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Understanding the mechanisms underlying deep neural networks remains a fundamental challenge in machine learning and computer vision. One promising, yet only preliminarily explored approach, is feature inversion, which attempts to…

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Why does Deep Learning work? What representations does it capture? How do higher-order representations emerge? We study these questions from the perspective of group theory, thereby opening a new approach towards a theory of Deep learning.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-04-22 Arnab Paul , Suresh Venkatasubramanian

The endomorphism algebras of the permutation modules for transitive permutation groups, known as Hecke algebras, are fundamental objects in representation theory. While group algebras are known to be symmetric over any field, it is natural…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Jiawei He , Xiaogang Li

We study the approximation of functions which are invariant with respect to certain permutations of the input indices using flow maps of dynamical systems. Such invariant functions includes the much studied translation-invariant ones…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-19 Qianxiao Li , Ting Lin , Zuowei Shen

In this paper we describe a probabilistic method for estimating the position of an object along with its covariance matrix using neural networks. Our method is designed to be robust to outliers, have bounded gradients with respect to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-22 David Mohlin , Gerald Bianchi , Josephine Sullivan

In this paper we introduce the notion of $n$-permutation numerical semigroup. While there are just three $2$-permutation numerical semigroups, there are infinitely many $n$-permutation numerical semigroups if $n > 2$. We construct $16$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-27 Simone Ugolini

The solution of problems in physics is often facilitated by a change of variables. In this work we present neural transformations to learn symmetries of Hamiltonian mechanical systems. Maintaining the Hamiltonian structure requires novel…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-06-12 Roberto Bondesan , Austen Lamacraft

We present a new wrapper feature selection algorithm for human detection. This algorithm is a hybrid feature selection approach combining the benefits of filter and wrapper methods. It allows the selection of an optimal feature vector that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Jeonghwan Park , Kang Li , Huiyu Zhou

We give the first provably efficient algorithms for learning neural networks with distribution shift. We work in the Testable Learning with Distribution Shift framework (TDS learning) of Klivans et al. (2024), where the learner receives…

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While a real-world research program in mathematics may be guided by a motivating question, the process of mathematical discovery is typically open-ended. Ideally, exploration needed to answer the original question will reveal new…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Henry Kvinge , Andrew Aguilar , Nayda Farnsworth , Grace O'Brien , Robert Jasper , Sarah Scullen , Helen Jenne

In this paper we study the parameterized complexity of two well-known permutation group problems which are NP-complete. 1. Given a permutation group G=<S>, subgroup of $S_n$, and a parameter $k$, find a permutation $\pi$ in G such that…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-01-18 Vikraman Arvind

Existing equivariant neural networks require prior knowledge of the symmetry group and discretization for continuous groups. We propose to work with Lie algebras (infinitesimal generators) instead of Lie groups. Our model, the Lie algebra…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Nima Dehmamy , Robin Walters , Yanchen Liu , Dashun Wang , Rose Yu

Unsupervised semantic segmentation aims to discover groupings within and across images that capture object and view-invariance of a category without external supervision. Grouping naturally has levels of granularity, creating ambiguity in…

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In this study, we introduce a method for learning group (known or unknown) equivariant functions by learning the associated quadratic form $x^T A x$ corresponding to the group from the data. Certain groups, known as orthogonal groups,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Pavan Karjol , Vivek V Kashyap , Rohan Kashyap , Prathosh A P

Various descending chains of subgroups of a finite permutation group can be used to define a sequence of `basic' permutation groups that are analogues of composition factors for abstract finite groups. Primitive groups have been the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Cheryl E. Praeger

In this paper we establish some subnormal embeddings of groups into groups with additional properties; in particular embeddings of countable groups into 2-generated groups with some extra properties. The results obtained are generalizations…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vahagn H. Mikaelian

Steerable convolutional neural networks (SCNNs) enhance task performance by modelling geometric symmetries through equivariance constraints on weights. Yet, unknown or varying symmetries can lead to overconstrained weights and decreased…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Lars Veefkind , Gabriele Cesa

The distributed subgraph detection asks, for a fixed graph $H$, whether the $n$-node input graph contains $H$ as a subgraph or not. In the standard CONGEST model of distributed computing, the complexity of clique/cycle detection and listing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-10-05 François Le Gall , Masayuki Miyamoto

Permutation invariant polynomial functions of matrices have previously been studied as the observables in matrix models invariant under $S_N$, the symmetric group of all permutations of $N$ objects. In this paper, the permutation invariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-24 George Barnes , Adrian Padellaro , Sanjaye Ramgoolam

We construct and evaluate group-equivariant neural networks for the prediction of the two-dimensional $Q$-tensor order parameter of nematic liquid crystals from synthetically generated microscopic textures. Seven architectures, equivariant…

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