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New method recovers weighted tangent geometry from score fields

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Researchers have developed a method to recover the weighted tangent geometry of data manifolds from a single-scale score field. This approach models the local geometry as a measure over tangent directions, with normalized masses indicating the share of each branch. The method uses a score field at one noise level to determine this geometry, even when the branch center and homogeneity degree are unknown. By solving a linear system derived from the Ornstein--Uhlenbeck eigenfunction equation, the system can identify the center and homogeneity degree without requiring score derivatives. This technique allows for the recovery of the normalized angular measure in any ambient dimension and can reconstruct the count, directions, and weights of branches for up to K positive rays. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more sophisticated methods for understanding and modeling complex data manifolds in machine learning.

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New method recovers weighted tangent geometry from score fields

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Ziqi Zhao, Qingjian Ni ·

    Recovering Weighted Tangent Geometry from a Single-Scale Score Field

    arXiv:2608.22334v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Near a smooth data manifold, one tangent space summarizes local geometry. At a branch point, the corresponding first-order object is instead a measure over tangent directions, whose normalized masses record the local share of each b…

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