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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2009
The problem of principal component analysis of a symmetric matrix (finding a p-dimensional eigenspace associated with the largest p eigenvalues) can be viewed as a smooth optimization problem on a homogeneous space. A solution in terms of the limiting value of a continuous-time dynamical system is presented. A discretization of the dynamical system is proposed that exploits the geometry of the homogeneous space. The relationship between the proposed algorithm and classical methods are investigated.