Ratio and limiting zero distribution asymptotics for symmetric multiple orthogonal polynomials

arXiv:2609.02801 2026 Dynamics 2 ideas extracted · analyzed Sep 3, 2026

What the math gives to ML

The paper provides a constructive family of sparse delayed recurrences whose characteristic polynomials have exact (r+1)-fold rotational symmetry and whose eigenvalues lie on an (r+1)-ray star. This structure can be transferred into neural state-space or polynomial-filter layers as a parameter-efficient alternative to unconstrained deep recurrence: periodic positive coefficients impose predictable spectral geometry while reducing the number of learned parameters. A second transferable tool is diagonal similarity scaling of the associated Hessenberg operator, which gives a cheap way to control non-normal amplification through an induced infinity-norm bound. The strongest first experiments are small recurrent layers and graph polynomial filters, comparing stability and accuracy against untied delayed residual blocks at equal parameter count.

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Star-Symmetric Delayed State Layer

Replace an untied stack of recurrent or polynomial-filter blocks with a delayed recurrence whose coefficients repeat with period r and whose characteristic polynomial has exact (r+1)-fold rotational symmetry. The resulting layer couples the current state to a state r steps back, producing a structured spectrum rather than arbitrary eigenvalues and potentially improving long-horizon propagation with fewer parameters.

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Paper: Ratio and limiting zero distribution asymptotics for symmetric multiple orthogonal polynomials arXiv:2609.02801
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Diagonal-Balanced Hessenberg Dynamics

Use diagonal similarity scaling to reduce the induced infinity norm of a sparse recurrent transition or companion operator before or during training. Similarity preserves eigenvalues while changing coordinate-wise amplification, so the method can suppress non-normal transient growth without changing the represented linear dynamics.

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Paper: Ratio and limiting zero distribution asymptotics for symmetric multiple orthogonal polynomials arXiv:2609.02801