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Main Authors: Kundu, Soumyabrata, Kondor, Risi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18813
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author Kundu, Soumyabrata
Kondor, Risi
author_facet Kundu, Soumyabrata
Kondor, Risi
contents In contrast to the somewhat abstract, group theoretical approach adopted by many papers, our work provides a new and more intuitive derivation of steerable convolutional neural networks in $d$ dimensions. This derivation is based on geometric arguments and fundamental principles of pattern matching. We offer an intuitive explanation for the appearance of the Clebsch--Gordan decomposition and spherical harmonic basis functions. Furthermore, we suggest a novel way to construct steerable convolution layers using interpolation kernels that improve upon existing implementation, and offer greater robustness to noisy data.
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spellingShingle A Geometric Approach to Steerable Convolutions
Kundu, Soumyabrata
Kondor, Risi
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
In contrast to the somewhat abstract, group theoretical approach adopted by many papers, our work provides a new and more intuitive derivation of steerable convolutional neural networks in $d$ dimensions. This derivation is based on geometric arguments and fundamental principles of pattern matching. We offer an intuitive explanation for the appearance of the Clebsch--Gordan decomposition and spherical harmonic basis functions. Furthermore, we suggest a novel way to construct steerable convolution layers using interpolation kernels that improve upon existing implementation, and offer greater robustness to noisy data.
title A Geometric Approach to Steerable Convolutions
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18813