Mathematics for AI and Machine Learning

Foundations for modern AI and machine learning

Low-Rank Adaptation

Chapter 4 Mathematics for AI

Chapter 4: QR Decomposition and Numerical Rank — Rank of Sum & Product Bounds (also appears in Ch. 9)

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From the book

Chapter 4: QR Decomposition and Numerical Rank. In the chapter mind map this icon labels Rank of Sum & Product Bounds. The discussion below is excerpted and lightly edited from § Theorem: Rank of Product in Mathematics for AI and Machine Learning. Related material also appears in Chapter 9 (Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA): $W = W_0 + BA$).

For $A \in \mathbb{R}^{M \times d}$ and $B \in \mathbb{R}^{d \times N}$,

What this drawing shows

What you see. Shows a full update approximated by thin low-rank factors, matching the LoRA idea of efficient parameter adaptation.

In the mind map. Chapter 4 — Rank of Sum & Product Bounds. See From the book above for definitions, figures, and worked examples.

Also appears in Ch. 9 (Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA)).

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Read the full definitions, figures, and worked examples in Chapter 4: QR Decomposition and Numerical Rank — see the mind-map node Rank of Sum & Product Bounds.

This concept is also referenced in Chapter 9 (Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA)).