Conjecture on identifiable parameters in ReLU architectures with width-one layers
Conjecture on identifiable parameters in ReLU architectures with width-one layers
Let be a ReLU network architecture, with parameter space , quotient parameter space , and quotient map identifying parameters up to the relevant within-layer permutations. A parameter is finitely identifiable if its fiber in is a finite set.
Width-one identifiability conjecture.
- There exist architectures with for some for which no identifiable parameters exist.
- For every architecture, there exists a finitely identifiable parameter.
The first assertion predicts that width-one non-output layers can prevent even individual identifiable parameters, because the resulting activation image is at most one-dimensional and transverse breakpoint assignments may remain ambiguous. The second asserts that finite identifiability should nevertheless occur in every architecture. The source provides no resolution of either assertion.
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Primary source
Moritz Grillo and Guido Montúfar, “Most ReLU Networks Admit Identifiable Parameters”, arXiv:2605.03601 (2026).
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