Subtracting a best rank-1 approximation may increase tensor rank

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Publication:5962281

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2010.06.027zbMATH Open1198.15018arXiv0906.0483OpenAlexW2569661359MaRDI QIDQ5962281FDOQ5962281

Alwin Stegeman, Pierre Comon

Publication date: 21 September 2010

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It has been shown that a best rank-R approximation of an order-k tensor may not exist when R>1 and k>2. This poses a serious problem to data analysts using tensor decompositions. It has been observed numerically that, generally, this issue cannot be solved by consecutively computing and subtracting best rank-1 approximations. The reason for this is that subtracting a best rank-1 approximation generally does not decrease tensor rank. In this paper, we provide a mathematical treatment of this property for real-valued 2x2x2 tensors, with symmetric tensors as a special case. Regardless of the symmetry, we show that for generic 2x2x2 tensors (which have rank 2 or 3), subtracting a best rank-1 approximation results in a tensor that has rank 3 and lies on the boundary between the rank-2 and rank-3 sets. Hence, for a typical tensor of rank 2, subtracting a best rank-1 approximation increases the tensor rank.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0483




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