Exact tensor rank and its matrix multiplication exponent #
The rank is the least size of an exact decomposition into simple tensors. The exponent is the infimum of the finite matrix multiplication rank ratios from Section 3; no attainment of this real infimum is assumed.
Every finite coefficient tensor has a finite exact rank decomposition.
Exact rank of a finite coefficient tensor over K.
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The least exact rank comes with an actual rank decomposition.
Every exact decomposition bounds the least rank.
Exact rank cannot increase under a linear restriction.
Independent bijections of the three coordinate sets preserve exact rank.
Tensor product decompositions give the usual submultiplicative rank bound.
The ordinary scalar multiplication algorithm uses n³ simple tensors.
An identity minor of the output flattening forces the quadratic lower bound.
The exact-rank exponent ν = inf_{n ≥ 2} log(R(Tₙ))/log(n).
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Each matrix multiplication tensor has rank at least n^ν.
The rank lower bound includes the one-dimensional boundary case.
A strict upper bound for the infimum is witnessed by an actual finite block.
Finite decompositions approximate the exact-rank exponent with any positive slack.