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Add MVN low rank #3038

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The benefit of a low-rank MVN is that the determinant and inversion of the covariance matrix is much cheaper. I also believe that this could be useful for models of MVNs that are not fitting the covariance matrix well which could be due to small sample sizes or actual low rank covariances. See pytorch for more details https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/14e348b7ad1b3472812f2b077020d80deaf6a787/torch/distributions/lowrank_multivariate_normal.py#L72.

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  1. self-assigned this
    on Mar 24, 2024
  2. lingium commented on Feb 24, 2026

    @lingium
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    I would like to take this! Might be very useful for Stan's Laplace approximation & VI

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