Hilbert Operator for Progressive Encoding (HOPE): A Mathematical Framework for Deconstructing Learned Representations in Deep Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.21366v1
• Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:31:16 GMT
• Title: Hilbert Operator for Progressive Encoding (HOPE): A Mathematical Framework for Deconstructing Learned Representations in Deep Networks
• Abstract summary: Deep neural networks encode complex representations, but deconstructing this internal knowledge remains a challenge.<n>Given the link between learning and compression, network compression offers a promising lens to analyze this knowledge.<n>We introduce Hilbert Operator for Progressive.<n>HOPE, a mathematical framework to gradually deconstruct the representations in trained network weights.
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• Abstract: Deep neural networks encode complex representations, but deconstructing this internal knowledge remains a challenge. Given the link between learning and compression, network compression offers a promising lens to analyze this knowledge. However, standard compression heuristics often suffer from scale symmetries and architectural biases. To resolve these, we introduce Hilbert Operator for Progressive Encoding (HOPE), a mathematical framework to gradually deconstruct the representations in trained network weights. HOPE shifts network compression from the discrete domain into a Hilbert space of continuous functions. By modeling individual neurons as rank-1 Hilbert-Schmidt operators, HOPE unifies pruning and neuron merging as low-rank subspace projection. Extending this formulation, HOPE introduces macro block eviction to encompass multi-layer structures like entire residual pathways under the same unified metric. This unified approach enables unbiased architectural decisions across layers with different types and sizes. HOPE is a data-free and hyperparameter-free framework. We present proof-of-concept experiments in model compression and fine-tuning to highlight the practical potential of our theory.

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