Conjecture that nonlinear neural-network loss functions are not rotationally invariant

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Let csigmacsigma be a smooth activation function that is not linear, let the data set contain at least two data points, and let LL be the associated loss function. Let Rot⁡{\operatorname{Rot}} denote the class of rotationally invariant functions.

Rotational-invariance conjecture. If the activation function csigmacsigma is a smooth function that is not linear and the data set contains cgeq2cgeq 2 data points, then

L∉Rot⁡.L \notin {\operatorname{Rot}}.

This conjecture concerns the geometric symmetries of loss functions for nonlinear networks. It appears in the paper's discussion of general expectations, and the supplied text provides no resolution beyond posing the claim.

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Nathaniel Bottman, Y. Cooper and Antonio Lerario, “How regularization affects the geometry of loss functions”, arXiv:2307.15744 (2023).

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