How statement and proof provenance work
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Noisy interpolation on two independent coordinates
Example
Assume AC and take with distinct points, mean , and equality kernel if and otherwise. Use the canonical cylinder-space Gaussian-process prior with this mean and kernel. For , set and observe with centered Gaussian noise independent of , so , with data . Predict at . The latent posterior mean is and its covariance is . If a centered Gaussian test-noise vector with is independent of the pair , then the noisy predictive mean is unchanged and its covariance is .
Example references
Facts & Assumptions
Given: AC, the two-point set, equality kernel, zero mean, ordered training and test lists, centered Gaussian training noise independent of , optional test noise independent of , and observation as stated.
AC is the axiom used by the canonical GP construction and finite conditioning interface. The Axiom of Choice
Under AC, a symmetric positive-semidefinite kernel and mean define a canonical Gaussian process with the specified finite Gaussian laws. A mean and positive-semidefinite kernel define a Gaussian process
The observation model permits finite ordered lists and defines , , , and test noise independent of the pair . Finite Gaussian-process regression observation model
For , the posterior latent mean and covariance are and ; test noise independent of the pair adds its covariance. Finite Gaussian-process regression posterior and predictive law
For PSD Gram and noise matrices, the observed covariance is invertible exactly when it is positive definite. Positive definiteness is exactly the inverse condition for the observed GP covariance
Verification
Given: The finite model in the Example.
For any finite list and scalars , the equality-kernel Gram form is . Thus the kernel is positive semidefinite, and [A1, F0] supplies the stated canonical prior. At , , so and the inverse required in [F2] exists by [F3].
Since and , [F2] gives posterior mean . It gives posterior covariance .
By the Example's hypothesis, is independent of the pair , so [F2]'s test-noise clause applies: the conditional mean is unchanged and is added to the covariance, yielding .
Depends on
- The Axiom of Choice
- Gaussian process
- Finite Gaussian-process regression observation model
- Positive definiteness is exactly the inverse condition for the observed GP covariance
- Finite Gaussian-process regression posterior and predictive law
- A mean and positive-semidefinite kernel define a Gaussian process
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Sources
- Carl Edward Rasmussen and Christopher K. I. Williams, Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning, Chapter 2 §2.2 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Christopher M. Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, §6.4.2 (standard reference, not scraped)