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48 results for distributional Jacobians

The paper discusses fractional Sobolev immersions of flat domains into 3D space.

problem Developing C1C^1 regularity and isometric immersions of flat domains with fractional Sobolev regularity.
method Analysis of weak Codazzi-Mainardi equations, study of $W^{2, rac2s}$ planar deformations, and properties of the distributional Jacobian determinant.
result Generalization of isometric immersions with local fractional Sobolev regularity.

This work proves the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in MLPs with Haar orthogonal matrices.

problem Proving the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in multilayer perceptrons (MLPs).
method Replacing each layer's parameter matrix with itself multiplied by a Haar orthogonal matrix, and using the invariance of the MLP.
result Proves the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in MLPs with Haar orthogonal matrices.

We extend the well-known result that any fW1,n(Ω,Rn)f \in W^{1,n}(Ω,\mathbb{R}^n), ΩRnΩ\subset \mathbb{R}^n with strictly positive Jacobian is actually continuous: it is also true for fractional Sobolev spaces Ws,ns(Ω)W^{s,\frac{n}{s}}(Ω) for any snn+1s \geq \frac{n}{n+1}, where the sign condition on the Jacobian is understood in a distr…

2019-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent work (Pennington et al, 2017) suggests that controlling the entire distribution of Jacobian singular values is an important design consideration in deep learning. Motivated by this, we study the distribution of singular values of the Jacobian of the generator in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). We find th…

2018-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Normalizing flows optimize Jacobian determinant for unique likelihood objective.

problem Optimizing normalizing flows for unique likelihood.
method Showed Jacobian determinant is unique for given distributions, leading to a unique global optimum. Used eigenvalues of auto-correlation matrix for explicit likelihood expression.
result Explicit expression of likelihood for flows, independent of neural network parameterization, with theoretical optimal value.

Recent work has shown that tight concentration of the entire spectrum of singular values of a deep network's input-output Jacobian around one at initialization can speed up learning by orders of magnitude. Therefore, to guide important design choices, it is important to build a full theoretical understanding of the spe…

2018-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This study connects Jacobian regularization to adversarial robustness and improves generalization.

problem Adversarial attacks make deep neural networks vulnerable.
method Developed a connection between Jacobian regularization and adversarial training, and established robust generalization gaps.
result Jacobian norms are related to both standard and robust generalization.

A new method speeds up training of deep models by avoiding Jacobian determinant computation.

problem Efficiently training deep neural networks with complex log-determinant terms.
method Relative gradients to compute Jacobian updates efficiently.
result Training neural networks with Jacobian log-determinant objectives becomes feasible.

A new method speeds up sampling of Boltzmann distribution in high-dimensional systems.

problem High computational cost of obtaining Jacobian of flow-based models in high dimensions.
method Flow perturbation method that incorporates stochastic perturbations and reweighting.
result Achieves unbiased sampling of Boltzmann distribution with orders of magnitude speedup.

Develops analysis of Hölder continuous mappings on Heisenberg groups.

problem Analyzing Hölder continuous mappings on Heisenberg groups.
method Theory of distributional Jacobians and pullbacks of differential forms.
result Simple proof of a generalization of the Gromov non-embedding theorem and new results about Hölder homotopy groups.

Efficiently regularizes deep learning models using Jacobian nuclear norm.

problem Regularizing deep learning models to prevent overfitting and improve generalization.
method Proposes a denoising-style approximation to penalize the Jacobian nuclear norm without computing the Jacobian matrix.
result Demonstrates that penalizing the average squared Frobenius norm of JgJg and JhJh is equivalent to penalizing the Jacobian nuclear norm for function compositions.

Paper tackles Hessian/Jacobian-free stochastic bilevel optimization with O(ε1.5){O}(ε^{-1.5}) complexity.

problem Nonconvex-strongly-convex bilevel optimization problem.
method FdeHBO optimizer with finite-difference Hessian/Jacobian-vector approximation and momentum.
result FdeHBO achieves O(ε1.5){O}(ε^{-1.5}) iterations for εε-accurate stationary point.

Maxout networks study gradients and propose initialization strategies.

problem Complexity in input-output Jacobian distribution complicates stable parameter initialization.
method Obtained bounds on moments of gradients and formulated initialization strategies.
result Parameter initialization strategies improve training of deep maxout networks.

This paper shows how to approximate any log-concave distribution using well-conditioned affine coupling flows.

problem Understanding the representational power of affine coupling flows for log-concave distributions.
method Leveraging connections between affine coupling architectures, Langevin dynamics, and Hénon maps to prove log-concave approximation.
result Any log-concave distribution can be approximated using well-conditioned affine-coupling flows.

