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We introduce the $\star_G$ tensor algebra, in which any finite group $G$ defines the multiplication rule, making equivariance an intrinsic algebraic property rather than an architectural constraint. The framework rests on three…

When the system is linear, why should learning be nonlinear? Linear dynamical systems, the analytical backbone of control theory, signal processing and circuit analysis, have exact closed-form solutions via the state transition matrix. Yet…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Shafayeth Jamil , Rehan Kapadia

This paper introduces a new Convolutional Neural Network (ConvNet) architecture inspired by a class of partial differential equations (PDEs) called quasi-linear hyperbolic systems. With comparable performance on the image classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Yao Liu , Hang Shao , Bing Bai

Incorporating symmetry as an inductive bias into neural network architecture has led to improvements in generalization, data efficiency, and physical consistency in dynamics modeling. Methods such as CNNs or equivariant neural networks use…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Rui Wang , Robin Walters , Rose Yu

Recent improvements in generative adversarial visual synthesis incorporate real and fake image transformation in a self-supervised setting, leading to increased stability and perceptual fidelity. However, these approaches typically involve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Neel Dey , Antong Chen , Soheil Ghafurian

We introduce ChebLieNet, a group-equivariant method on (anisotropic) manifolds. Surfing on the success of graph- and group-based neural networks, we take advantage of the recent developments in the geometric deep learning field to derive a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Hugo Aguettaz , Erik J. Bekkers , Michaël Defferrard

Group invariant and equivariant Multilayer Perceptrons (MLP), also known as Equivariant Networks, have achieved remarkable success in learning on a variety of data structures, such as sequences, images, sets, and graphs. Using tools from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Siamak Ravanbakhsh

Most equivariant neural networks rely on a single global symmetry, limiting their use in domains where symmetries are instead local. We introduce Torsor CNNs, a framework for learning on graphs with local symmetries encoded as edge…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Daiyuan Li , Shreya Arya , Robert Ghrist

We present a geometric neural network-based tracking controller for systems evolving on matrix Lie groups under unknown dynamics, actuator faults, and bounded disturbances. Leveraging the left-invariance of the tangent bundle of matrix Lie…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Robin Chhabra , Farzaneh Abdollahi

Recently, the equivariance of models with respect to a group action has become an important topic of research in machine learning. Analysis of the built-in equivariance of existing neural network architectures, as well as the study of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Daniel McNeela

Steerable convolutional neural networks (CNNs) provide a general framework for building neural networks equivariant to translations and transformations of an origin-preserving group $G$, such as reflections and rotations. They rely on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Maksim Zhdanov , Nico Hoffmann , Gabriele Cesa

The concept of Automorphic Lie Algebras arises in the context of reduction groups introduced in the early 1980s in the field of integrable systems. Automorphic Lie Algebras are obtained by imposing a discrete group symmetry on a current…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-23 Vincent Knibbeler , Sara Lombardo , Jan A Sanders

Recent advances in deep learning and Transformers have driven major breakthroughs in robotics by employing techniques such as imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and LLM-based multimodal perception and decision-making. However,…

Exploiting symmetries and invariance in data is a powerful, yet not fully exploited, way to achieve better generalisation with more efficiency. In this paper, we introduce two graph network architectures that are equivariant to several…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Francesco Farina , Emma Slade

The paper presents the complete classification of Automorphic Lie Algebras based on $\mathfrak{sl}_n (\mathbb{C})$, where the symmetry group $G$ is finite and the orbit is any of the exceptional $G$-orbits in $\overline{\mathbb{C}}$. A key…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Vincent Knibbeler , Sara Lombardo , Jan A. Sanders

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are emerging as powerful tools for nonlinear Model Order Reduction (MOR) of time-dependent parameterized Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). However, existing methodologies struggle to combine geometric…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Lorenzo Tomada , Federico Pichi , Gianluigi Rozza

It is shown that the problem of reduction can be formulated in a uniform way using the theory of invariants. This provides a powerful tool of analysis and it opens the road to new applications of these algebras, beyond the context of…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-05-14 Sara Lombardo , Jan A. Sanders

Invariants and conservation laws convey critical information about the underlying dynamics of a system, yet it is generally infeasible to find them from large-scale data without any prior knowledge or human insight. We propose ConservNet to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Seungwoong Ha , Hawoong Jeong

Many successful deep learning architectures are equivariant to certain transformations in order to conserve parameters and improve generalization: most famously, convolution layers are equivariant to shifts of the input. This approach only…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-31 Allan Zhou , Tom Knowles , Chelsea Finn

The big empirical success of group equivariant networks has led in recent years to the sprouting of a great variety of equivariant network architectures. A particular focus has thereby been on rotation and reflection equivariant CNNs for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Maurice Weiler , Gabriele Cesa