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O$n$ Learning Deep O($n$)-Equivariant Hyperspheres

Pavlo Melnyk · Michael Felsberg · Mårten Wadenbäck · Andreas Robinson · Cuong Le

Hall C 4-9 #1504
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Wed 24 Jul 4:30 a.m. PDT — 6 a.m. PDT

Abstract: In this paper, we utilize hyperspheres and regular $n$-simplexes and propose an approach to learning deep features equivariant under the transformations of $n$D reflections and rotations, encompassed by the powerful group of O$(n)$. Namely, we propose O$(n)$-equivariant neurons with spherical decision surfaces that generalize to any dimension $n$, which we call Deep Equivariant Hyperspheres. We demonstrate how to combine them in a network that directly operates on the basis of the input points and propose an invariant operator based on the relation between two points and a sphere, which as we show, turns out to be a Gram matrix. Using synthetic and real-world data in $n$D, we experimentally verify our theoretical contributions and find that our approach is superior to the competing methods for O$(n)$-equivariant benchmark datasets (classification and regression), demonstrating a favorable speed/performance trade-off. The code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/pavlo-melnyk/equivariant-hyperspheres).

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