Architecture independent generalization bounds for overparametrized deep ReLU networks
Abstract
We prove that overparametrized neural networks are able to generalize with a test error that is independent of the level of overparametrization, and independent of the Vapnik-Chervonenkis (VC) dimension. We prove explicit bounds that only depend on the metric geometry of the test and training sets, on the regularity properties of the activation function, and on the operator norms of the weights and norms of biases. For overparametrized deep ReLU networks with a training sample size bounded by the input space dimension, we explicitly construct zero loss minimizers without use of gradient descent, and prove a uniform generalization bound that is independent of the network architecture. We perform computational experiments of our theoretical results with MNIST, and obtain agreement with the true test error within a 22 % margin on average.
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@article{arxiv.2504.05695,
title = {Architecture independent generalization bounds for overparametrized deep ReLU networks},
author = {Anandatheertha Bapu and Thomas Chen and Chun-Kai Kevin Chien and Patricia Muñoz Ewald and Andrew G. Moore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.05695},
year = {2026}
}
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AMS Latex, 19 pages