Overview frequency principle/spectral bias in deep learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07395v1
• Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:08:33 GMT
• Title: Overview frequency principle/spectral bias in deep learning
• Authors: Zhi-Qin John Xu, Yaoyu Zhang, Tao Luo
• Abstract summary: We show a Frequency Principle (F-Principle) of the training behavior of deep neural networks (DNNs) The F-Principle is first demonstrated by one-dimensional synthetic data followed by the verification in high-dimensional real datasets. This low-frequency implicit bias reveals the strength of neural network in learning low-frequency functions as well as its deficiency in learning high-frequency functions.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Understanding deep learning is increasingly emergent as it penetrates more and more into industry and science. In recent years, a research line from Fourier analysis sheds lights into this magical "black box" by showing a Frequency Principle (F-Principle or spectral bias) of the training behavior of deep neural networks (DNNs) -- DNNs often fit functions from low to high frequency during the training. The F-Principle is first demonstrated by one-dimensional synthetic data followed by the verification in high-dimensional real datasets. A series of works subsequently enhance the validity of the F-Principle. This low-frequency implicit bias reveals the strength of neural network in learning low-frequency functions as well as its deficiency in learning high-frequency functions. Such understanding inspires the design of DNN-based algorithms in practical problems, explains experimental phenomena emerging in various scenarios, and further advances the study of deep learning from the frequency perspective. Although incomplete, we provide an overview of F-Principle and propose some open problems for future research.

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