Erzeugungsgrad, VC-dimension and neural networks with rational activation function.

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Title: Erzeugungsgrad, VC-dimension and neural networks with rational activation function.
Authors: Pardo, Luis Miguel1 (AUTHOR) luis.m.pardo@gmail.com, Sebastián, Daniel2 (AUTHOR) danielsesan@gmail.com
Source: Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication & Computing. Mar2026, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p389-471. 83p.
Subjects: Artificial neural networks, Intersection theory, Algebraic varieties, Computational learning theory
Abstract: The notion of Erzeugungsgrad was introduced by Joos Heintz in (Theoret Comput Sci 24:239–277, 1983) to bound the number of non-empty cells occurring after a process of quantifier elimination. We extend this notion and the combinatorial bounds of Theorem 2 in Heintz (1983) using the degree for constructible sets defined in Pardo and Sebastián (J Complex 68:101588, 2022). We show that the Erzeugungsgrad is the key ingredient to connect affine Intersection Theory over algebraically closed fields and the VC-Theory of Computational Learning Theory for families of classifiers given by parameterized families of constructible sets. In particular, we prove that the VC-dimension and the Krull dimension are linearly related up to logarithmic factors based on Intersection Theory. Using this relation, we study the density of correct test sequences in evasive varieties. We apply these ideas to analyze parameterized families of neural networks with rational activation function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: The notion of Erzeugungsgrad was introduced by Joos Heintz in (Theoret Comput Sci 24:239–277, 1983) to bound the number of non-empty cells occurring after a process of quantifier elimination. We extend this notion and the combinatorial bounds of Theorem 2 in Heintz (1983) using the degree for constructible sets defined in Pardo and Sebastián (J Complex 68:101588, 2022). We show that the Erzeugungsgrad is the key ingredient to connect affine Intersection Theory over algebraically closed fields and the VC-Theory of Computational Learning Theory for families of classifiers given by parameterized families of constructible sets. In particular, we prove that the VC-dimension and the Krull dimension are linearly related up to logarithmic factors based on Intersection Theory. Using this relation, we study the density of correct test sequences in evasive varieties. We apply these ideas to analyze parameterized families of neural networks with rational activation function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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