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A hypersurface $H$ in $\mathbb{P}^r$ of degree $n$ is called determinantal if it is the zero locus of a polynomial of the form $\operatorname{det}(x_0 A_0 + \ldots + x_r A_r)$ for some $(r+1)$-tuple of $n \times n$ matrices $A = (A_0,…

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Representing data in hyperbolic space can effectively capture latent hierarchical relationships. With the goal of enabling accurate classification of points in hyperbolic space while respecting their hyperbolic geometry, we introduce…

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