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This paper introduces the sequence covering similarity, that we formally define for evaluating the similarity between a symbolic sequence (string) and a set of symbolic sequences (strings). From this covering similarity we derive a…

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Here the definitions of nearest neighbor, robustness, concordance, and correlation, all of which feature in (Temple 2023) (henceforth abbreviated (T23)), are adjusted to make them completely mathematical while preserving their significance.…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Bryan Cain

We present randomized algorithms for estimating the trace and deter- minant of Hermitian positive semi-definite matrices. The algorithms are based on subspace iteration, and access the matrix only through matrix vector products. We analyse…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-17 Arvind K. Saibaba , Alen Alexanderian , Ilse C. F. Ipsen

We investigate the problem of finding inner ap-proximations of positive semidefinite (PSD) cones. We developa novel decomposition framework of the PSD cone by meansof conical combinations of smaller dimensional sub-cones. Weshow that many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Tianqi Zheng , James Guthrie , Enrique Mallada

This work considers the asymptotic behavior of the distance between two sample covariance matrices (SCM). A general result is provided for a class of functionals that can be expressed as sums of traces of functions that are separately…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Roberto Pereira , Xavier Mestre , David Gregoratti

Studies on various facets of pattern classification is often imperative while working with multi-dimensional samples pertaining to diverse application scenarios. In this notion, weighted dimension-based distance measure has been one of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Ayatullah Faruk Mollah

Distances are pervasive in machine learning. They serve as similarity measures, loss functions, and learning targets; it is said that a good distance measure solves a task. When defining distances, the triangle inequality has proven to be a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Silviu Pitis , Harris Chan , Kiarash Jamali , Jimmy Ba

This paper is devoted to some rotationally symmetric classes of graphs denoted in literature as convex polytope graphs. Exact value of equidistant dimension is found for $T_n$. Next, for even $n$ exact values are found for $R''_n$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-23 Aleksandar Savić , Zoran Maksimović , Milena Bogdanović , Jozef Kratica

We describe all inequalities among generalized diagonals in positive semi-definite matrices. These turn out to be governed by a simple partial order on the symmetric group. This provides an analogue of results of Drake, Gerrish, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-18 Robert Angarone , Daniel Soskin

The metric $d(A,B)=\left[ \tr\, A+\tr\, B-2\tr(A^{1/2}BA^{1/2})^{1/2}\right]^{1/2}$ on the manifold of $n\times n$ positive definite matrices arises in various optimisation problems, in quantum information and in the theory of optimal…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-06 Rajendra Bhatia , Tanvi Jain , Yongdo Lim

We investigate structural properties of the completely positive semidefinite cone $\mathcal{CS}_+^n$, consisting of all the $n \times n$ symmetric matrices that admit a Gram representation by positive semidefinite matrices of any size. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-11 Sabine Burgdorf , Monique Laurent , Teresa Piovesan

In this paper, we present a novel interpretation of the so-called Weisfeiler-Lehman (WL) distance, introduced by Chen et al. (2022), using concepts from stochastic processes. The WL distance aims at comparing graphs with node features, has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Samantha Chen , Sunhyuk Lim , Facundo Mémoli , Zhengchao Wan , Yusu Wang

We propose a new method for simplifying semidefinite programs (SDP) inspired by symmetry reduction. Specifically, we show if an orthogonal projection map satisfies certain invariance conditions, restricting to its range yields an equivalent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Frank Permenter , Pablo A. Parrilo

While the existing stochastic control theory is well equipped to handle dynamical systems with stochastic uncertainties, a paradigm shift using distance measure based decision making is required for the effective further exploration of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Venkatraman Renganathan , Sei Zhen Khong

Let $M$ be a random matrix in the orthogonal group $\O_n$, distributed according to Haar measure, and let $A$ be a fixed $n\times n$ matrix over $\R$ such that $\tr(AA^t)=n$. Then the total variation distance of the random variable…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-05-18 Elizabeth Meckes

Let $A$ be a square complex matrix and $z$ a complex number. The distance, with respect to the spectral norm, from $A$ to the set of matrices which have $z$ as an eigenvalue is less than or equal to the distance from $z$ to the spectrum of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Gorka Armentia , Juan-Miguel Gracia , Francisco-Enrique Velasco

The problem of finding the distance from a given $n \times n$ matrix polynomial of degree $k$ to the set of matrix polynomials having the elementary divisor $(\lambda-\lambda_0)^j, \, j \geqslant r,$ for a fixed scalar $\lambda_0$ and $2…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Biswajit Das , Shreemayee Bora

The sliced Wasserstein distance $SW_2(\mu,\nu)$ compares high-dimensional probability measures by averaging one-dimensional optimal transport distances over linear projections. Although sliced Wasserstein distances are now standard…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Bang-Xian Han

Comparing spherical probability distributions is of great interest in various fields, including geology, medical domains, computer vision, and deep representation learning. The utility of optimal transport-based distances, such as the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Huy Tran , Yikun Bai , Abihith Kothapalli , Ashkan Shahbazi , Xinran Liu , Rocio Diaz Martin , Soheil Kolouri

The diamond and completely bounded norms for linear maps play an increasingly important role in quantum information science, providing fundamental stabilized distance measures for differences of quantum operations. Based on the theory of…

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