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This research establishes precise mathematical thresholds for recovering global minima in rank-restricted matrix LASSO problems using Restricted Isometry Property (RIP) constants. By proving that these bounds are both sufficient and necessary, the study clarifies the theoretical limits of low-rank matrix recovery under convex relaxation, independent of search rank constraints. These findings advance the foundational understanding of optimization landscapes in machine learning, particularly for applications involving structured data compression and signal processing.
Sharp Restricted Isometry Thresholds for Global Minima of Rank-Restricted Matrix LASSO
arXiv:2608.29018v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We determine the sharp restricted isometry threshold for recovery at global minima of the rank-restricted matrix LASSO. For target rank $r_{\star}$, if the rank-$k$ RIP constant satisfies $\delta<\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(k/r_{\star})$, where $\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(t)=t/(4-t)$ for $0<t<4/3$ and $\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(t)=\sqrt{(t-1)/t}$ for $t\ge4/3$, then every global minimizer has Frobenius error $\lesssim\sqrt{r_{\star}}\lambda$ for all $\lambda\gtrsim\|\mathcal{A}^{*}(\xi)\|_{\mathrm{op}}$ and at every search rank $r\ge r_{\star}$. The constants depend only on the RIP constant and $t=k/r_{\star}$, and in particular are independent of the search rank. When the rank restriction is inactive, the result specializes to the ordinary convex matrix LASSO. We also obtain the analogous results for sparsity-restricted vector LASSO. Conversely, we show that the threshold $\delta<\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(k/r_{\star})$ cannot be improved, due to the existence of counterexamples whose global minimizers fail to recover the ground truth.
Abstract:We determine the sharp restricted isometry threshold for recovery at global minima of the rank-restricted matrix LASSO. For target rank $r_{\star}$, if the rank-$k$ RIP constant satisfies $\delta<\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(k/r_{\star})$, where $\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(t)=t/(4-t)$ for $0<t<4/3$ and $\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(t)=\sqrt{(t-1)/t}$ for $t\ge4/3$, then every global minimizer has Frobenius error $\lesssim\sqrt{r_{\star}}\lambda$ for all $\lambda\gtrsim\|\mathcal{A}^{*}(\xi)\|_{\mathrm{op}}$ and at every search rank $r\ge r_{\star}$. The constants depend only on the RIP constant and $t=k/r_{\star}$, and in particular are independent of the search rank. When the rank restriction is inactive, the result specializes to the ordinary convex matrix LASSO. We also obtain the analogous results for sparsity-restricted vector LASSO. Conversely, we show that the threshold $\delta<\delta_{\mathrm{sharp}}(k/r_{\star})$ cannot be improved, due to the existence of counterexamples whose global minimizers fail to recover the ground truth.
Machine Learning (stat.ML); Information Theory (cs.IT); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Optimization and Control (math.OC); Statistics Theory (math.ST)
arXiv:2608.29018 [stat.ML]
(or arXiv:2608.29018v1 [stat.ML] for this version)
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