# Grassmannian Manifold

$$\operatorname{Gr}(n,k)$$ is the Grassmannian manifold, that is, the subspaces of dimension $$k$$ in $$\mathbb{R}^n$$. A subspace is represented by an element of the Stiefel Manifold, which represents the vectors in the basis that span the subspace.

class geotorch.Grassmannian(size, triv='expm')[source]

Grassmannian manifold as a projection from the orthogonal matrices $$\operatorname{St}(n,k)$$. The metric considered is the canonical.

Parameters
• size (torch.size) – Size of the tensor to be parametrized

• triv (str or callable) – Optional. A map that maps skew-symmetric matrices onto the orthogonal matrices surjectively. It can be one of ["expm", "cayley"] or a custom callable. Default: "expm"

sample(distribution='uniform', init_=None)

Returns a randomly sampled orthogonal matrix according to the specified distribution. The options are:

• "uniform": Samples a tensor distributed according to the Haar measure on $$\operatorname{SO}(n)$$

• "torus": Samples a block-diagonal skew-symmetric matrix. The blocks are of the form $$\begin{pmatrix} 0 & b \\ -b & 0\end{pmatrix}$$ where $$b$$ is distributed according to init_. This matrix will be then projected onto $$\operatorname{SO}(n)$$ using self.triv

Parameters
• distribution (string) – Optional. One of ["uniform", "torus"]. Default: "uniform"

• init_ (callable) – Optional. To be used with the "torus" option. A function that takes a tensor and fills it in place according to some distribution. See torch.init. Default: $$\operatorname{Uniform}(-\pi, \pi)$$

in_manifold(X, eps=0.0001)

Checks that a matrix is in the manifold.

For tensors with more than 2 dimensions the first dimensions are treated as batch dimensions.

Parameters
• X (torch.Tensor) – The matrix to be checked

• eps (float) – Optional. Tolerance to numerical errors. Default: 1e-4