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New coordinate system simplifies SPD matrix computations and generative modeling

Researchers have developed a novel coordinate system called the Reverse Telescoping Coordinate System for representing symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrices. This system allows for computations involving matrices and their inverses to be performed more efficiently in a transformed domain, reducing the cost from O(p^3) to O(p^2). The new method also facilitates generative modeling by enabling split volume-shape flow models and has been applied to tasks such as generating brain connectivity networks from fMRI data. AI

IMPACT This new coordinate system could streamline generative modeling for complex data structures like brain connectivity networks.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Anindya Bhadra ·

    The Reverse Telescoping Coordinate System for Positive Definite Matrices: Geometry, Computation, and Generative Modeling

    arXiv:2606.15442v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We design a new unconstrained coordinate system where a $p\times p$ symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrix $\Theta$ is represented by a reverse telescoping map $\Theta(x)=\rm{RT}(x)$, with $x=(v,d,r)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Anindya Bhadra ·

    The Reverse Telescoping Coordinate System for Positive Definite Matrices: Geometry, Computation, and Generative Modeling

    We design a new unconstrained coordinate system where a $p\times p$ symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrix $Θ$ is represented by a reverse telescoping map $Θ(x)=\rm{RT}(x)$, with $x=(v,d,r)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^{(p-1)}\times\mathbb{R}^{p(p-1)/2}$, representing respectiv…