Explicit Construction of Approximate Kolmogorov Superpositions with C2 Smoothness

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Main Authors: Song, Lunji, Cheng, Zilan, Toscano, Juan Diego, Wang, Li-Lian
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author Song, Lunji
Cheng, Zilan
Toscano, Juan Diego
Wang, Li-Lian
author_facet Song, Lunji
Cheng, Zilan
Toscano, Juan Diego
Wang, Li-Lian
contents We explicitly construct an approximate version of the Kolmogorov superpositions, which is composed of C2-inner and outer functions, and can approximate an arbitrary alpha Holder continuous function with accuracy of N to the power -alpha, where N denotes the number of outer summations. The inner functions are generated by applying suitable translations and dilations to a piecewise C2, strictly increasing function, while the outer functions are constructed rowwise through piecewise C2 interpolation using newly designed shape functions. This novel variant of Kolmogorov superpositions overcomes the wild and pathological behaviors of the inherent single variable functions, but retains the essence of Kolmogorov strategy of exact representation-an objective that Sprecher (Neural Netw. 144(2021)438-442) has actively pursued. We also discuss the implications of this new construction and demonstrate its applicability to related neural networks.
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spellingShingle Explicit Construction of Approximate Kolmogorov Superpositions with C2 Smoothness
Song, Lunji
Cheng, Zilan
Toscano, Juan Diego
Wang, Li-Lian
Numerical Analysis
41A46, 65Y10, 68W25, 68Q17
We explicitly construct an approximate version of the Kolmogorov superpositions, which is composed of C2-inner and outer functions, and can approximate an arbitrary alpha Holder continuous function with accuracy of N to the power -alpha, where N denotes the number of outer summations. The inner functions are generated by applying suitable translations and dilations to a piecewise C2, strictly increasing function, while the outer functions are constructed rowwise through piecewise C2 interpolation using newly designed shape functions. This novel variant of Kolmogorov superpositions overcomes the wild and pathological behaviors of the inherent single variable functions, but retains the essence of Kolmogorov strategy of exact representation-an objective that Sprecher (Neural Netw. 144(2021)438-442) has actively pursued. We also discuss the implications of this new construction and demonstrate its applicability to related neural networks.
title Explicit Construction of Approximate Kolmogorov Superpositions with C2 Smoothness
topic Numerical Analysis
41A46, 65Y10, 68W25, 68Q17
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04392