Quantum Kolmogorov--Arnold representation theorem for continuous unitary-valued maps

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.03187v1
• Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:46:32 GMT
• Title: Quantum Kolmogorov--Arnold representation theorem for continuous unitary-valued maps
• Abstract summary: We establish two quantum analogues of the Kolmogorov--Arnold representation theorem for continuous unitary-valued maps.<n>We provide a concrete topological counterexample based on the lifting property of (mathcalSU(2)) to demonstrate that these local representation theorems cannot be globally extended.
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• Abstract: The classical Kolmogorov--Arnold representation theorem states that any continuous multivariate function can be exactly decomposed into a finite composition of univariate continuous functions and addition operations. This foundational result has recently inspired the development of Kolmogorov--Arnold Networks (KANs) in classical machine learning, as well as their extensions into the quantum domain (QKANs). In this paper, we establish two quantum analogues of the Kolmogorov--Arnold representation theorem for continuous unitary-valued maps of several variables within an open $1$-neighbourhood of the identity matrix \(O_1(\mathbf{I}) \subset \mathcal{U}(n)\). First, we prove a representation theorem that yields an exact additive decomposition inside the matrix exponent of anti-Hermitian-valued maps. Second, due to the non-commutative nature of quantum operators, we derive a factorised version expressing the target unitary map as a finite sequential product of univariate matrix exponentials. Finally, we provide a concrete topological counterexample based on the lifting property of \(\mathcal{SU}(2)\) to demonstrate that these local representation theorems cannot be globally extended to the entire unitary group \(\mathcal{U}(n)\) without encountering fundamental structural obstructions.

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