Versor: A Geometric Sequence Architecture
Abstract
A novel sequence architecture is introduced, Versor, which uses Conformal Geometric Algebra (CGA) in place of traditional linear operations to achieve structural generalization and significant performance improvements on a variety of tasks, while offering improved interpretability and efficiency. By embedding states in the manifold and evolving them via geometric transformations (rotors), Versor natively represents -equivariant relationships without requiring explicit structural encoding. Versor is validated on chaotic N-body dynamics, topological reasoning, and standard multimodal benchmarks (CIFAR-10, WikiText-103), consistently outperforming Transformers, Graph Networks, and geometric baselines (GATr, EGNN). Key results include: orders-of-magnitude fewer parameters ( vs. Transformers); interpretable attention decomposing into proximity and orientational components; zero-shot scale generalization (0.993 vs. 0.070 MCC for ViT); and featuring a Recursive Rotor Accumulator (RRA) for linear temporal complexity in dynamical systems, and a Geometric Product Attention (GPA) mechanism for global relational modeling, allowing for task-specific architectural pruning or hybridization depending on the required scale. In out-of-distribution tests, Versor maintains stable predictions while Transformers fail catastrophically. Custom Clifford kernels achieve a cumulative over speedup via bit-masked contraction and specialized Matrix Isomorphism kernels, reducing per-step latency to 1.05 ms and outperforming highly-optimized Transformer baselines.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.10195,
title = {Versor: A Geometric Sequence Architecture},
author = {Truong Minh Huy and Edward Hirst},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.10195},
year = {2026}
}
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19+28 pages, 5 figures