arXiv AI

Exact values and exact upper bounds for families of integers with arithmetic progression intersections (Erd\H{o}s Problem #272)

arXiv:2607. 23004v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Let $t(N)$ be the largest $t$ for which there exist distinct sets $A_1,\dots,A_t \subseteq \{1,\dots,N\}$ such that $A_i \cap A_j$ is a nonempty arithmetic progression for all $i \neq j$ (Erdos Problem #272).

arXiv AI
Jul 1

Improved Upper Bounds for Slicing the Hypercube

arXiv:2602. 16807v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A collection of hyperplanes $\mathcal{H}$ slices all edges of the $n$-dimensional hypercube $Q_n$ with vertex set $\{-1,1\}^n$ if, for every edge $e$ in the hypercube, there exists a hyperplane in $\mathcal{H}$ intersecting $e$ in its interior.

By Duncan Soiffer, Nathaniel Itty, Christopher D. Rosin, Blake Bruell, Mason DiCicco, G\'abor N. S\'ark\"ozy, Ryan Offstein, Daniel Reichman
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 27

Shallower ReLU Network Representations via Exact Linear Algebra

arXiv:2607. 21651v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We prove that the maximum of $n$ real numbers is exactly representable by a ReLU network with two hidden layers for every $n\le 10$.

By Kilian Rue{\ss}, Gennadiy Averkov, Florestan Brunck, Moritz Grillo, Christoph Hertrich, Georg Loho, Jack Stade, Moritz Stargalla, Matthew Sun, Martin Winter
arXiv AI
Jul 28

An Explicit Counterexample to Stanley's Rankwise Lower-Bound Conjecture for Differential Posets

arXiv:2607. 22988v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In Problem~6 of his 1988 paper on differential posets, Stanley asked for the least possible cardinality of a fixed rank of an $r$-differential poset and suggested that the minimum should be attained by $Y^r$, the $r$-fold Cartesian power of Young's lattice.

By Xinan Dai, Yuchen Yang, Wenhao Deng, Yingdong Shi, Tailin Wu
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 12

Optimistic Rates for Multiclass PAC Learning

arXiv:2608. 10869v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Worst-case multiclass bounds do not become smaller when the best classifier is already nearly correct: what is missing is an optimistic rate, a guarantee whose fluctuation scales with the oracle risk itself.

By Xiaoyu Li, Andi Han, Jiaojiao Jiang, Junbin Gao
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Optimizing Explicit Unit-Distance Lower-Bound Certificates

arXiv:2606. 03419v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The 2026 disproof of Erd\H{o}s's unit-distance conjecture and Sawin's subsequent explicit quantitative refinement show that the maximum number $u(n)$ of unit distances among $n$ planar points can exceed $n^{1+\varepsilon}$ for a fixed positive $\varepsilon$.

By Michael T. M. Emmerich
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

Clustering with Non-adaptive Subset Queries

arXiv:2409. 10908v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recovering the underlying $k$-clustering of a set $U$ of $n$ points by asking pair-wise same-cluster queries has garnered significant interest in the past few years.

By Hadley Black, Euiwoong Lee, Arya Mazumdar, Barna Saha