% Key papers for Neural network approximation theory (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages. @inproceedings{icml2017_recovery_36359, title = {{Recovery Guarantees for One-hidden-layer Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2017/poster/752}, } @inproceedings{icml2017_depth_36145, title = {{Depth-Width Tradeoffs in Approximating Natural Functions with Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2017/poster/593}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_sorting_37747, title = {{Sorting Out Lipschitz Function Approximation}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3940}, } @inproceedings{icml2016_l1_35877, title = {{L1-regularized Neural Networks are Improperly Learnable in Polynomial Time}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2016}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v48/zhangd16.html}, } @inproceedings{neurips2017_on_56532, title = {{On the Complexity of Learning Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2017/poster/9326}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_exactly_59814, title = {{Exactly Computing the Local Lipschitz Constant of ReLU Networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/18019}, } @inproceedings{neurips2019_on_58711, title = {{On Learning Over-parameterized Neural Networks: A Functional Approximation Perspective}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2019/poster/13454}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_rational_60669, title = {{Rational neural networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/16818}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_on_60482, title = {{On the Modularity of Hypernetworks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17901}, } @inproceedings{icml2017_neural_36306, title = {{Neural Networks and Rational Functions}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2017/poster/761}, } @inproceedings{iclr2021_universal_29925, title = {{Universal approximation power of deep residual neural networks via nonlinear control theory}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2021}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2021/poster/3010}, } @inproceedings{cvpr2021_towards_18019, title = {{Towards Evaluating and Training Verifiably Robust Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{neurips2017_concentration_56205, title = {{Concentration of Multilinear Functions of the Ising Model with Applications to Network Data}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2017/poster/8799}, } @inproceedings{neurips2017_eigenvalue_56291, title = {{Eigenvalue Decay Implies Polynomial-Time Learnability for Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2017/poster/9007}, } @inproceedings{neurips2019_tight_59094, title = {{Tight Sample Complexity of Learning One-hidden-layer Convolutional Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2019/poster/14068}, } @inproceedings{iclr2020_effect_29841, title = {{Effect of Activation Functions on the Training of Overparametrized Neural Nets}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=rkgfdeBYvH}, } @inproceedings{aaai2023_on_4277, title = {{On Solution Functions of Optimization: Universal Approximation and Covering Number Bounds}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2023}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/25981}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_a_59295, title = {{A new convergent variant of Q-learning with linear function approximation}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17057}, } @inproceedings{iclr2020_a_29828, title = {{A closer look at the approximation capabilities of neural networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=rkevSgrtPr}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_zap_61116, title = {{Zap Q-Learning With Nonlinear Function Approximation}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17500}, } @inproceedings{aaai2024_complexity_5443, title = {{Complexity of Neural Network Training and ETR: Extensions with Effectively Continuous Functions}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29118}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_non_72590, title = {{Non-asymptotic Approximation Error Bounds of Parameterized Quantum Circuits}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94787}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_generalization_83554, title = {{Generalization Bounds and Model Complexity for Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/28263}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_in_77407, title = {{In-context Learning of Linear Dynamical Systems with Transformers: Approximation Bounds and Depth-separation}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=TVD7cVIPCp}, } @inproceedings{iclr2024_novel_34092, title = {{Novel Quadratic Constraints for Extending LipSDP beyond Slope-Restricted Activations}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/18983}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_ehrenfeucht_46309, title = {{Ehrenfeucht-Haussler Rank and Chain of Thought}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/46252}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_universal_46635, title = {{Universal Approximation Theorem of Deep Q-Networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/45935}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_exact_47681, title = {{Exact Upper and Lower Bounds for the Output Distribution of Neural Networks with Random Inputs}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/44916}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_a_51255, title = {{A Noise Sensitivity Exponent Controls Large Statistical-to-Computational Gaps in Single- and Multi-Index Models}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=KHhO311xZ2}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_rational_53537, title = {{Rational Neural Networks have Expressivity Advantages}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=gPQQyHFbEA}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_approximation_54162, title = {{Approximation Error Upper and Lower Bounds for Hölder Class with Transformers}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=mWBxEAq9lv}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_optimal_76156, title = {{Optimal Minimum Width for the Universal Approximation of Continuously Differentiable Functions by Deep Narrow MLPs}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=GAa7Gy7FW7}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_nonparametric_76333, title = {{Nonparametric Quantile Regression with ReLU-Activated Recurrent Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=IGKluZvI6J}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_monotone_77205, title = {{Monotone and Separable Set Functions: Characterizations and Neural Models}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=RSSk1SHxrH}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_from_78476, title = {{From Kolmogorov to Cauchy: Shallow XNet Surpasses KANs}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=f6AoMP75dy}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_robustly_78555, title = {{Robustly Learning Monotone Single-Index Models}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=fuOEekc2t3}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_approximation_79681, title = {{Approximation theory for 1-Lipschitz ResNets}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=rsTWR7z4PB}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_decomposition_83910, title = {{Decomposition Polyhedra of Piecewise Linear Functions}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/27910}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_semialgebraic_84166, title = {{Semialgebraic Neural Networks: From roots to representations}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/27662}, } @inproceedings{iclr2026_on_88911, title = {{On the Lipschitz Continuity of Set Aggregation Functions and Neural Networks for Sets}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=sPRK6XefjY}, }