L/sup p/ approximation of Sigma-Pi neural networks

A feedforward Sigma-Pi neural network with a single hidden layer of m neurons is given by /sup m//spl Sigma//sub j=1/c/sub j/g(n/spl Pi//sub k=1/x/sub k/-/spl theta//sub k//sup j///spl lambda//sub k//sup j/) where c/sub j/, /spl theta//sub k//sup j/, /spl lambda//sub k//spl isin/R. We investigate the approximation of arbitrary functions f: R/sup n//spl rarr/R by a Sigma-Pi neural network in the L/sup p/ norm. An L/sup p/ locally integrable function g(t) can approximate any given function, if and only if g(t) can not be written in the form /spl Sigma//sub j=1//sup n//spl Sigma//sub k=0//sup m//spl alpha//sub jk/(ln|t|)/sup j-1/t/sub k/.