The grid cells in the mammalian medial entorhinal cortex exhibit striking hexagon firing patterns when the agent navigates in the open field. It is hypothesized that the grid cells are involved in path integral so that the agent is aware of its self-position by accumulating its self-motion. Assuming the grid cells form a vector representation of self-position, we elucidate a minimally simple recurrent model for path integral, which models the change of the vector representation given the self-motion, and we discern two matrix Lie algebras and their Lie groups that are naturally coupled together. This enables us to connect the path integral model to the dimension reduction model for place cells via group representation theory of harmonic analysis. By reconstructing the kernel functions for place cells, our model learns hexagon grid patterns that characterize the grid cells. The learned model is capable of near perfect path integral , and it is also capable of error correction  .
The grid cells in the mammalian medial entorhinal cortex exhibit striking hexagon firing patterns when the agent navigates in the open field. It is hypothesized that the grid cells are involved in path integration so that the agent is aware of its self-position by accumulating its self-motion. Assuming the grid cells form a vector representation of self-position, we elucidate a minimally simple recurrent model for grid cells' path integration based on two coupled matrix Lie algebras that underlie two coupled rotation systems that mirror the agent's self-motion: (1) When the agent moves along a certain direction, the vector is rotated by a generator matrix. (2) When the agent changes direction, the generator matrix is rotated by another generator matrix. Our experiments show that our model learns hexagonal grid response patterns that resemble the firing patterns observed from the grid cells in the brain. Furthermore, the learned model is capable of near exact path integration , and it is also capable of error correction . Our model is novel and simple, with explicit geometric and algebraic structures .
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path integral, which models the change of the vector representation given the self-motion, and we discern two
grid cells' path integration based on two coupled
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and their Lie groups that are naturally coupled together. This enables us to connect the path integral model to the dimension reduction model for place cells via group representation theory of harmonic analysis. By reconstructing the kernel functions for place cells,
that underlie two coupled rotation systems that mirror the agent's self-motion: (1) When the agent moves along a certain direction, the vector is rotated by a generator matrix. (2) When the agent changes direction, the generator matrix is rotated by another generator matrix. Our experiments show that
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hexagon grid patterns that characterize the grid cells. The
hexagonal grid response patterns that resemble the firing patterns observed from the grid cells in the brain. Furthermore, the
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perfect path integral
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. Our model is novel and simple, with explicit geometric and algebraic structures