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Zh. Vychisl. Mat. Mat. Fiz., 2021 Volume 61, Number 7, Pages 1172–1178 (Mi zvmmf11267)

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Computer science

Neural network with smooth activation functions and without bottlenecks is almost surely a Morse function

S. V. Kurochkin

National Research University Higher School of Economics, 109028, Moscow, Russia

Abstract: It is proved that a neural network with sigmoidal activation functions is a Morse function for almost all, with respect to the Lebesgue measure, sets of parameters (weights) in the case when the network architecture has no bottlenecks, i.e., layers with fewer neurons than in the adjacent layers. It is shown by examples that the requirement for no bottlenecks is essential.

Key words: neural network, Morse functions.

UDC: 519.87

Received: 15.12.2019
Revised: 15.12.2019
Accepted: 15.09.2020

DOI: 10.31857/S0044466921070103


 English version:
Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, 2021, 61:7, 1162–1168

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