On the Implicit Bias of Linear Equivariant Steerable Networks

Authors: Ziyu Chen, Wei Zhu

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Research Type Theoretical We study the implicit bias of gradient flow on linear equivariant steerable networks in group-invariant binary classification. Our findings reveal that the parameterized predictor converges in direction to the unique group-invariant classifier with a maximum margin defined by the input group action. Under a unitary assumption on the input representation, we establish the equivalence between steerable networks and data augmentation. Furthermore, we demonstrate the improved margin and generalization bound of steerable networks over their non-invariant counterparts.
Researcher Affiliation Academia Ziyu Chen Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 ziyuchen@umass.edu Wei Zhu Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 weizhu@umass.edu
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