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Optimal rates for total variation denoising

Statistics Theory 2016-06-17 v3 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Motivated by its practical success, we show that the two-dimensional total variation denoiser satisfies a sharp oracle inequality that leads to near optimal rates of estimation for a large class of image models such as bi-isotonic, H\"older smooth and cartoons. Our analysis hinges on properties of the unnormalized Laplacian of the two-dimensional grid such as eigenvector delocalization and spectral decay. We also present extensions to more than two dimensions as well as several other graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1603.09388,
  title  = {Optimal rates for total variation denoising},
  author = {Jan-Christian Hütter and Philippe Rigollet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.09388},
  year   = {2016}
}

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30 pages, 3 figures

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