Addressing common misinterpretations of KART and UAT in neural network literature

This note addresses the Kolmogorov-Arnold Representation Theorem (KART) and the Universal Approximation Theorem (UAT), focusing on their common and frequent misinterpretations in many papers related to neural network approximation. Our remarks aim to support a more accurate understanding of KART and UAT among neural network specialists. In addition, we explore the minimal number of neurons required for universal approximation, showing that KART's lower bounds extend to standard multilayer perceptrons, even with smooth activation functions.

@article{ismailov2025_2408.16389,
  title={ Addressing common misinterpretations of KART and UAT in neural network literature },
  author={ Vugar Ismailov },
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.16389},
  year={ 2025 }
}