Semi-Riemannian Manifold Optimization

12/18/2018
by   Tingran Gao, et al.
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We introduce in this paper a manifold optimization framework that utilizes semi-Riemannian structures on the underlying smooth manifolds. Unlike in Riemannian geometry, where each tangent space is equipped with a positive definite inner product, a semi-Riemannian manifold allows the metric tensor to be indefinite on each tangent space, i.e., possessing both positive and negative definite subspaces; differential geometric objects such as geodesics and parallel-transport can be defined on non-degenerate semi-Riemannian manifolds as well, and can be carefully leveraged to adapt Riemannian optimization algorithms to the semi-Riemannian setting. In particular, we discuss the metric independence of manifold optimization algorithms, and illustrate that the weaker but more general semi-Riemannian geometry often suffices for the purpose of optimizing smooth functions on smooth manifolds in practice.

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