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In this paper we propose a family of tractable kernels that is dense in the family of bounded positive semi-definite functions (i.e. can approximate any bounded kernel with arbitrary precision). We start by discussing the case of stationary…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-10-13 Yves-Laurent Kom Samo , Stephen Roberts

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

We study how iterated and composed completely positive maps act on operator-valued kernels. Each kernel is realized inside a single Hilbert space where composition corresponds to applying bounded creation operators to feature vectors. This…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-18 James Tian

Representing images by compact codes has proven beneficial for many visual recognition tasks. Most existing techniques, however, perform this coding step directly in image feature space, where the distributions of the different classes are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-09-02 Mehrtash Harandi , Mathieu Salzmann

In this paper, we illustrate the effectiveness of reproducing kernel Hilbert space techniques in the study of composition operators. For weighted Hardy spaces on the unit disk, we characterize the composition operators whose adjoint is…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Preeti Kumari , P. Muthukumar , Antti Rasila

This work explores new classes of nonstationary stochastic sequences associated with polynomial hypergroups. Their covariance structures are analyzed through positive definite kernels and corresponding Hilbert spaces. Novel consistent…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Volker Hösel

Kernel methods have been widely applied to machine learning and other questions of approximating an unknown function from its finite sample data. To ensure arbitrary accuracy of such approximation, various denseness conditions are imposed…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-10-25 Benxun Wang , Haizhang Zhang

Positive definite kernels and their associated Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces provide a mathematically compelling and practically competitive framework for learning from data. In this paper we take the approximation theory point of view…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-08-06 Mikhail Belkin

We present a systematic study of the family of positive definite (p.d.) kernels with the use of their associated feature maps and feature spaces. For a fixed set $X$, generalizing Loewner, we make precise the corresponding partially ordered…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Palle E. T. Jorgensen , James Tian

Motivated by the growing interest in representation learning approaches that uncover the latent structure of high-dimensional data, this work proposes new algorithms for reconstruction-based manifold learning within Reproducing-Kernel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Enrique Feito-Casares , Francisco M. Melgarejo-Meseguer , José-Luis Rojo-Álvarez

A reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) has four well-known easily derived properties. Since these properties are usually not emphasized as a simple means of gaining insight into RKHS structure, they are singled out and proved in this…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-04-18 Alan Rufty

In this work, we consider the problem of learning nonlinear operators that correspond to discrete-time nonlinear dynamical systems with inputs. Given an initial state and a finite input trajectory, such operators yield a finite output…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Mircea Lazar

We develop sampling formulas for high-dimensional functions in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, where we rely on irregular samples that are taken at determining sequences of data points. We place particular emphasis on sampling formulas…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Armin Iske , Lennart Ohlsen

In this work, we analyze the learnability of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) under the $L^\infty$ norm, which is critical for understanding the performance of kernel methods and random feature models in safety- and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-06-06 Hongrui Chen , Jihao Long , Lei Wu

This paper introduces a novel approach to probabilistic deep learning, kernel density matrices, which provide a simpler yet effective mechanism for representing joint probability distributions of both continuous and discrete random…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Fabio A. González , Raúl Ramos-Pollán , Joseph A. Gallego-Mejia

Since its introduction, the Discrete Variable Representation (DVR) basis set has become an invaluable representation of state vectors and Hermitian operators in non-relativistic quantum dynamics and spectroscopy calculations. On the other…

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To help understand various reproducing kernels used in applied sciences, we investigate the inclusion relation of two reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. Characterizations in terms of feature maps of the corresponding reproducing kernels are…

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We investigate the interaction between the existence of reproducing kernels on infinite-dimensional Hermitian vector bundles and the positivity properties of the corresponding bundles. The positivity refers to the curvature form of certain…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-04 Daniel Beltita , José E. Galé

We define a family of kernels for mixed continuous/discrete hierarchical parameter spaces and show that they are positive definite.

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-10-23 Frank Hutter , Michael A. Osborne

The paper studies strictly positive definite kernels on compact Riemannian manifolds. We state new conditions to ensure strict positive definiteness for general kernels and kernels with certain convolutional structure. We also state…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-20 Jean Carlo Guella , Janin Jäger