Flow matching on homogeneous spaces

arXiv cs.LG / 3/27/2026

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Key Points

  • The paper introduces a framework to extend Flow Matching to homogeneous spaces (quotients of Lie groups) by lifting the problem to the underlying Lie group.
  • By working on the Lie group and then reducing further to a Euclidean flow-matching task on the Lie algebra, the method avoids the complicated geometry typically required on the quotient space.
  • The approach is designed to be simpler and more fully intrinsic than prior Riemannian Flow Matching methods, which often require premetrics or geodesic computations.
  • The authors position the resulting workflow as faster and more convenient because it eliminates the need to define or compute those additional geometric objects.

Abstract

We propose a general framework to extend Flow Matching to homogeneous spaces, i.e. quotients of Lie groups. Our approach reformulates the problem as a flow matching task on the underlying Lie group by lifting the data distributions. This strategy avoids the potentially complicated geometry of homogeneous spaces by working directly on Lie groups, which in turn enables us reduce the problem to a Euclidean flow matching task on Lie algebras. In contrast to Riemannian Flow Matching, our method eliminates the need to define and compute premetrics or geodesics, resulting in a simpler, faster, and fully intrinsic framework.