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20242026
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13 papers

cs.LG2026

Shallower ReLU Network Representations via Exact Linear Algebra

Kilian Rueß, Gennadiy Averkov, Florestan Brunck +7

We prove that the maximum of real numbers is exactly representable by a ReLU network with two hidden layers for every . The constructions are obtained by reducing the…

math.CO2026

Decomposition Polyhedra of Piecewise Linear Functions

Marie-Charlotte Brandenburg, Moritz Grillo, Christoph Hertrich

In this paper we contribute to the frequently studied question of how to decompose a continuous piecewise linear (CPWL) function into a difference of two convex CPWL functions. Eve…

math.CO2026

Neural Networks and (Virtual) Extended Formulations

Christoph Hertrich, Georg Loho

Neural networks with piecewise linear activation functions, such as rectified linear units (ReLU) or maxout, are among the most fundamental models in modern machine learning. We ma…

cs.LG2026

Better Neural Network Expressivity: Subdividing the Simplex

Egor Bakaev, Florestan Brunck, Christoph Hertrich +2

This work studies the expressivity of ReLU neural networks with a focus on their depth. A sequence of previous works showed that hidden layers are suffi…

cs.CC2026

The Computational Complexity of Counting Linear Regions in ReLU Neural Networks

Moritz Stargalla, Christoph Hertrich, Daniel Reichman

An established measure of the expressive power of a given ReLU neural network is the number of linear regions into which it partitions the input space. There exist many different,…

math.CO2025

Arithmetic Circuits and Neural Networks for Regular Matroids

Christoph Hertrich, Stefan Kober, Georg Loho

We prove that there exist uniform -circuits of size to compute the basis generating polynomial of regular matroids on elements. By tropicalization, this…