General M-estimators of location on Riemannian manifolds: existence and uniqueness

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Main Authors: Lee, Jongmin, Jung, Sungkyu
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author Lee, Jongmin
Jung, Sungkyu
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Jung, Sungkyu
contents We study general M-estimators of location on Riemannian manifolds, extending classical notions such as the Frechet mean by replacing the squared loss with a broad class of loss functions. Under minimal regularity conditions on the loss function and the underlying probability distribution, we establish theoretical guarantees for the existence and uniqueness of such estimators. In particular, we provide sufficient conditions under which the population and sample M-estimators exist and are uniquely defined. Our results offer a general framework for robust location estimation in non-Euclidean geometric spaces and unify prior uniqueness results under a broad class of convex losses.
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spellingShingle General M-estimators of location on Riemannian manifolds: existence and uniqueness
Lee, Jongmin
Jung, Sungkyu
Statistics Theory
62R30 62G35 (Primary) 62E20 (Secondary)
We study general M-estimators of location on Riemannian manifolds, extending classical notions such as the Frechet mean by replacing the squared loss with a broad class of loss functions. Under minimal regularity conditions on the loss function and the underlying probability distribution, we establish theoretical guarantees for the existence and uniqueness of such estimators. In particular, we provide sufficient conditions under which the population and sample M-estimators exist and are uniquely defined. Our results offer a general framework for robust location estimation in non-Euclidean geometric spaces and unify prior uniqueness results under a broad class of convex losses.
title General M-estimators of location on Riemannian manifolds: existence and uniqueness
topic Statistics Theory
62R30 62G35 (Primary) 62E20 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16149