A Function-Space Approach to the Statistical Mechanics of Learning Dynamics
Deep neural networks exhibit regular macroscopic behavior despite highly nonlinear dynamics in vast parameter spaces. We develop a statistical-mechanical description of learning directly in function space, treating parameter configurations as microscopic realizations and functions with their dynamical operators as macroscopic variables. For mean-squared loss, the exact error dynamics are governed by the learning operator \(M=JJ^\ast\). Combining the dynamical Boltzmann weight of the conditional stochastic dynamics with the parameter-space density of states, whose local curvature defines a statistical operator \(B\), and integrating over local fluctuations yields $$ Φ_{\mathrm{fluc}}(M;B)=\frac{σ_ξ^2}{2}\log\det(M^{-1}+B)+\mathrm{const}. $$ At fixed spectrum, this term is rotationally stationary when \([M,B]=0\), is minimized by pairing large eigenvalues of \(M\) with small eigenvalues of \(B\), and generates a local restoring contribution against rotational mismatch. For ReLU-type function spaces under mild stable statistical conditions, \(B=σ_ξ^2L^\ast\mathcal K L\), where \(L\) measures coarse-grained second-order structure. Thus the low-\(B\) sector corresponds, up to bounded anisotropy of \(\mathcal K\), to low structural curvature, implying a preference for faster relaxation along smooth, data-adaptive directions. These results identify function space as a natural macroscopic level for studying stable collective organization in learning.
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