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This paper introduces a novel feature extraction method, i.e., robust discriminative non-negative and symmetric low-rank projection learning (RDNSLRP), where a coefficient matrix with better properties, such as low-rank, non-negativity, symmetry and block-diagonal structure, is utilized as a graph matrix for learning the projection matrix. Additionally, a discriminant term is introduced to increase inter-class divergence while decreasing intra-class divergence, thereby extracting more discriminative features. An iterative algorithm for solving the proposed model was designed by using the augmented Lagrange multiplier method, and its convergence and computational complexity were analyzed. Our experimental results on multiple data sets demonstrate the effectiveness and superior image-recognition performance of the proposed method, particularly on data sets with complex intrinsic structures. 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