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TensorLy-Torch: Deep Tensor Learning with TensorLy and PyTorch
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Tensorized Matrices vs Factorized Tensors #28

Closed ashim95 closed 4 weeks ago

ashim95 commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Thanks for creating and maintaining this library. I had a couple of basic questions, would be great if you could answer:

  1. What is the difference between the files in tltorch/factorized_tensors/factorized_tensors.py and tltorch/factorized_tensors/tensorized_matrices.py? A lot of the code is replicated across these files.

  2. Is BlockTT the same as Tensor-train?

  3. I know its trivial to implement, but does the library similarly have a module for low-rank matrix factorization?

Thanks,

JeanKossaifi commented 1 year ago

Hi @ashim95 -- factorized tensors are just that: higher-order tensors in factorized form. Tensorized matrices are matrices that are tensorized. That tensorized form is expressed in factorized form. You can use it as a drop in replacement for matrices.

Block-TT is not the same as Tensor-Train (MPS), it would be the equivalent of TTM (that you may also know as MPO).

We don't yet have a low-rank matrix factorization module but you can get this by using a tensorized matrix with CP and a tensorized shape being the same as the original shape. However, I guess you mean taking a tensor, reshaping it to a matrix and decomposing that: it would be great to have this and would be awesome if you wanted to open a PR for that!

JeanKossaifi commented 4 weeks ago

Closing as inactive.