We derive an analytic formula for the dual Jacobian matrix of a generalised hyperbolic tetrahedron. Two cases are considered: a mildly truncated and a prism truncated tetrahedron. The Jacobian for the latter arises as an analytic continuation of the former, that falls in line with a similar behaviour of the correspondi…

2014-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Generalization in nonlinear least squares can be studied via algorithmic stability and effective dimension.

problem Generalization in nonlinear least squares models
method Deriving error bounds for local minimizers using algorithmic stability and effective dimension
result Bounds depend on learned geometry rather than parameter count

New algorithms estimate Jacobian matrices for large-scale machine learning.

problem Efficiently computing search directions for large nonlinear least squares.
method Exploit low-rank structure in Hessian to estimate Jacobian matrices.
result Two algorithms perform well compared to state-of-the-art methods.

The paper extends infinite-width analysis to neural network Jacobians, revealing convergence to Gaussian processes and linear ODEs.

problem Understanding the training dynamics of neural networks in the infinite-width limit.
method Extending infinite-width analysis to Jacobians, characterizing convergence to Gaussian processes and linear ODEs.
result The evolution of MLPs under robust training in the infinite-width limit is described by a linear ODE.

New algorithm tackles optimization with distributed constraints.

problem Optimization problems with generalized orthogonality constraints in a decentralized setting.
method Introduced a novel algorithm that tracks gradients and Jacobians simultaneously.
result Global convergence with an iteration complexity established.

GrokAlign aligns Jacobians to accelerate grokking in deep networks.

problem Accelerating the training dynamics of deep networks to avoid delayed generalisation and robustness.
method Aligning the Jacobians of a deep network with the training data to ensure grokking under a low-rank assumption.
result GrokAlign regularizes Jacobians to induce grokking sooner than conventional methods.

New method reduces deep learning training costs by approximating vector-jacobian products.

problem Efficiently training deep neural networks with reduced computational and memory costs.
method Randomized, unbiased approximations of vector-jacobian products during backpropagation.
result Validated potential for reducing deep learning training costs through unbiased estimates.

The Jacobian of Douady-Earle extension equals 1 only for isometries.

problem Investigating the Jacobian of Douady-Earle extension maps.
method Analyzing the Jacobian of the Douady-Earle extension map and constructing sequences of hyperbolic surfaces.
result The Jacobian of the Douady-Earle extension map is 1 only when the map is an isometry, and it can grow arbitrarily large for certain sequences of surfaces.

To a compact Riemann surface of genus g can be assigned a principally polarized abelian variety (PPAV) of dimension g, the Jacobian of the Riemann surface. The Schottky problem is to discern the Jacobians among the PPAVs. Buser and Sarnak showed, that the square of the first successive minimum, the squared norm of the …

2010-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the Goldman flows preserve the holomorphic structure on the moduli space of homomorphisms of the fundamental group of a Riemann surface into U(1), in other words the Jacobian.

2008-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

OT-Flow uses optimal transport to improve CNFs for faster and more accurate density estimation.

problem Computational challenges in continuous normalizing flows.
method OT-Flow leverages optimal transport to regularize CNFs and uses exact trace computation.
result OT-Flow achieves competitive performance with one-fourth the number of weights and significant speedups.

Design of reliable systems must guarantee stability against input perturbations. In machine learning, such guarantee entails preventing overfitting and ensuring robustness of models against corruption of input data. In order to maximize stability, we analyze and develop a computationally efficient implementation of Jac…

2019-08-07abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves sampling from complex distributions using Langevin dynamics.

problem Pathological behaviors in normalizing flows for complex distributions.
method A Metropolis adjusted Langevin algorithm (MALA) to sample in the latent space.
result The method preserves tractability of the likelihood and works with any pre-trained NF network.

Geometrically represents path integral reduction Jacobian for interacting systems.

problem Quantizing a model mechanical system with dependent coordinates.
method Geometric representation using scalar curvature and Christoffel symbols in a nonholonomic basis.
result Found a geometric representation for the path integral reduction Jacobian.

This work relaxes energy constraints in self-attention layers for a more general analysis.

problem Understanding inherent biases and dynamics in self-attention layers without energy functions.
method Dynamical systems analysis and Jacobian matrix examination.
result Normalized dynamics are close to a critical state, indicating high inference performance.

JacNet learns Jacobians to enforce structure on derivatives for invertibility and Lipschitz functions.

problem Enforcing structure on derivatives of neural network mappings.
method Proposes using a neural network to directly learn the Jacobian of the input-output function, allowing control over derivative structure.
result Demonstrates learning invertible approximations to simple and 1-Lipschitz functions.

The paper studies global invertibility of maps on Finsler manifolds.

problem Global invertibility of locally Lipschitz maps on Finsler manifolds.
method Introduces pseudo-Jacobian and studies its relations with local metric properties of the map.
result Conditions for a map to be globally invertible and covering.