arXiv:2607. 06290v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study the infinite-width Gaussian-process limit of random neural networks through the lens of tensor programs, and we provide a quantitative convergence theory in Wasserstein distance.
By Andrea Agazzi, Eloy Mosig Garc\'ia, Dario Trevisan
arXiv:2610.02253v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The universal approximation property of dropout neural networks does not by itself describe the network size required for an accurate random realizatio...
By Jia-He Yao
This paper investigates the ρ^p-Lipschitz constants of deep ReLU neural networks with random weights drawn from a He‑style initialization. For zero‑bias networks, it provides high‑probability upper and lower bounds that differ by at most a logarithmic factor in depth, and shows a sharp contrast between the regimes p∈[1,2) and p∈[2,∞], with the former behaving like the Euclidean norm of a Gaussian vector and the latter like its dual norm. The analysis is extended to networks with non‑zero biases from symmetric distributions, yielding bounds that differ by a logarithmic factor in width and a linear factor in depth.
By Sjoerd Dirksen, Patrick Finke, Paul Geuchen, Dominik St\"oger, Felix Voigtlaender
The paper establishes high‑probability bounds on mixed input derivatives for wide random neural networks whose activation derivatives grow factorially, with a focus on anh networks initialized with Xavier weights. For scalar‑output anh networks with Gaussian weights, the authors prove that when the hidden width exceeds a depth‑dependent threshold, the derivative of any order satisfies a bound that is independent of depth for first‑order derivatives and grows at most polynomially with depth for higher‑order mixed derivatives. These results yield high‑probability estimates for the Euclidean Lipschitz constant and weighted Sobolev norms, linking the regularity of network realizations to quasi‑Monte Carlo integration and its potential impact on QMC‑based training.
By Josef Dick, Michael Feischl, Fabian Zehetgruber
arXiv:2501. 18530v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We consider a teacher-student model of supervised learning with a fully-trained two-layer neural network whose width $k$ and input dimension $d$ are large and proportional.
By Jean Barbier, Francesco Camilli, Minh-Toan Nguyen, Mauro Pastore, Rudy Skerk
The paper presents a near-complete, nonasymptotic generalization theory for multilayer neural networks using path regularization, applicable to broad Lipschitz loss functions without requiring bounded loss or extreme network hyperparameters. It provides an explicit upper bound that addresses approximation rates in generalized Barron spaces and demonstrates the double descent phenomenon for ReLU networks. The authors claim near-minimax optimality for regression problems and plan to establish matching lower bounds in future work.
By Hao Yu
arXiv:2606. 16975v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this work, we investigate new activation functions for achieving arbitrary-accuracy Sobolev approximation by fixed-size neural networks.
By Baicheng Li, Haizhao Yang, Shijun Zhang
arXiv:2506. 19695v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper studies the $\ell^p$-Lipschitz constants of ReLU neural networks $\Phi: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$ with random parameters for $p \in [1,\infty]$.
By Sjoerd Dirksen, Patrick Finke, Paul Geuchen, Dominik St\"oger, Felix Voigtlaender
The paper investigates how many linear samples are needed to learn Lipschitz operators under Gaussian measures. It establishes both lower and upper bounds on the Hermite polynomial approximation error and shows that the minimal worst‑case error cannot converge algebraically with the number of samples. However, if the covariance operator of the Gaussian measure decays rapidly, convergence rates arbitrarily close to any algebraic rate can be achieved.
By Ben Adcock, Michael Griebel, Gregor Maier
arXiv:2412. 05109v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We derive universal approximation results for the class of (countably) $m$-rectifiable measures.
By Erwin Riegler, Alex B\"uhler, Yang Pan, Helmut B\"olcskei
arXiv:2311. 15365v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study an idealized training process for deep neural networks in a continuous-depth, mean-field model in which each layer is parameterized by a probability measure on a Euclidean parameter space.
By Noboru Isobe
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.
By Junyu Zhou, Puyu Wang, Dennis Wagner, Yunwen Lei, Marius Kloft, Yiming Ying