α-CROWN Transfer: ReLU Nodes #
The .relu case of alphaCrown_transfer_sound. The step propagates the parent's affine bounds
through the α lower relaxation and the CROWN upper relaxation built from the IBP pre-activation
box. The proof is componentwise: scalar inequalities for the two relaxations, a vector-level
enclosure for a fixed α vector in [0, 1], and the range facts for the α vector the step selects.
Scalar relaxation inequalities #
The α lower relaxation on [l, u], evaluated at a lower estimate lAff ≤ z, lies below
relu z.
relu z lies below the CROWN upper relaxation on [l, u] evaluated at an upper estimate
z ≤ uAff.
Vector-level enclosure #
Componentwise ReLU bound: if z lies in both the affine estimate box and the IBP box, and the
α vector lies in [0, 1], then the propagated lower and upper affine forms bracket relu z at
every index.
ReLU transfer core: if xin encloses the parent value vp at x, the IBP box preB
encloses vp, and the α vector lies in [0, 1], then propagating xin through the α lower and
CROWN upper relaxations encloses relu vp.
The α vector selected by the step #
A certificate α entry, cast to the pre-activation dimension, has all components in [0, 1]
under AlphaOK.
The α vector the step selects when a certificate entry is present (the entry cast to the
pre-activation dimension if the sizes agree, the default relaxation otherwise) has all components
in [0, 1].
The .relu case #
The .relu case: the step propagates the parent's affine bounds through the α lower and CROWN
upper relaxations built from the IBP pre-activation box at the parent, and the evaluator applies
reluSpec to the parent's value. The α vector is the certificate entry when present and well-sized,
and the default relaxation otherwise.