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math.OCmath.PRstat.ML Samy Mekkaoui, Huy\^en Pham, Xavier Warin · Mar 23, 2026

This paper develops a neural operator framework for approximating mappings defined on constrained Wasserstein spaces $\mathcal{M}_\lambda$, consisting of probability measures on $I \times \mathbb{R}^d$ with prescribed marginal $\lambda$ on the label space $I$. The core contribution is the DeepONetCyl architecture, which combines cylindrical moment approximations $\Phi_J(\mu) = (\langle \varphi_1, \mu \rangle, \ldots, \langle \varphi_J, \mu \rangle)$ with a DeepONet-type branch–trunk structure to preserve the marginal constraint. This enables learning of heterogeneous (non-exchangeable) mean-field control problems where agent interactions depend on labels, extending prior neural methods beyond the exchangeable case.

We study the approximation of operators acting on probability measures on a product space with prescribed marginal. Let $I$ be a label space endowed with a reference measure $\lambda$, and define $\cal M_\lambda$ as the set of probability measures on $I\times \mathbb{R}^d$ with first marginal $\lambda$. By disintegration, elements of $\cal M_\lambda$ correspond to families of labeled conditional distributions. Operators defined on this constrained measure space arise naturally in mean-field control problems with heterogeneous, non-exchangeable agents. Our main theoretical result establishes a universal approximation theorem for continuous operators on $\cal M_\lambda$. The proof combines cylindrical approximations of probability measures with DeepONet-type branch-trunk neural architecture, yielding finite-dimensional representations of such operators. We further introduce a sampling strategy for generating training measures in $\cal M_\lambda$, enabling practical learning of such conditional mean-field operators. We apply the method to the numerical resolution of mean-field control problems with heterogeneous interactions, thereby extending previous neural approaches developed for homogeneous (exchangeable) systems. Numerical experiments illustrate the accuracy and computational effectiveness of the proposed framework.
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stat.MLcs.LGmath.PR Vivek Shripad Borkar · Mar 22, 2026

This paper extends stochastic approximation (SA) theory to non-Markovian driving noise that is also non-ergodic, establishing that the ergodic decomposition of the original process corresponds to a Doeblin decomposition of an equivalent Markov chain. The core insight is that iterates retain memory of the distant past through the tail $\sigma$-field at $-\infty$, offering a theoretical lens on how learning algorithms might encode long-term dependencies. The author proposes this framework as a paradigm for understanding transformer attention mechanisms and continual learning, where the entire history influences current updates.

Based on some recent work of the author on stochastic approximation in non-markovian environments, the situation when the driving random process is non-ergodic in addition to being non-markovian is considered. Using this, we propose an analytic framework for understanding transformer based learning, specifically, the `attention' mechanism, and continual learning, both of which depend on the entire past in principle.