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Equivariant map
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29 Oct 2017TL;DR: RotEqNet as discussed by the authors is a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture encoding rotation equivariance, invariance and covariance, instead of treating as any other variation, leading to a reduction in the size of the required model.
Abstract: In many computer vision tasks, we expect a particular behavior of the output with respect to rotations of the input image. If this relationship is explicitly encoded, instead of treated as any other variation, the complexity of the problem is decreased, leading to a reduction in the size of the required model. In this paper, we propose the Rotation Equivariant Vector Field Networks (RotEqNet), a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architecture encoding rotation equivariance, invariance and covariance. Each convolutional filter is applied at multiple orientations and returns a vector field representing magnitude and angle of the highest scoring orientation at every spatial location. We develop a modified convolution operator relying on this representation to obtain deep architectures. We test RotEqNet on several problems requiring different responses with respect to the inputs’ rotation: image classification, biomedical image segmentation, orientation estimation and patch matching. In all cases, we show that RotEqNet offers extremely compact models in terms of number of parameters and provides results in line to those of networks orders of magnitude larger.
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01 Jan 2019TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a general theory of group equivariant convolutional neural networks (G-CNNs) on homogeneous spaces such as Euclidean space and the sphere.
Abstract: We present a general theory of Group equivariant Convolutional Neural Networks (G-CNNs) on homogeneous spaces such as Euclidean space and the sphere. Feature maps in these networks represent fields on a homogeneous base space, and layers are equivariant maps between spaces of fields. The theory enables a systematic classification of all existing G-CNNs in terms of their symmetry group, base space, and field type. We also answer a fundamental question: what is the most general kind of equivariant linear map between feature spaces (fields) of given types? We show that such maps correspond one-to-one with generalized convolutions with an equivariant kernel, and characterize the space of such kernels.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors study Edidin and Graham's equivariant Chow groups in the case of torus actions and obtain a presentation of the Chow ring of any smooth, projective spherical variety.
Abstract: We study Edidin and Graham's equivariant Chow groups in the case of torus actions. Our main results are: (i) a presentation of equivariant Chow groups in terms of invariant cycles, which shows how to recover usual Chow groups from equivariant ones; (ii) a precise form of the localization theorem for torus actions on projective, nonsingular varieties; (iii) a construction of equivariant multiplicities, as functionals on equivariant Chow groups; (iv) a construction of the action of operators of divided differences on theT-equivariant Chow group of any scheme with an action of a reductive group with maximal torusT. We apply these results to intersection theory on varieties with group actions, especially to Schubert calculus and its generalizations. In particular, we obtain a presentation of the Chow ring of any smooth, projective spherical variety.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the Baum-Connes assembly map is defined using simplicial approximation in the equivariant Kasparov category, which is ideal for studying functorial properties.
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