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Low-Rank Matrix Sensing (compressive matrix recovery) L1-028

Compressive ImagingLow-rank linear inverse problemsδ=3 · standardL_DAG = 3.2📋 Stub — not mineable
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Forward model E

Recover a low-rank matrix X in R^{n1 x n2} of rank r from m linear measurements y_k = <A_k, X> + n_k; measurement operators A_k are typically drawn from i.i.d. Gaussian/Bernoulli ensembles or structured (partial Fourier, matrix completion patterns). Specializes to matrix completion when A_k are canonical basis matrices e_{i_k} e_{j_k}^T (single-entry observation).

L-DAG

S.pattern.structured -> L.trace_inner_product -> int.temporal -> D.scalar
S.pattern.structuredL.trace_inner_productint.temporalD.scalar

Well-posedness W

Existence:
true
Uniqueness:
true
Stability:
conditional
κ:
6000

Recovery guaranteed w.h.p. when m >= C * r * (n1 + n2) and A satisfies matrix-RIP; nuclear-norm minimization is exact for noiseless case; stability bound ||X_hat - X||_F <= C * sigma * sqrt(m) / smallest_singular_value.

Solvability C

Solver class:
nuclear-norm minimization (SVT, FPC), Burer-Monteiro factorization (alternating GD, ProcGenRAM), Riemannian optimization on fixed-rank manifolds
Convergence rate q:
2
Complexity:
O(m * n1 * n2) per iteration for dense; O(r * (n1+n2)) per iteration for factorized Burer-Monteiro

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