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Equivariance of neural networks to transformations helps to improve their performance and reduce generalization error in computer vision tasks, as they apply to datasets presenting symmetries (e.g. scalings, rotations, translations). The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Mateus Sangalli , Samy Blusseau , Santiago Velasco-Forero , Jesus Angulo

Spherical signals exist in many applications, e.g., planetary data, LiDAR scans and digitalization of 3D objects, calling for models that can process spherical data effectively. It does not perform well when simply projecting spherical data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-17 Zhengyang Shen , Tiancheng Shen , Zhouchen Lin , Jinwen Ma

We study how group symmetry helps improve data efficiency and generalization for end-to-end differentiable planning algorithms when symmetry appears in decision-making tasks. Motivated by equivariant convolution networks, we treat the path…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Linfeng Zhao , Xupeng Zhu , Lingzhi Kong , Robin Walters , Lawson L. S. Wong

We analyze the role of rotational equivariance in convolutional neural networks (CNNs) applied to spherical images. We compare the performance of the group equivariant networks known as S2CNNs and standard non-equivariant CNNs trained with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Jan E. Gerken , Oscar Carlsson , Hampus Linander , Fredrik Ohlsson , Christoffer Petersson , Daniel Persson

In recent years, deep learning techniques have shown great success in various tasks related to inverse problems, where a target quantity of interest can only be observed through indirect measurements by a forward operator. Common approaches…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Matthias Beckmann , Nick Heilenkötter

Steerable models can provide very general and flexible equivariance by formulating equivariance requirements in the language of representation theory and feature fields, which has been recognized to be effective for many vision tasks.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Zhengyang Shen , Tao Hong , Qi She , Jinwen Ma , Zhouchen Lin

INTRODUCTION This papers deals with partial differential equations of second order, linear, with constant and not constant coefficients, in two variables, which admit real characteristics. I face the study of PDEs with the mentality of the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-11-06 Andrea Pezzi

Equivariant neural networks are a class of neural networks designed to preserve symmetries inherent in the data. In this paper, we introduce a general method for modifying a neural network to enforce equivariance, a process we refer to as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Erkao Bao , Jingcheng Lu , Linqi Song , Nathan Hart-Hodgson , William Parson , Yanheng Zhou

Symmetry-aware architectures are central to geometric deep learning. We present a systematic approach for constructing continuous rotationally invariant and equivariant functions using symmetric tensor networks. The proposed framework…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Meng Zhang , Chao Wang , Hao Zhang , Shaojun Dong , Lixin He

Establishing correspondences between 3D shapes is a fundamental task in 3D Computer Vision, typically addressed by matching local descriptors. Recently, a few attempts at applying the deep learning paradigm to the task have shown promising…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Riccardo Spezialetti , Samuele Salti , Luigi Di Stefano

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

In this paper, we study invariants of linear differential operators with respect to algebraic Lie pseudogroups. Then we use these invariants and the principle of n-invariants to get normal forms (or models) of the differential operators and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Valentin Lychagin , Valeriy Yumaguzhin

Euclidean deep learning is often inadequate for addressing real-world signals where the representation space is irregular and curved with complex topologies. Interpreting the geometric properties of such feature spaces has become paramount…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Ramzan Basheer , Deepak Mishra

In many machine learning tasks it is desirable that a model's prediction transforms in an equivariant way under transformations of its input. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) implement translational equivariance by construction; for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-03-20 Maurice Weiler , Fred A. Hamprecht , Martin Storath

Performance of neural networks can be significantly improved by encoding known invariance for particular tasks. Many image classification tasks, such as those related to cellular imaging, exhibit invariance to rotation. We present a novel…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-06-01 Benjamin Chidester , Minh N. Do , Jian Ma

Invariant and equivariant networks are useful in learning data with symmetry, including images, sets, point clouds, and graphs. In this paper, we consider invariant and equivariant networks for symmetries of finite groups. Invariant and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-18 Akiyoshi Sannai , Makoto Kawano , Wataru Kumagai

Invariance under symmetry is an important problem in machine learning. Our paper looks specifically at equivariant neural networks where transformations of inputs yield homomorphic transformations of outputs. Here, steerable CNNs have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Daniel Franzen , Michael Wand

Equivariant neural networks are neural networks with symmetry. Motivated by the theory of group representations, we decompose the layers of an equivariant neural network into simple representations. The nonlinear activation functions lead…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Joel Gibson , Daniel Tubbenhauer , Geordie Williamson

The goal and the main result of the paper is to provide a complete description of the field of rational differential invariants of one class of second order ordinary differential equations with scalar control parameter with respect to Lie…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-26 D. S. Gritsenko , O. M. Kiriukhin

Generalizing the algebra of motion-invariant differential operators on a symmetric space we study invariant operators on equivariant vector bundles. We show that the eigenequation is equivalent to the corresponding eigenequation with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Anton Deitmar