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[Question] Why compute posterior as prior_cov - K @ S @ K.T? #422

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@gorold

I'm curious why the implementation computes the update step using this approach:

Sigma_cond = prior_cov - K @ S @ K.T

Is there an advantage in numerical stability or some other advantage in doing so? Would it not be more efficient to compute $C = \Sigma H^T$ as such?

C = prior_cov @ emission_matrix.T
S = emission_cov + emission_matrix @ C
K = psd_solve(S, C.T).T
Sigma_cond = prior_cov - K @ C.T

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