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The Kolmogorov-Arnold representation is a proven adequate replacement of a continuous multivariate function by an hierarchical structure of multiple functions of one variable. The proven existence of such representation inspired many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Andrew Polar , Michael Poluektov

In this paper, we show that the Kolmogorov two hidden layer neural network model with a continuous, discontinuous bounded or unbounded activation function in the second hidden layer can precisely represent continuous, discontinuous bounded…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-02 Aysu Ismayilova , Vugar Ismailov

Kolmogorov's representation theorem provides a framework for decomposing any arbitrary real-valued, multivariate, and continuous function into a two-layer nested superposition of a finite number of functions. The functions at these two…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Derya Malak , Ali Tajer

The Kolmogorov-Arnold (KA) representation theorem constructs universal, but highly non-smooth inner functions (the first layer map) in a single (non-linear) hidden layer neural network. Such universal functions have a distinctive local…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Michael H. Freedman , Michael Mulligan

Kolmogorov and Arnold, in answering Hilbert's 13th problem (in the context of continuous functions), laid the foundations for the modern theory of Neural Networks (NNs). Their proof divides the representation of a multivariate function into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Michael H. Freedman

It is known that any continuous multivariate function can be represented exactly by a composition functions of a single variable - the so-called Kolmogorov-Arnold representation. It can be a convenient tool for tasks where it is required to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Michael Poluektov , Andrew Polar

Regarding the representation theorem of Kolmogorov and Arnold (KA) as an algorithm for representing or <<expressing>> functions, we test its robustness by analyzing its stability to withstand re-parameterizations of the hidden space. One…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Sviatoslav V. Dzhenzher , Michael H. Freedman

We prove a theorem concerning the approximation of multivariate functions by deep ReLU networks, for which the curse of the dimensionality is lessened. Our theorem is based on a constructive proof of the Kolmogorov--Arnold superposition…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Hadrien Montanelli , Haizhao Yang

The Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem states that any continuous multivariable function can be exactly represented as a finite superposition of continuous single variable functions. Subsequent simplifications of this representation…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-04 Sergei Gleyzer , Hanh Nguyen , Dinesh P. Ramakrishnan , Eric A. F. Reinhardt

This note addresses the Kolmogorov-Arnold Representation Theorem (KART) and the Universal Approximation Theorem (UAT), focusing on their frequent misinterpretations found in the neural network literature. Our remarks aim to support a more…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Vugar Ismailov

In a function approximation with a neural network, an input dataset is mapped to an output index by optimizing the parameters of each hidden-layer unit. For a unary function, we present constraints on the parameters and its second…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-06-22 Masayo Inoue , Mana Futamura , Hirokazu Ninomiya

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

We point out that (continuous or discontinuous) piecewise linear functions on a convex polytope mesh can be represented by two-hidden-layer ReLU neural networks in a weak sense. In addition, the numbers of neurons of the two hidden layers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Pengzhan Jin

We contribute to a better understanding of the class of functions that can be represented by a neural network with ReLU activations and a given architecture. Using techniques from mixed-integer optimization, polyhedral theory, and tropical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Christoph Hertrich , Amitabh Basu , Marco Di Summa , Martin Skutella

This paper is devoted to studying the optimal expressive power of ReLU deep neural networks (DNNs) and its application in approximation via the Kolmogorov Superposition Theorem. We first constructively prove that any continuous piecewise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-11 Juncai He

The Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been the dominant and effective approach for general computer vision tasks. Recently, Kolmogorov-Arnold neural networks (KANs), based on the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, have shown…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Zhaoxiang Liu , Zhicheng Ma , Kaikai Zhao , Kai Wang , Shiguo Lian

We propose a spectral-based approach to analyze how two-layer neural networks separate from linear methods in terms of approximating high-dimensional functions. We show that quantifying this separation can be reduced to estimating the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-02-24 Lei Wu , Jihao Long

The curse of dimensionality poses a significant challenge to modern multilayer perceptron-based architectures, often causing performance stagnation and scalability issues. Addressing this limitation typically requires vast amounts of data.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Divesh Basina , Joseph Raj Vishal , Aarya Choudhary , Bharatesh Chakravarthi

This systematic review explores the theoretical foundations, evolution, applications, and future potential of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN), a neural network model inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem. KANs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Shriyank Somvanshi , Syed Aaqib Javed , Md Monzurul Islam , Diwas Pandit , Subasish Das

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) offer an efficient and interpretable alternative to traditional multi-layer perceptron (MLP) architectures due to their finite network topology. However, according to the results of Kolmogorov and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Moein E. Samadi , Younes Müller , Andreas Schuppert
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