arXiv:2603.21502cs.LGcs.AI2026-03

揭示浅层网络参数冗余下的几何本质,重构学习动态的内在规律

Quotient Geometry, Effective Curvature, and Implicit Bias in Simple Shallow Neural Networks

  • 构建商空间几何框架,消除对称性带来的表象干扰
  • 提出有效曲率与对称约化海森矩阵,刻画内在局部结构
  • 证明隐式偏差应基于预测器类而非具体参数,适合理论研究者

过参数化的浅层神经网络存在显著的参数冗余:不同的参数向量可能对应相同的预测函数,源于隐藏单元的置换、重缩放等对称性。因此,在欧几里得参数空间中直接计算的几何量可能反映的是表示缺陷而非预测器的本质属性。本文通过在正规参数集上对称性商化,建立微分几何分析框架。首先刻画了正规浅层网络参数的对称性与商结构,并证明有限样本实现映射在商流形上诱导出自然度量。由此得到一种去除对称轨道退化的有效曲率,以及捕捉内在局部几何的对称约化海森矩阵。接着研究商空间上的梯度流,发现仅水平方向运动影响预测器的一阶演化,垂直方向仅为规范变化。最后在商空间层面提出隐式偏差观点:有意义的复杂度应分配给预测器类,而非特定参数代表。实验验证了环境平坦性依赖表示,局部动力学由商空间曲率更优组织,且在欠定情形下,隐式偏差最自然地在商坐标中描述。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Overparameterized shallow neural networks admit substantial parameter redundancy: distinct parameter vectors may represent the same predictor due to hidden-unit permutations, rescalings, and related symmetries. As a result, geometric quantities computed directly in the ambient Euclidean parameter space can reflect artifacts of representation rather than intrinsic properties of the predictor. In this paper, we develop a differential-geometric framework for analyzing simple shallow networks through the quotient space obtained by modding out parameter symmetries on a regular set. We first characterize the symmetry and quotient structure of regular shallow-network parameters and show that the finite-sample realization map induces a natural metric on the quotient manifold. This leads to an effective notion of curvature that removes degeneracy along symmetry orbits and yields a symmetry-reduced Hessian capturing intrinsic local geometry. We then study gradient flows on the quotient and show that only the horizontal component of parameter motion contributes to first-order predictor evolution, while the vertical component corresponds purely to gauge variation. Finally, we formulate an implicit-bias viewpoint at the quotient level, arguing that meaningful complexity should be assigned to predictor classes rather than to individual parameter representatives. Our experiments confirm that ambient flatness is representation-dependent, that local dynamics are better organized by quotient-level curvature summaries, and that in underdetermined regimes, implicit bias is most naturally described in quotient coordinates.

神经网络几何隐式偏差商空间曲率分析

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