1. The document presents a novel hyperbolic distribution called the pseudo-hyperbolic Gaussian, which is a Gaussian distribution on hyperbolic space that can be evaluated analytically and differentiated with respect to parameters.
2. This distribution enables gradient-based learning of probabilistic models on hyperbolic space. It also allows sampling from the hyperbolic probability distribution without auxiliary means like rejection sampling.
3. As applications of the distribution, the authors develop a hyperbolic variational autoencoder and a method for probabilistic word embedding on hyperbolic space. They demonstrate the efficacy of the distribution on datasets including MNIST, Atari 2600 Breakout, and WordNet.