Body: <p>Is it possible somehow to find which family of functions a particular network approximates?</p>
  <p>For example, I have some directed graph and I use its vertices as artificial neurons (as simple McCulloch &amp; Pitts neurons), and I want to know the class of functions which it can approximate</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you be more specific about what you mean by "class of functions"? Do you have in mind any classes?
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Comments.Text: Maybe [this](https://ai.stackexchange.com/a/25460/2444) answers your question?
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Title: Is it possible to know the family of functions a neural network approximates?
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ThreadText: # Is it possible to know the family of functions a neural network approximates?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-17)
  
  Is it possible somehow to find which family of functions a particular network approximates?
  
  For example, I have some directed graph and I use its vertices as artificial neurons (as simple McCulloch & Pitts neurons), and I want to know the class of functions which it can approximate
  
  **Tags:** neural-networks, function-approximation, topology
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can you be more specific about what you mean by "class of functions"? Do you have in mind any classes?  
  > **username_1**: Maybe [this](https://ai.stackexchange.com/a/25460/2444) answers your question?  
  
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