Schauder Bases for $C[0, 1]$ Using ReLU, Softplus and Two Sigmoidal Functions

Anand Ganesh, Babhrubahan Bose, Anand Rajagopalan

2025-06-09

Abstract

We construct four Schauder bases for the space $C[0,1]$, one using ReLU functions, another using Softplus functions, and two more using sigmoidal versions of the ReLU and Softplus functions. This establishes the existence of a basis using these functions for the first time, and improves on the universal approximation property associated with them.