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On the Power-Law Hessian Spectrums in Deep Learning
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On the Power-Law Hessian Spectrums in Deep Learning
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It is well-known that the Hessian of deep loss landscape matters to optimization, generalization, and even robustness of deep learning. Recent works empirically discovered that the Hessian spectrum in deep learning has a two-component structure that consists of a small number of large eigenvalues and a large number of nearly-zero eigenvalues. However, the theoretical mechanism or the mathematical behind the Hessian spectrum is still largely under-explored. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to demonstrate that the Hessian spectrums of well-trained deep neural networks exhibit simple power-law structures. Inspired by the statistical physical theories and the spectral analysis of natural proteins, we provide a maximum-entropy theoretical interpretation for explaining why the power-law structure exist and suggest a spectral parallel between protein evolution and training of deep neural networks. By conducing extensive experiments, we further use the power-law spectral framework as a useful tool to explore multiple novel behaviors of deep learning.
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