2020

On implicit regularization: Morse functions and applications to matrix factorization

Belabbas, Mohamed Ali

Understand

In this paper, we revisit implicit regularization from the ground up using notions from dynamical systems and invariant subspaces of Morse functions.

  • The key contributions are a new criterion for implicit regularization---a leading contender to explain the generalization power of deep models such as neural networks---and a general blueprint to study it.
  • We apply these techniques to settle a conjecture on implicit regularization in matrix factorization.

Built on

  • Ensembles semi-analytiques

    S. Lojasiewicz · 1965

    Earlier work this paper cites.

  • Dynamical systems that sort lists, diagonalize matrices, and solve linear programming problems

    Roger W Brockett · 1991

    Earlier work this paper cites.

  • The implicit bias of gradient descent on separable data

    Original

    Daniel Soudry, Elad Hoffer, Mor Shpigel Nacson, Suriya Gunasekar, and Nathan Srebro · 2001

    Earlier work this paper cites.

  • Optimization and dynamical systems

    Uwe Helmke and John B Moore · 2012

    Earlier work this paper cites.

Similar

  • Lectures on Morse homology

    Augustin Banyaga and David Hurtubise · 2013

    Cited alongside, same era.

  • In search of the real inductive bias: On the role of implicit regularization in deep learning

    Behnam Neyshabur, Ryota Tomioka, and Nathan Srebro · 2014

    Cited alongside, same era.

  • Morse theory.(AM-51)

    John Milnor · 2016

    Cited alongside, same era.

Then

Beyond the bibliography

alphaXiv searches the wider corpus for related work and actual follow-ups.

Open on alphaXiv

alphaXiv is searching for related work…