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Generative model for optimal density estimation on unknown manifold

Statistics Theory 2025-06-25 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We propose a generative model that achieves minimax-optimal convergence rates for estimating probability distributions supported on unknown low-dimensional manifolds. Building on Fefferman's solution to the geometric Whitney problem, our estimator is itself supported on a submanifold that matches the regularity of the data's support. This geometric adaptation enables the estimator to be simultaneously minimax-optimal for all γ \gamma -H\"older Integral Probability Metrics (IPMs) with γ1 \gamma \geq 1 . We validate our approach through experiments on synthetic and real datasets, demonstrating competitive or superior performance compared to Wasserstein GAN and score-based generative models.

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@article{arxiv.2506.19587,
  title  = {Generative model for optimal density estimation on unknown manifold},
  author = {Arthur Stéphanovitch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.19587},
  year   = {2025}
}
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