arXiv:2607. 07884v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this short note we consider the gradient descent dynamics of deep scalar linear networks, $f(x) = \prod_{l=1}^L w_l x$, which enjoy exact time-course solutions for any integer depth.
arXiv:2502. 11152v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The optimization foundations of deep linear networks have recently received significant attention.
arXiv:2509. 24882v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural scaling laws underlie many of the recent advances in deep learning, yet their theoretical understanding remains largely confined to linear models.
arXiv:2604. 20219v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Depth is widely viewed as a central contributor to the success of deep neural networks, whereas standard neural network approximation theory typically provides guarantees only for the final output and leaves the role of intermediate layers largely unclear.
arXiv:2510. 02779v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent advances have significantly improved our understanding of the generalization performance of gradient descent (GD) methods in deep neural networks.
arXiv:2606. 06772v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Characterizing the optimization dynamics and statistical performance of over-parameterized deep neural networks (DNNs) remains a central challenge in understanding the remarkable success of deep learning.
arXiv:2607. 13631v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Hessian matrix is an important quantity of interest when it comes to studying the loss landscape and optimization dynamics in deep learning, as well as designing measures of generalization, second-order learning algorithms, etc.
arXiv:2606. 00340v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study optimal learning-rate selection in two-layer and three-layer linear neural networks trained to learn linear target functions.
arXiv:2602. 07494v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Deeper modern architectures are costly to train, making hyperparameter transfer preferable to expensive repeated tuning.
arXiv:2607. 01311v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep learning has outgrown any single mathematical explanation.
The Hessian matrix is an important quantity of interest when it comes to studying the loss landscape and optimization dynamics in deep learning, as well as designing measures of generalization, second-order learning algorithms, etc. Prior works have focused on empirical results or pursued a theoretical treatment under overly simplified settings.
arXiv:2501. 07400v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We derive explicit equations governing the cumulative biases and weights in Deep Learning with ReLU activation function, based on gradient descent for the Euclidean loss in the input layer, and under the assumption that the weights are, in a precise sense, adapted to the coordinate system distinguished by the activations.
arXiv:2606. 06772v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Understanding the generalization performance of over-parameterized neural networks has become a central topic in deep learning theory.