@article{combinatorialsparsepcabeyondthespikedide, title = {Combinatorial Sparse PCA Beyond the Spiked Identity Model}, author = {Syamantak Kumar and Purnamrita Sarkar and Kevin Tian and Peiyuan Zhang}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2603.02607}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02607}, }