The Gaussian kernel on the circle and spaces that admit isometric embeddings of the circle

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10623v1
• Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:17:14 GMT
• Title: The Gaussian kernel on the circle and spaces that admit isometric embeddings of the circle
• Authors: Natha\"el Da Costa, Cyrus Mostajeran, Juan-Pablo Ortega
• Abstract summary: On Euclidean spaces, the Gaussian kernel is one of the most widely used kernels in applications. It has also been used on non-Euclidean spaces, where it is known that there may be (and often are) scale parameters for which it is not positive definite.
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• Abstract: On Euclidean spaces, the Gaussian kernel is one of the most widely used kernels in applications. It has also been used on non-Euclidean spaces, where it is known that there may be (and often are) scale parameters for which it is not positive definite. Hope remains that this kernel is positive definite for many choices of parameter. However, we show that the Gaussian kernel is not positive definite on the circle for any choice of parameter. This implies that on metric spaces in which the circle can be isometrically embedded, such as spheres, projective spaces and Grassmannians, the Gaussian kernel is not positive definite for any parameter.

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