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Tensors are ubiquitous in statistics and data analysis. The central object that links data science to tensor theory and algebra is that of a model with latent variables. We provide an overview of tensor theory, with a particular emphasis on…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Marta Casanellas , Luis Sierra , Piotr Zwiernik

Algebraic basics on Temperley-Lieb algebras are proved in an elementary and straightforward way with the help of tensor categories behind them.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shigeru Yamagami

A tensor is a multi-way array that can represent, in addition to a data set, the expression of a joint law or a multivariate function. As such it contains the description of the interactions between the variables corresponding to each of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-20 Alain Franc

In the evolving domains of Machine Learning and Data Analytics, existing dataset characterization methods such as statistical, structural, and model-based analyses often fail to deliver the deep understanding and insights essential for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Matthew D. Merris , Tim Andersen

Conceptors provide an elementary neuro-computational mechanism which sheds a fresh and unifying light on a diversity of cognitive phenomena. A number of demanding learning and processing tasks can be solved with unprecedented ease,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-06-11 Herbert Jaeger

We present a fit-for-purpose introduction to tensors and their operations. It is envisaged to help the reader become acquainted with its underpinning concepts for the study of path signatures. The text includes exercises, solutions and many…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Jack Beda , Goncalo dos Reis , Nikolas Tapia

These are the lecture notes for a short course on tensor categories. The coverage in these notes is relatively non-technical, focussing on the essential ideas. They are meant to be accessible for beginners, but it is hoped that also some of…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2016-12-07 Michael Mueger

This small overview of the General Theory is the kind of summary I would have liked to have read, before embarking in a comprehensive study of the General Theory at the time I was a student. As shown here, the main ideas are quite simple…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2017-08-28 Raul Rojas

In a series of recent papers, we have introduced an object that was constructed on the connection but which was proven to be a tensor: this object, thus called tensorial connection, has been defined and some of its properties have been…

General Physics · Physics 2020-05-15 Luca Fabbri

The present text is a collection of notes about differential geometry prepared to some extent as part of tutorials about topics and applications related to tensor calculus. They can be regarded as continuation to the previous notes on…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Taha Sochi

In this paper we take a look at Automatic Differentiation through the eyes of Tensor and Operational Calculus. This work is best consumed as supplementary material for learning tensor and operational calculus by those already familiar with…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2018-09-03 Žiga Sajovic

ITensor is a system for programming tensor network calculations with an interface modeled on tensor diagram notation, which allows users to focus on the connectivity of a tensor network without manually bookkeeping tensor indices. The…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Matthew Fishman , Steven R. White , E. Miles Stoudenmire

To be usable in practice, interactive theorem provers need to provide convenient and efficient means of writing expressions, definitions, and proofs. This involves inferring information that is often left implicit in an ordinary…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-12-18 Leonardo de Moura , Jeremy Avigad , Soonho Kong , Cody Roux

The aim of this text is to provide a linguistically accessible, but comprehensive introduction into a variety of topics in dynamical systems and its applications. Whilst preliminary knowledge of dynamical systems is useful, it is not…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Eugene Tan , David Walker , Michael Small , Braden Thorne

We provide an up-to-date review of the recent constructive program for field theories of the vector, matrix and tensor type, focusing not on the models themselves but on the mathematical tools used.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 Vincent Rivasseau

In past few decades, tensor algebra also known as multi-linear algebra has been developed and customized as a tool to be used for various engineering applications. In particular, with the help of a special form of tensor contracted product,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-01 Divyanshu Pandey , Adithya Venugopal , Harry Leib

Tensors are multidimensional arrays of numerical values and therefore generalize matrices to multiple dimensions. While tensors first emerged in the psychometrics community in the $20^{\text{th}}$ century, they have since then spread to…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-11-30 Stephan Rabanser , Oleksandr Shchur , Stephan Günnemann

Music is an art, perceived in unique ways by every listener, coming from acoustic signals. In the meantime, standards as musical scores exist to describe it. Even if humans can make this transcription, it is costly in terms of time and…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-07-26 Axel Marmoret , Nancy Bertin , Jeremy Cohen

This paper provides a preparatory introduction to torsors, written with a view toward later applications in the author's work. Rather than aiming at a comprehensive survey, the exposition focuses on those aspects of torsors that are most…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Takao Inoué

Tensor methods have emerged as a powerful paradigm for consistent learning of many latent variable models such as topic models, independent component analysis and dictionary learning. Model parameters are estimated via CP decomposition of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-06-22 Furong Huang , Animashree Anandkumar