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The covering number for some Mercer kernel Hilbert spaces
AbstractIn the present paper, we investigate the estimates for the covering number of a ball in a Mercer kernel Hilbert space on [0,1]. Let Pl(x) be the Legendre orthogonal polynomial of order l, al>0 be real numbers satisfying ∑l=0+∞lal<+∞. Then, for the Mercer kernel functionK(x,t)=∑l=0+∞alPl(x)Pl(t),x,t∈[0,1],we provide the upper estimates of the covering number for the Mercer kernel Hilbert space reproducing from K(x,t). For some particular al we give the lower estimates. Meanwhile, a kind of l2-norm estimate for the inverse Mercer matrix associated with the Mercer kernel K(x,t) is given
Extensions of Positive Definite Functions: Applications and Their Harmonic Analysis
We study two classes of extension problems, and their interconnections: (i)
Extension of positive definite (p.d.) continuous functions defined on subsets
in locally compact groups ; (ii) In case of Lie groups, representations of
the associated Lie algebras by unbounded skew-Hermitian
operators acting in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS)
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Why extensions? In science, experimentalists frequently gather spectral data
in cases when the observed data is limited, for example limited by the
precision of instruments; or on account of a variety of other limiting external
factors. Given this fact of life, it is both an art and a science to still
produce solid conclusions from restricted or limited data. In a general sense,
our monograph deals with the mathematics of extending some such given partial
data-sets obtained from experiments. More specifically, we are concerned with
the problems of extending available partial information, obtained, for example,
from sampling. In our case, the limited information is a restriction, and the
extension in turn is the full positive definite function (in a dual variable);
so an extension if available will be an everywhere defined generating function
for the exact probability distribution which reflects the data; if it were
fully available. Such extensions of local information (in the form of positive
definite functions) will in turn furnish us with spectral information. In this
form, the problem becomes an operator extension problem, referring to operators
in a suitable reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS). In our presentation we
have stressed hands-on-examples. Extensions are almost never unique, and so we
deal with both the question of existence, and if there are extensions, how they
relate back to the initial completion problem.Comment: 235 pages, 42 figures, 7 tables. arXiv admin note: substantial text
overlap with arXiv:1401.478
Learning Sets with Separating Kernels
We consider the problem of learning a set from random samples. We show how
relevant geometric and topological properties of a set can be studied
analytically using concepts from the theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert
spaces. A new kind of reproducing kernel, that we call separating kernel, plays
a crucial role in our study and is analyzed in detail. We prove a new analytic
characterization of the support of a distribution, that naturally leads to a
family of provably consistent regularized learning algorithms and we discuss
the stability of these methods with respect to random sampling. Numerical
experiments show that the approach is competitive, and often better, than other
state of the art techniques.Comment: final versio
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