Compressed Sensing: Matching Pursuit

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The forum discussion centers on the Matching Pursuit algorithm used to solve the linear system Ax=b, where A is an M-by-N matrix, x is an N-dimensional sparse vector, and b is an M-dimensional vector. The algorithm operates by iteratively identifying the column of A that best matches b, projecting b onto this column, and updating b until a termination criterion is met. This geometric approach effectively reduces the dimensionality of the problem, allowing for efficient solutions to sparse representation challenges.

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Hi,

I need a geometric explanation for this algorithm: Suppose we have the system Ax=b, where A is and M-by-N matrix, x is N-dimensional s(<<N)-sparse vector, and b is M-dimensional vector. There is an algorithm called Matching Pursuit to solve the above system efficiently:

1- Find the column of A that best match b.
2- The projection of b along that direction is removed and an updated b is obtained.
3- Repeat 1 and 2 until some termination criterion is met.

How these 3 steps solve the above system of linear equations?

Thanks in advance
 
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