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In this paper, we discuss the solution of certain matrix-valued partial differential equations. Such PDEs arise, for example, when constructing a Riemannian contraction metric for a dynamical system given by an autonomous ODE. We develop…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-29 Peter Giesl , Holger Wendland

This paper generalizes regularized regression problems in a hyper-reproducing kernel Hilbert space (hyper-RKHS), illustrates its utility for kernel learning and out-of-sample extensions, and proves asymptotic convergence results for the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-20 Fanghui Liu , Lei Shi , Xiaolin Huang , Jie Yang , Johan A. K. Suykens

The universality properties of kernels characterize the class of functions that can be approximated in the associated reproducing kernel Hilbert space and are of fundamental importance in the theoretical underpinning of kernel methods in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Franziskus Steinert , Salem Said , Cyrus Mostajeran

Kernel methods have been among the most popular techniques in machine learning, where learning tasks are solved using the property of reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). In this paper, we propose a novel data analysis framework with…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-12-22 Yuka Hashimoto , Isao Ishikawa , Masahiro Ikeda , Fuyuta Komura , Takeshi Katsura , Yoshinobu Kawahara

Kernel methods approximate nonlinear maps in a data-driven manner by projecting the target map onto a finite-dimensional Hilbert space called the solution space. Traditionally, this space is a subspace of a fixed ambient reproducing kernel…

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This monograph develops a unified, application-driven framework for kernel methods grounded in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) and optimal transport (OT). Part I lays the theoretical and numerical foundations on positive-definite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Philippe G. LeFloch , Jean-Marc Mercier , Shohruh Miryusupov

The reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) embedding method is a recently introduced estimation approach that seeks to identify the unknown or uncertain function in the governing equations of a nonlinear set of ordinary differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Jia Guo , Sai Tej Paruchuri , Andrew J. Kurdila

We study kernel functions, and associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces $\mathscr{H}$ over infinite, discrete and countable sets $V$. Numerical analysis builds discrete models (e.g., finite element) for the purpose of finding…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-17 Palle Jorgensen , Feng Tian

We study reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) on a Riemannian manifold. In particular, we discuss under which condition Sobolev spaces are RKHS and characterize their reproducing kernels. Further, we introduce and discuss a class of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-28 Ernesto De Vito , Nicole Mücke , Lorenzo Rosasco

In recent years, the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) theory has played a crucial role in linear system identification. The core of a RKHS is the associated kernel characterizing its properties. Accordingly, this work studies the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Mohammad Khosravi , Roy S. Smith

Learning the kernel functions used in kernel methods has been a vastly explored area in machine learning. It is now widely accepted that to obtain 'good' performance, learning a kernel function is the key challenge. In this work we focus on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-01-08 Chetan Tonde , Ahmed Elgammal

Modeling dynamical systems with ordinary differential equations implies a mechanistic view of the process underlying the dynamics. However in many cases, this knowledge is not available. To overcome this issue, we introduce a general…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-11-20 Markus Heinonen , Florence d'Alché-Buc

We develop a unified geometric framework for nonparametric estimation based on the notion of Twin Kernel Spaces, defined as orbits of a reproducing kernel under a group action. This structure induces a family of transported RKHS geometries…

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We consider weakly positive semidefinite kernels valued in ordered $*$-spaces with or without certain topological properties, and investigate their linearisations (Kolmogorov decompositions) as well as their reproducing kernel spaces. The…

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We study the relationships between a subvariety of the open unit ball in the complex $d$-dimensional space $\mathbb{C}^{d}$, the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) obtained by restricting the Drury-Arveson space to the variety, and its…

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$C^*$-algebra-valued kernels could pave the way for the next generation of kernel machines. To further our fundamental understanding of learning with $C^*$-algebraic kernels, we propose a new class of positive definite kernels based on the…

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Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) are Hilbert spaces of functions where pointwise evaluation is continuous. There are known examples of RKHSs that are Banach algebras under pointwise multiplication. These examples are built from…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Dimitrios Giannakis , Michael Montgomery

The paper discusses a series of results concerning reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, related to the factorization of their kernels. In particular, it is proved that for a large class of spaces isometric multipliers are trivial. One also…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-10 Rani Kumari , Jaydeb Sarkar , Srijan Sarkar , Dan Timotin

The theory of positive kernels and associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, especially in the setting of holomorphic functions, has been an important tool for the last several decades in a number of areas of complex analysis and…

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