collaborators

5 papers

cs.LG2026

Minimal Filling Architectures of Polynomial Neural Networks: Counterexamples, Frontier Search, and Defects

Kevin Dao, Jose Israel Rodriguez

We provide counterexamples to the unimodal minimal filling architecture conjecture for polynomial neural networks (PNNs) with power activation functions. Fixing the input and outpu…

math.AG2026

Euclidean distance degree defect of singular projective varieties

Laurenţiu G. Maxim, Jose Israel Rodriguez, Botong Wang

The unit Euclidean distance degree and the generic Euclidean distance degree are two well-studied invariants of projective varieties. These quantities measure the algebraic complex…

math.NA2026

Rigid homotopies for sampling from algebraic varieties: a Waring structure complexity model

Abigail R. Jones, Kisun Lee, Jose Israel Rodriguez

Polynomial system solving has seen major progress in both theory and practice over the past decade. A landmark achievement was addressing Smale's 17th problem, establishing average…

math.AG2026

The Euclidean distance degree of one-parameter anchored multiview varieties

Bella Finkel, Jose Israel Rodriguez

Multiview varieties are mathematical models for the set of image feature correspondences that can be produced by a given camera arrangement. They possess an invariant known as thei…

cs.LG2025

Activation degree thresholds and expressiveness of polynomial neural networks

Bella Finkel, Jose Israel Rodriguez, Chenxi Wu +1

We study the expressive power of deep polynomial neural networks through the geometry of their neurovariety. We introduce the notion of the activation degree threshold of a network…