matrix factorization (BSSMF) with fast algorithm for missing data.
result BSSMF provides a unique decomposition under certain conditions.

New method for hyperparameter tuning in sparse matrix factorization.

problem Hyperparameter tuning in sparse matrix factorization.
method Numerical method based on evaluating the zero point of normalization factor in sparse matrix prior.
result Our method outperforms existing algorithms in ground-truth sparse matrix reconstruction.

The warping matrix has been defined for knot projections and knot diagrams by using warping degrees. In particular, the warping matrix of a knot diagram represents the knot diagram uniquely. In this paper we show that the rank of the warping matrix is one greater than the crossing number. We also discuss the linearly i…

2015-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we consider the streaming memory-limited matrix completion problem when the observed entries are noisy versions of a small random fraction of the original entries. We are interested in scenarios where the matrix size is very large so the matrix is very hard to store and manipulate. Here, columns of the o…

2015-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

DeepVir uses deep matrix factorization to predict antivirals for COVID-19.

problem Predicting effective antivirals for COVID-19 using known drug-virus associations.
method Graphical deep matrix factorization with HyPALM optimization.
result DeepVir outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in predicting antivirals for COVID-19.