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We explore conditions for when the gradient of a deep declarative node can be approximated by ignoring constraint terms and still result in a descent direction for the global loss function. This has important practical application when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Stephen Gould , Ming Xu , Zhiwei Xu , Yanbin Liu

Constructing neural networks for function approximation is a classical and longstanding topic in approximation theory. In this paper, we aim at constructing deep neural networks (deep nets for short) with three hidden layers to approximate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Xia Liu

Nonparametric mean function regression with repeated measurements serves as a cornerstone for many statistical branches, such as longitudinal/panel/functional data analysis. In this work, we investigate this problem using fully connected…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-27 Shunxing Yan , Fang Yao , Hang Zhou

The combination of Monte Carlo methods and deep learning has recently led to efficient algorithms for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in high dimensions. Related learning problems are often stated as variational formulations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Lorenz Richter , Julius Berner

We study the computational complexity of (deterministic or randomized) algorithms based on point samples for approximating or integrating functions that can be well approximated by neural networks. Such algorithms (most prominently…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Philipp Grohs , Felix Voigtlaender

Recent developments in mechanical, aerospace, and structural engineering have driven a growing need for efficient ways to model and analyse structures at much larger and more complex scales than before. While established numerical methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Rui Wu , Nikola Kovachki , Burigede Liu

Nonlinear regression problem is one of the most popular and important statistical tasks. The first methods like least squares estimation go back to Gauss and Legendre. Recent models and developments in statistics and machine learning like…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-20 Vladimir Spokoiny

We make the case for neural network objects and extend an already existing neural network calculus explained in detail in Chapter 2 on \cite{bigbook}. Our aim will be to show that, yes, indeed, it makes sense to talk about neural network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Shakil Rafi , Joshua Lee Padgett , Ukash Nakarmi

As a method of universal approximation deep neural networks (DNNs) are capable of finding approximate solutions to problems posed with little more constraints than a suitably-posed mathematical system and an objective function.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-02 D. W. Crews

The fractional Laplacian has been strongly studied during past decades. In this paper we present a different approach for the associated Dirichlet problem, using recent deep learning techniques. In fact, intensively PDEs with a stochastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-04 Nicolás Valenzuela

We propose a deep neural network architecture and a training algorithm for computing approximate Lyapunov functions of systems of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Under the assumption that the system admits a compositional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-01 Lars Grüne

In this paper, we focus on approximating a natural class of functions that are compositions of smooth functions. Unlike the low-dimensional support assumption on the covariate, we demonstrate that composition functions have an intrinsic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Chenguang Duan , Yuling Jiao , Xiliang Lu , Jerry Zhijian Yang , Cheng Yuan

Regression with non-Euclidean responses -- e.g., probability distributions, networks, symmetric positive-definite matrices, and compositions -- has become increasingly important in modern applications. In this paper, we propose deep…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-21 Kyum Kim , Yaqing Chen , Paromita Dubey

We present a rigorous convergence analysis for cylindrical approximations of nonlinear functionals, functional derivatives, and functional differential equations (FDEs). The purpose of this analysis is twofold: first, we prove that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-17 Daniele Venturi , Alec Dektor

A novel approach to approximate solutions of Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) by Deep Neural Networks is derived and analysed. The architecture is inspired by the notion of Deep Operator Networks (DeepONets), which is based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Martin Eigel , Charles Miranda

This paper investigates the universal approximation capabilities of Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks (HDNNs) that arise from the discretization of Hamiltonian Neural Ordinary Differential Equations. Recently, it has been shown that HDNNs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Muhammad Zakwan , Massimiliano d'Angelo , Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

Discrete time stochastic optimal control problems and Markov decision processes (MDPs) are fundamental models for sequential decision-making under uncertainty and as such provide the mathematical framework underlying reinforcement learning…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Arnulf Jentzen , Konrad Kleinberg , Thomas Kruse

This paper proves an abstract theorem addressing in a unified manner two important problems in function approximation: avoiding curse of dimensionality and estimating the degree of approximation for out-of-sample extension in manifold…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Hrushikesh N. Mhaskar

In scenarios with limited available data, training the function-to-function neural PDE solver in an unsupervised manner is essential. However, the efficiency and accuracy of existing methods are constrained by the properties of numerical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Rui Zhang , Qi Meng , Rongchan Zhu , Yue Wang , Wenlei Shi , Shihua Zhang , Zhi-Ming Ma , Tie-Yan Liu

The numerical solution of high dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs) is severely constrained by the curse of dimensionality (CoD), rendering classical grid--based methods impractical beyond a few dimensions. In recent years,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Wenzhong Zhang , Zheyuan Hu , Wei Cai , George EM Karniadakis