A fixed point mean approximation to the Cartan barycenter of positive definite matrices

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Abstract

In this paper we define a new weighted inductive geometric mean Hn on the Riemannian manifold of positive definite matrices of fixed size and present its fixed point mean approximation to the Cartan barycenter (Karcher mean). We show that for t ∈(0,1], the weighted geometric mean equation X=Hn+1(ωt;A1,...,An,X), where ωt=t1+t(w1,...,wn,1/t), has a unique positive definite solution that approaches as t→0+ to the ω-weighted Cartan mean of A1,...,An. Numerical computations for the stochastic convergence in terms of Hn to derive a new contractive barycenter other than the Cartan barycenter are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)420-437
Number of pages18
JournalLinear Algebra and Its Applications
Volume496
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2016

Keywords

  • Cartan barycenter
  • Fixed point geometric mean
  • Multivariable geometric mean
  • Positive definite matrix
  • Riemannian trace metric
  • Stochastic approximation

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