Geometric Characteristics of Wasserstein Metric on SPD(n)

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Authors Yihao Luo, Shi-qiang Zhang, Yueqi Cao, Huafei Sun

Publication date 13 December 2020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Applications of differential geometry to data and computer science (53Z50)

Abstract: Wasserstein distance, especially among symmetric positive-definite matrices, has broad and deep influences on development of artificial intelligence (AI) and other branches of computer science. A natural idea is to describe the geometry of $SPDleft(night)$ as a Riemannian manifold endowed with the Wasserstein metric. In this paper, by involving the fiber bundle, we obtain explicit expressions for some locally geometric quantities, including geodesics, exponential maps, the Riemannian connection, Jacobi fields and curvatures. Furthermore, we discuss the behaviour of geodesics and prove that the manifold is globally geodesic convex with non-negative curvatures but no conjugate pair and cut locus. According to arithmetic estimates, we find curvatures can be controlled by the minimal eigenvalue.

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