arXiv Machine Learning

Geometry-Constrained Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: Learning Edge Geometry via Banach Duality

arXiv:2608. 25807v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) replace fixed activations in deep architectures with learnable univariate edge functions, making the choice of edge parametrisation central.

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Jun 16

Monotonic Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Monotonicity as an Inductive Bias

Monotonicity has been a long-running architectural inductive bias for neural networks, motivated by tabular, scientific, and economic settings where outputs are known to respond monotonically to certain inputs. Existing approaches are MLP- or flow-based and lack per-edge functional transparency; the only Kolmogorov--Arnold Network (KAN) variant with monotonicity, MonoKAN, enforces the constraint only on a restricted parameter subset and requires a projection-style training procedure.

arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 16

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: Curse of Dimensionality and Structural Bias

The paper investigates Kolmogorov‑Arnold networks (KANs) and their approximation properties. It shows that while KANs can achieve dimension‑independent approximation exponents for targets with smooth univariate edge functions, this advantage is tied to the target structure rather than the architecture itself. Empirical tests reveal that KANs outperform MLPs only when each nonlinear component depends on a single input coordinate; otherwise, MLPs can be more efficient, especially under tight parameter budgets or for interacting targets.

By Yunhao Ni, Yuxin Guo, Jie Luo, Wenjun Wu, Lei Huang
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 4

An Embedded RISC-V Evaluation of Kolmogorov--Arnold Networks in Hard-Constrained Recurrent Physics-Informed Models

arXiv:2608. 00737v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hard-constrained recurrent physics-informed networks (HRPINNs) embed known dynamics inside a recurrent numerical integrator and restrict a neural branch to learning only the residual dynamics that the first-principles model does not capture.

By Enzo Nicolas Spotorno, Josafat Leal Filho
arXiv AI
Sep 3

RecKAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks with a Learnable Recursive Polynomial Basis

RecKAN introduces a learnable recursive polynomial basis for Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks, replacing fixed bases like B-splines or Chebyshev polynomials. The basis is defined by a second‑order polynomial recurrence whose five coefficients are jointly learned with the network, enabling it to encompass classical families such as Chebyshev, Fibonacci, Pell, and Jacobsthal. Experiments across image, text, biomedical time‑series classification, and forecasting tasks show RecKAN outperforming parameter‑matched KAN baselines and achieving state‑of‑the‑art results on several benchmarks.

By Amirhosein Azarpour
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 11

Toward a First-Principles Update Geometry for the Language-Model Head

The paper proposes a new update geometry for the language‑model head by treating the head and softmax as a single module and using Hilbert’s projective distance to measure functional change. It replaces the spectral norm with the Euclidean row diameter, derives a tractable RowNorm update rule, and demonstrates that RowNorm substantially reduces step diameters and Hilbert perturbations while only slightly increasing validation loss.

By Aditya Somasundaram, Charles Guille-Escuret, Alexander Moreno, Zhengzhong Liu, Eric Xing