A Schur Multiplier with Unequal Operator and Completely Bounded Norms on $S_4$

arXiv:2608.20933 2026 Regularization 1 ideas extracted · analyzed Sep 1, 2026

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The paper constructs an explicit Schur multiplier whose ordinary action on a Schatten class is strictly less stable than its completely bounded, tensor-amplified action near p=4. This distinguishes stability on scalar feature matrices from stability when every scalar entry is replaced by a learned channel block. The transferable mechanism is to regularize entrywise masks using finite amplification norms, especially for attention or graph layers whose behavior can worsen under channel replication.

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Completely-Bounded Schur Mask

Regularize a learned entrywise attention or graph mask using both its ordinary Schatten-p operator norm and the norm of finite channel-block amplifications. This targets masks that look stable on scalar matrices but become unstable when each token-to-token interaction acts on multi-channel feature blocks.

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Paper: A Schur Multiplier with Unequal Operator and Completely Bounded Norms on $S_4$ arXiv:2608.20933