Representing Piecewise-Linear Functions by Functions with Minimal Arity
(2406.02421)Abstract
Any continuous piecewise-linear function $F\colon \mathbb{R}{n}\to \mathbb{R}$ can be represented as a linear combination of $\max$ functions of at most $n+1$ affine-linear functions. In our previous paper [``Representing piecewise linear functions by functions with small arity'', AAECC, 2023], we showed that this upper bound of $n+1$ arguments is tight. In the present paper, we extend this result by establishing a correspondence between the function $F$ and the minimal number of arguments that are needed in any such decomposition. We show that the tessellation of the input space $\mathbb{R}{n}$ induced by the function $F$ has a direct connection to the number of arguments in the $\max$ functions.
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