Oscillatory dynamics arise ubiquitously in nonlinear systems, yet identifying a physically interpretable phase and phase dynamics in nonlinear, high-dimensional oscillations remains a central unresolved problem. Here we establish the principle of a universal dynamical clock, a physical perspective in which oscillations of arbitrary dimensionality and geometry are equivalently represented as uniform rotation through an equant-induced nonlinear viewing coordinate, inspired by Ptolemy's equant and formalised through an areal-uniformity principle reminiscent of Kepler's second law.
Autoregressive transformers trained on limited trajectories of nonlinear dynamical systems can extrapolate to unseen parameter regimes, reproducing period-doubling cascades, chaotic dynamics, and attractor structures with high fidelity. In the logistic map, the model captures successive period doublings up to period 128, achieving a scaling ratio within $5 imes10^{-4}$ of the Feigenbaum constant. The study also shows how control‑parameter information is processed via attention, shaping the closed‑loop dynamics during training.
By Yilun Liu, Yi Zhang, Ganyu Wu, Sikuan Yan, Mengyue Wang, Alois Knoll, Volker Tresp, Yunpu Ma
arXiv:2608. 12624v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Structure-preserving machine learning embeds physical structure directly into model architectures, yet uncertainty quantification (UQ) for such hard-constrained models remains limited because standard UQ methods may violate the encoded admissibility conditions, require architectural modifications, or impose substantial computational costs.
By Zequn He, Celia Reina
arXiv:2410. 11894v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Dynamical systems form the foundation of scientific discovery, traditionally modeled with predefined state variables such as the angle and angular velocity, and differential equations such as the equation of motion for a single pendulum.
By Kuang Huang, Dong Heon Cho, Boyuan Chen
arXiv:2607. 03339v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning dissipative dynamics from discrete observations is essential for reliable long-horizon prediction and physically meaningful parameter identification.
By Jiale Gong (School of Mathematics), Pengzhan Jin (National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data Analysis and Applications, Peking University, Beijing, China), Dongyang Kuang (School of Mathematics), Lu Li (School of Mathematics), Yifa Tang (State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
arXiv:2606. 07563v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Across machine learning, biology, and physics, independently evolving systems often converge toward strikingly similar high-level structures despite radically different microscopic details.
By Truong Xuan Khanh
arXiv:2608. 06597v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A scientific theory of deep learning, comprising learning dynamics and statistical properties of learned models, is rapidly gaining attention.
By Bj\"orn Ladewig, Ibrahim Talha Ersoy, Karoline Wiesner
arXiv:2606. 09929v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Physical reservoir computing harnesses nonlinear mechanical dynamics but, by convention, freezes the substrate and trains only a linear readout, presuming the substrate is not usefully trainable.
By Caleb Munigety
arXiv:2604. 24662v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Identifying the dynamical state variables of a system from high-dimensional observations is a central problem across physical sciences.
By K. Michael Martini, Eslam Abdelaleem, Paarth Gulati, Ilya Nemenman
arXiv:2608.22112v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: We present a machine learning framework for identifying sparse, interpretable models of dynamical systems directly from time-series data. Our approac...
By Nibodh Boddupalli, Jeff Moehlis
The paper introduces Orbital Error Dynamics (OED), an analytical framework that reinterprets neural network weights as transient topological resonances rather than static matrices, derived from a complex quadratic polynomial map. It proposes the Bent Sine Wave Hypothesis to explain non‑equilibrium living systems, defines Observer Horizon Geometry in parameter space, and presents a heavy‑tailed Biomimetic Perturbed Jump Operator inspired by biological processes. Empirical tests on the Two‑Moons manifold show that procedural parameterization from a 24‑byte seed yields competitive accuracy compared to a conventional gradient baseline, while also aligning conceptually with an analog optical co‑processor.
By Volkan Da\u{g}l{\i}, Zerrin Da\u{g}l{\i}, Da\u{g}han Da\u{g}l{\i}
arXiv:2608. 02662v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reliable forecasting of nonlinear physical systems underpins scientific discovery and engineering decision-making.
By Farbod Faraji, Francesco Belardinelli