GriD-LMIA: A Gridding-Based Assembler for Solving Differentiable Parameter-Dependent Linear Matrix Inequalities
arXiv:2608.03175
2026
Dynamics
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What the math gives to ML
The paper provides a constructive method for certifying matrix inequalities over continuous parameter domains using continuous piecewise-polynomial decision functions, tensor Bernstein coefficients, and finitely many rate-vertex tests. Its transferable asset is a gridded, inspectable certificate for parameter-dependent Lyapunov inequalities, including nonsmooth cell interfaces handled through Clarke generalized derivatives. A strong neural-network transfer is a scheduled recurrent or state-space architecture whose transition matrix depends affinely on a measurable context, with a piecewise-polynomial Lyapunov matrix certified to contract for every context and allowed context-rate value. The certificate predicts a sharp feasibility boundary as grid density, polynomial degree, or allowable scheduling-rate bounds are varied.
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2026
Build a recurrent or state-space neural module with a transition matrix A_theta(rho) that is affine in a context or scheduling vector rho, and certify contraction using a continuous piecewise-polynomial Lyapunov matrix P(rho). Instead of checking stability only at sampled contexts, use Bernstein coefficient inequalities on every grid cell and every vertex of the allowed context-rate box, producing a finite certificate for all continuous trajectories within the domain.
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