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Main Authors: Zhang, Hong-Kun, Li, Xin, Yang, Sikun, Xia, Zhihong
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10195
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author Zhang, Hong-Kun
Li, Xin
Yang, Sikun
Xia, Zhihong
author_facet Zhang, Hong-Kun
Li, Xin
Yang, Sikun
Xia, Zhihong
contents A novel neural network inspired by Cauchy's integral formula, is proposed for function approximation tasks that include time series forecasting, missing data imputation, etc. Hence, the novel neural network is named CauchyNet. By embedding real-valued data into the complex plane, CauchyNet efficiently captures complex temporal dependencies, surpassing traditional real-valued models in both predictive performance and computational efficiency. Grounded in Cauchy's integral formula and supported by the universal approximation theorem, CauchyNet offers strong theoretical guarantees for function approximation. The architecture incorporates complex-valued activation functions, enabling robust learning from incomplete data while maintaining a compact parameter footprint and reducing computational overhead. Through extensive experiments in diverse domains, including transportation, energy consumption, and epidemiological data, CauchyNet consistently outperforms state-of-the-art models in predictive accuracy, often achieving a 50% lower mean absolute error with fewer parameters. These findings highlight CauchyNet's potential as an effective and efficient tool for data-driven predictive modeling, particularly in resource-constrained and data-scarce environments.
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spellingShingle CauchyNet: Compact and Data-Efficient Learning using Holomorphic Activation Functions
Zhang, Hong-Kun
Li, Xin
Yang, Sikun
Xia, Zhihong
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
A novel neural network inspired by Cauchy's integral formula, is proposed for function approximation tasks that include time series forecasting, missing data imputation, etc. Hence, the novel neural network is named CauchyNet. By embedding real-valued data into the complex plane, CauchyNet efficiently captures complex temporal dependencies, surpassing traditional real-valued models in both predictive performance and computational efficiency. Grounded in Cauchy's integral formula and supported by the universal approximation theorem, CauchyNet offers strong theoretical guarantees for function approximation. The architecture incorporates complex-valued activation functions, enabling robust learning from incomplete data while maintaining a compact parameter footprint and reducing computational overhead. Through extensive experiments in diverse domains, including transportation, energy consumption, and epidemiological data, CauchyNet consistently outperforms state-of-the-art models in predictive accuracy, often achieving a 50% lower mean absolute error with fewer parameters. These findings highlight CauchyNet's potential as an effective and efficient tool for data-driven predictive modeling, particularly in resource-constrained and data-scarce environments.
title CauchyNet: Compact and Data-Efficient Learning using Holomorphic Activation Functions
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10195