# Grassmannian manifold

Manifolds.GrassmannType
Grassmann{n,k,𝔽} <: AbstractEmbeddedManifold{𝔽,DefaultIsometricEmbeddingType}

The Grassmann manifold $\operatorname{Gr}(n,k)$ consists of all subspaces spanned by $k$ linear independent vectors $𝔽^n$, where $𝔽 ∈ \{ℝ, ℂ\}$ is either the real- (or complex-) valued vectors. This yields all $k$-dimensional subspaces of $ℝ^n$ for the real-valued case and all $2k$-dimensional subspaces of $ℂ^n$ for the second.

The manifold can be represented as

$\operatorname{Gr}(n,k) := \bigl\{ \operatorname{span}(p) : p ∈ 𝔽^{n × k}, p^\mathrm{H}p = I_k\},$

where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transpose or Hermitian and $I_k$ is the $k × k$ identity matrix. This means, that the columns of $p$ form an unitary basis of the subspace, that is a point on $\operatorname{Gr}(n,k)$, and hence the subspace can actually be represented by a whole equivalence class of representers. Another interpretation is, that

$\operatorname{Gr}(n,k) = \operatorname{St}(n,k) / \operatorname{O}(k),$

i.e the Grassmann manifold is the quotient of the Stiefel manifold and the orthogonal group $\operatorname{O}(k)$ of orthogonal $k × k$ matrices.

The tangent space at a point (subspace) $x$ is given by

$T_x\mathrm{Gr}(n,k) = \bigl\{ X ∈ 𝔽^{n × k} : X^{\mathrm{H}}p + p^{\mathrm{H}}X = 0_{k} \bigr\},$

where $0_{k}$ denotes the $k × k$ zero matrix.

Note that a point $p ∈ \operatorname{Gr}(n,k)$ might be represented by different matrices (i.e. matrices with unitary column vectors that span the same subspace). Different representations of $p$ also lead to different representation matrices for the tangent space $T_p\mathrm{Gr}(n,k)$

The manifold is named after Hermann G. Graßmann (1809-1877).

Constructor

Grassmann(n,k,field=ℝ)

Generate the Grassmann manifold $\operatorname{Gr}(n,k)$, where the real-valued case field = ℝ is the default.

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Base.expMethod
exp(M::Grassmann, p, X)

Compute the exponential map on the Grassmann M$= \mathrm{Gr}(n,k)$ starting in p with tangent vector (direction) X. Let $X = USV$ denote the SVD decomposition of $X$. Then the exponential map is written using

$z = p V\cos(S)V^\mathrm{H} + U\sin(S)V^\mathrm{H},$

where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transposed or Hermitian and the cosine and sine are applied element wise to the diagonal entries of $S$. A final QR decomposition $z=QR$ is performed for numerical stability reasons, yielding the result as

$\exp_p X = Q.$
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Base.logMethod
log(M::Grassmann, p, q)

Compute the logarithmic map on the Grassmann M$= \mathcal M=\mathrm{Gr}(n,k)$, i.e. the tangent vector X whose corresponding geodesic starting from p reaches q after time 1 on M. The formula reads

$\log_p q = V\cdot \operatorname{atan}(S) \cdot U^\mathrm{H},$

where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transposed or Hermitian. The matrices $U$ and $V$ are the unitary matrices, and $S$ is the diagonal matrix containing the singular values of the SVD-decomposition

$USV = (q^\mathrm{H}p)^{-1} ( q^\mathrm{H} - q^\mathrm{H}pp^\mathrm{H}).$

In this formula the $\operatorname{atan}$ is meant elementwise.

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ManifoldsBase.check_manifold_pointMethod
check_manifold_point(M::Grassmann{n,k,𝔽}, p)

Check whether p is representing a point on the Grassmann M, i.e. its a n-by-k matrix of unitary column vectors and of correct eltype with respect to 𝔽.

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ManifoldsBase.check_tangent_vectorMethod
check_tangent_vector(M::Grassmann{n,k,𝔽}, p, X; check_base_point = true, kwargs...)

Check whether X is a tangent vector in the tangent space of p on the Grassmann M, i.e. that X is of size and type as well as that

$p^{\mathrm{H}}X + X^{\mathrm{H}}p = 0_k,$

where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transpose or Hermitian and $0_k$ denotes the $k × k$ zero natrix. The optional parameter check_base_point indicates, whether to call check_manifold_point for p.

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ManifoldsBase.distanceMethod
distance(M::Grassmann, p, q)

Compute the Riemannian distance on Grassmann manifold M$= \mathrm{Gr}(n,k)$.

Let $USV = p^\mathrm{H}q$ denote the SVD decomposition of $p^\mathrm{H}q$, where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transposed or Hermitian. Then the distance is given by

$d_{\mathrm{Gr}(n,k)}(p,q) = \operatorname{norm}(\operatorname{Re}(b)).$

where

$b_{i}=\begin{cases} 0 & \text{if} \; S_i ≥ 1\\ \arccos(S_i) & \, \text{if} \; S_i<1. \end{cases}$
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ManifoldsBase.innerMethod
inner(M::Grassmann, p, X, Y)

Compute the inner product for two tangent vectors X, Y from the tangent space of p on the Grassmann manifold M. The formula reads

$g_p(X,Y) = \operatorname{tr}(X^{\mathrm{H}}Y),$

where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transposed or Hermitian.

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ManifoldsBase.projectMethod
project(M::Grassmann, p, X)

Project the n-by-k X onto the tangent space of p on the Grassmann M, which is computed by

$\operatorname{proj_p}(X) = X - pp^{\mathrm{H}}X,$

where $\cdot^{\mathrm{H}}$ denotes the complex conjugate transposed or Hermitian.

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ManifoldsBase.vector_transport_toMethod
vector_transport_to(M::Grassmann,p,X,q,::ProjectionTransport)

compute the projection based transport on the Grassmann M by interpreting X from the tangent space at p as a point in the embedding and projecting it onto the tangent space at q.

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