English
Related papers

Related papers: Approximation with Neural Networks in Variable Leb…

200 papers

We describe generalizations of the universal approximation theorem for neural networks to maps invariant or equivariant with respect to linear representations of groups. Our goal is to establish network-like computational models that are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-30 Dmitry Yarotsky

While it is widely known that neural networks are universal approximators of continuous functions, a less known and perhaps more powerful result is that a neural network with a single hidden layer can approximate accurately any nonlinear…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Lu Lu , Pengzhan Jin , George Em Karniadakis

This paper studies the universal approximation property of deep neural networks for representing probability distributions. Given a target distribution $\pi$ and a source distribution $p_z$ both defined on $\mathbb{R}^d$, we prove under…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Yulong Lu , Jianfeng Lu

A classical result in approximation theory states that for any continuous function \( \varphi: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} \), the set \( \operatorname{span}\{\varphi \circ g : g \in \operatorname{Aff}(\mathbb{R})\} \) is dense in \(…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Eugene Bilokopytov , Foivos Xanthos

A fully tensorial theoretical framework for hypercomplex-valued neural networks is presented. The proposed approach enables neural network architectures to operate on data defined over arbitrary finite-dimensional algebras. The central…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Agnieszka Niemczynowicz , Radosław Antoni Kycia

A generalization of the Lebesgue number lemma is obtained. It is proved that, if each countably infinite locally finite open cover of a chainable metric space $X$ has a Lebesgue number, then $X$ is totally bounded. A property of metric…

General Topology · Mathematics 2022-05-25 Ajit Kumar Gupta , Saikat Mukherjee

Variable Muckenhoupt weights are considered in variable exponent Lebesgue spaces. Applications are given for polynomial approximation in these spaces. Boundedness of averaging operator is proved to gain a transference result. Almost all…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-09-02 Ramazam Akgün

We present a theory for simultaneous approximation of the score function and its derivatives, enabling the handling of data distributions with low-dimensional structure and unbounded support. Our approximation error bounds match those in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Konstantin Yakovlev , Nikita Puchkin

Deep learning architectures are highly diverse. To prove their universal approximation properties, existing works typically rely on model-specific proofs. Generally, they construct a dedicated mathematical formulation for each architecture…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Wei Wang

In this paper we develop a new machinery to study the capacity of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to approximate high-dimensional functions without suffering from the curse of dimensionality. Specifically, we introduce a concept which we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Pierfrancesco Beneventano , Patrick Cheridito , Arnulf Jentzen , Philippe von Wurstemberger

This paper establishes the nearly optimal rate of approximation for deep neural networks (DNNs) when applied to Korobov functions, effectively overcoming the curse of dimensionality. The approximation results presented in this paper are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Yahong Yang , Yulong Lu

We consider approximation by functions with finite support and characterize its approximation spaces in terms of interpolation spaces and Lorentz spaces.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Bo Ling , Yongping Liu

Neural Networks (NNs) are the method of choice for building learning algorithms. Their popularity stems from their empirical success on several challenging learning problems. However, most scholars agree that a convincing theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Ronald DeVore , Boris Hanin , Guergana Petrova

It is well-known that neural networks are universal approximators, but that deeper networks tend in practice to be more powerful than shallower ones. We shed light on this by proving that the total number of neurons $m$ required to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-30 David Rolnick , Max Tegmark

We study the natural function space for infinitely wide two-layer neural networks with ReLU activation (Barron space) and establish different representation formulae. In two cases, we describe the space explicitly up to isomorphism. Using a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-06-07 Weinan E , Stephan Wojtowytsch

A key challenge in scientific machine learning is solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on complex domains, where the curved geometry complicates the approximation of functions and their derivatives required by differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Hanfei Zhou , Lei Shi

While deep learning is successful in a number of applications, it is not yet well understood theoretically. A satisfactory theoretical characterization of deep learning however, is beginning to emerge. It covers the following questions: 1)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Tomaso Poggio , Andrzej Banburski , Qianli Liao

Neural networks, a central tool in machine learning, have demonstrated remarkable, high fidelity performance on image recognition and classification tasks. These successes evince an ability to accurately represent high dimensional…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-02-08 Grant M. Rotskoff , Eric Vanden-Eijnden

We show how the success of deep learning could depend not only on mathematics but also on physics: although well-known mathematical theorems guarantee that neural networks can approximate arbitrary functions well, the class of functions of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-09-13 Henry W. Lin , Max Tegmark , David Rolnick

The universality of a quantum neural network refers to its ability to approximate arbitrary functions and is a theoretical guarantee for its effectiveness. A non-universal neural network could fail in completing the machine learning task.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-27 Xiaokai Hou , Guanyu Zhou , Qingyu Li , Shan Jin , Xiaoting Wang