Generalization of the Change of Variables Formula with Applications to Residual Flows

Jens Behrmann; Marvin N. Wright; Niklas Koenen; Peter Maa{\ss}

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arxiv 2107.04346 v1 pith:PPWFDJX6 submitted 2021-07-09 stat.ML cs.LGmath.DS

Generalization of the Change of Variables Formula with Applications to Residual Flows

Niklas Koenen , Marvin N. Wright , Peter Maa{\ss} , Jens Behrmann This is my paper

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Normalizing flows leverage the Change of Variables Formula (CVF) to define flexible density models. Yet, the requirement of smooth transformations (diffeomorphisms) in the CVF poses a significant challenge in the construction of these models. To enlarge the design space of flows, we introduce $\mathcal{L}$-diffeomorphisms as generalized transformations which may violate these requirements on zero Lebesgue-measure sets. This relaxation allows e.g. the use of non-smooth activation functions such as ReLU. Finally, we apply the obtained results to planar, radial, and contractive residual flows.

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