Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 205 3 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A real positive-semidefinite kernel is a symmetric function such that every finite Gram matrix is positive semidefinite. The representer theorem says that any minimizer in a Reproducing-kernel Hilbert space of an objective depending on only through and a strictly increasing function of lies inIndeed, write relative to this span. The reproducing property gives for every , while the Pythagorean theorem in an inner-product space gives . Removing a nonzero perpendicular component preserves all data values and strictly decreases the penalty, proving the theorem.
Apply this decomposition to both optimizers and write and . If and are the two Gram matrices, thenWriting and , with pseudoinverses on the respective ranges, turns the supremum into
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 218 4 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A real positive-semidefinite kernel is a symmetric function such that every finite Gram matrix is positive semidefinite. The Moore-Aronszajn theorem says that there are a Hilbert space and a feature map such thatEquivalently, can be chosen as the unique Reproducing-kernel Hilbert space with reproducing kernel .