Approximation to uniform distribution in SO(3)

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Abstract: Using the theory of determinantal point processes we give upper bounds for the Green and Riesz energies for the rotation group SO(3), with Riesz parameter up to 3. The Green function is computed explicitly, and a lower bound for the Green energy is established, enabling comparison of uniform point constructions on SO(3). The variance of rotation matrices sampled by the determinantal point process is estimated, and formulas for the L2 -norm of Gegenbauer polynomials with index 2 are deduced, which might be of independent interest. Also a simple but effective algorithm to sample points in SO(3) is given.


The paper studies some properties of a finite collection of randomly generated points from the rotation group \(\mathrm{SO}(3)\) of three-dimensional Euclidean space. The group \(\mathrm{SO}(3)\) is the compact Lie group of \(3\times3\) orthogonal matrices over \(\mathbb R\) that represent rotations in \({\mathbb R}^3\) (the determinant equal to one). It is a 3 dimensional manifold and since it is naturally included in \({\mathbb R}^9\); it is customary to let it inherit its Rimannian submanifold structure. A determinantal point process (dpp) is considered, with the help of which the authors obtain interesting properties of the Green and Riesz energies for \(\mathrm{SO}(3)\) group. The theory of dpp processes has been summarized in [\textit{J. B. Hough} et al., Zeros of Gaussian analytic functions and determinantal point processes. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS) (2009; Zbl 1190.60038)]. Note that a dpp process is a counting measure. Most work in this direction has been done on spheres of various dimensions, see the monography [\textit{S. V. Borodachov} et al., Discrete energy on rectifiable sets. New York, NY: Springer (2019; Zbl 1437.41002)]. In order to extend part of the work done on spheres to the context of rotation matrices, the authors obtain bounds on various energies for points generated through a certain dpp. The variance of rotation matrices sampled by a certain dpp is estimated.











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