Resolution-Consistent Greedy Neural Approximation on Infinite-Dimensional Spaces
Organizations: Universidad Tecnol´ogica Atl´antico Mediterr´aneo – UTAMED, Facultad de Empresa Digital, Tecnolog´ıa y Derecho, M´alaga, Espa˜na · Departamento de Matem´aticas, F´ısica y Ciencias Tecnol´ogicas, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, San Bartolom´e 55, Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia), 46115, Spain · Departamento de Matem´aticas, CUNEF Universidad, 28040, Espa˜na
Abstract
We develop constructive approximation and learning guarantees for shallow neural models with infinite-dimensional inputs observed through finitely many coordinates. The analysis is based on a parameter-normalized neural dictionary and its associated weighted variation class. Within this class, the approximation error separates into a distribution-dependent coordinate-truncation term and a greedy finite-width term. For empirical regression, a fully-corrective greedy procedure yields population guarantees whose statistical complexity is uniform in the retained input resolution. The same framework extends to Hilbert-valued responses without an explicit dependence on the output dimension. The dimension-free statements are statistical, not computational: selecting a new neuron still requires solving a nonconvex parameter-search problem. The quasi-Polish construction underlying recent infinite-dimensional universal approximation results provides a motivating example, and synthetic experiments illustrate the predicted resolution, width, and sample-size regimes.
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Neural Network Approximation Theory
Neural network approximation theory studies how network size, depth, activations, and structure determine the accuracy of functions and operators.
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