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most citedExpressivity and Approximation Properties of Deep Neural Networks with ReLU Activation

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math.NA2026

Convergence of Least Squares Methods for PDEs on R^d with Shallow ReLU^k Networks

Tong Mao, Lei Shi, Hanfei Zhou

We establish inverse inequalities in Gaussian Sobolev norms for shallow trial spaces. The estimates identify the sharp regularity threshold and quantify the depen…

math.NA2026

Sharp Sobolev Approximation on General Domains by Linearized Shallow Networks with Analytic Activations

Jia Li, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

We study Sobolev approximation on bounded domains by linearized shallow neural networks whose inner parameters are prescribed independently of the target function. Our main step is…

math.NA2026

Sharp Approximation on the Sphere by Linearized Shallow Networks with Analytic Activations

Jia Li, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

We study the spectral behavior and approximation properties of linearized shallow networks with analytic activation functions on the unit sphere . Motivated by earlier…

math.NA2026

Optimal Neural Network Approximation via Empirical Least Squares with Deterministic Samples

Xinliang Liu, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

We develop a rigorous theory of discrete residual least-squares approximation for elliptic spectral equations using linearized ReLU neural networks on the sp…

cs.LG2026

Do Neural Networks Really Beat the Curse of Dimensionality? A Bit-Complexity View

Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

Traditional approximation theory measures convergence rates in terms of the number of parameters or degrees of freedom. However, practical computation operates under finite precisi…

math.NA2026

Solving High-Dimensional PDEs Using Linearized Neural Networks

Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu, Xiaofeng Xu

Linearized shallow neural networks that are constructed by fixing the hidden-layer parameters have recently shown strong performance in solving partial differential equations (PDEs…

math.NA2025

Condition Numbers and Eigenvalue Spectra of Shallow Networks on Spheres

Xinliang Liu, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

We present an estimation of the condition numbers of the \emph{mass} and \emph{stiffness} matrices arising from shallow ReLU neural networks defined on the unit sphere~$\mathbb…

cs.LG2025

On the Dimension-Free Approximation of Deep Neural Networks for Symmetric Korobov Functions

Yulong Lu, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu +1

Deep neural networks have been widely used as universal approximators for functions with inherent physical structures, including permutation symmetry. In this paper, we construct s…

math.NA2025

Configuration-Dependent Lower Bounds for Approximation by Shallow ReLU Networks on the Sphere

Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

We establish two related but logically distinct results for shallow ReLU neural networks on the unit sphere $\SS^d$. First, for an arbitrary set of inner neural-network paramet…

math.NA2025

Integral Representations of Sobolev Spaces via ReLU Activation Function and Optimal Error Estimates for Linearized Networks

Xinliang Liu, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

This paper presents two main theoretical results concerning shallow neural networks with ReLU activation functions. We establish a novel integral representation for Sobolev spa…

stat.ML2024

Approximation Rates for Shallow ReLU Neural Networks on Sobolev Spaces via the Radon Transform

Tong Mao, Jonathan W. Siegel, Jinchao Xu

Let be a bounded domain. We consider the problem of how efficiently shallow neural networks with the ReLU activation function can approximate functions…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

Expressivity and Approximation Properties of Deep Neural Networks with ReLU Activation

Juncai He, Tong Mao, Jinchao Xu

In this paper, we investigate the expressivity and approximation properties of deep neural networks employing the ReLU activation function for . Although deep ReLU ne…