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From the Greene--Wu Convolution to Gradient Estimation over Riemannian Manifolds

Machine Learning 2022-01-25 v4 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis Optimization and Control

Abstract

Over a complete Riemannian manifold of finite dimension, Greene and Wu introduced a convolution, known as Greene-Wu (GW) convolution. In this paper, we study properties of the GW convolution and apply it to non-Euclidean machine learning problems. In particular, we derive a new formula for how the curvature of the space would affect the curvature of the function through the GW convolution. Also, following the study of the GW convolution, a new method for gradient estimation over Riemannian manifolds is introduced.

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@article{arxiv.2108.07406,
  title  = {From the Greene--Wu Convolution to Gradient Estimation over Riemannian Manifolds},
  author = {Tianyu Wang and Yifeng Huang and Didong Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07406},
  year   = {2022}
}
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