arXiv Machine Learning

A Greedy PDE Router for Blending Neural Operators and Classical Methods

A Greedy PDE Router for Blending Neural Operators and Classical Methods proposes an approximate greedy router that selects solvers from an ensemble to solve PDEs efficiently. The method addresses the challenge of lacking true error knowledge by mimicking greedy selection, aiming to combine the strengths of machine learning and classical solvers. Experiments on Poisson, convection-diffusion, and anisotropic diffusion equations demonstrate reduced time-to-solution compared to single-solver baselines and existing hybrid approaches such as HINTS.

arXiv AI
Jun 26

Error-Conditioned Neural Solvers

arXiv:2606. 27354v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Neural surrogate models offer fast approximate mappings from PDE parameters to solutions, but they typically treat solving as a purely statistical task: once trained, they struggle to correct their own constraint violations and extrapolate beyond the training distribution.

By Haina Jiang, Liam Wang, Peng-Chen Chen, Min Seop Kwak, Seungryong Kim, Brian Bell, Jeong Joon Park
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 21

One-shot acceleration of transient PDE solvers via online-learned preconditioners

arXiv:2509. 08765v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Data-driven acceleration of scientific computing workflows has been a high-profile aim of machine learning (ML) for science, with numerical simulation of transient partial differential equations (PDEs) being one of the main applications.

By Mikhail Khodak, Min Ki Jung, Brian Wynne, Edmond Chow, Egemen Kolemen
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Physics-informed diffusion models in spectral space

arXiv:2602. 09708v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We propose physics-informed spectral diffusion (PISD), a methodology that combines generative latent diffusion models with physics-informed machine learning to generate solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) conditioned on partial observations, which includes, in particular, forward and inverse PDE problems.

By Davide Gallon, Philippe von Wurstemberger, Patrick Cheridito, Arnulf Jentzen
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 2

Rigorous Error Certification for Neural PDE Solvers: From Empirical Residuals to Solution Guarantees

The paper presents a theoretical framework for certifying the accuracy of physics‑informed neural networks (PINNs) used to solve partial differential equations. It derives generalization bounds that link the residual loss minimized during training to the actual error in the solution space, showing that if the neural approximation stays within a compact subset, a vanishing residual guarantees convergence to the true solution. Deterministic and probabilistic convergence results are provided, offering explicit error guarantees based on residual, boundary, and initial condition errors.

By Amartya Mukherjee, Maxwell Fitzsimmons, David C. Del Rey Fern\'andez, Jun Liu
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 29

Deep-Learning Solvers and Surrogates for Infinity and p-Laplace Problems

The paper explores neural network solvers for infinity and p‑Laplace problems, employing Physics‑Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and Deep Operator Networks (DeepONets). It addresses computational challenges for large p values (2 to 1000) across 2D and 3D domains, showing advantages over traditional mesh‑based solvers, especially in three dimensions. The authors provide conditional convergence results for PINNs, a universal approximation theorem for DeepONet on the parametric p‑Poisson problem, and validate their methods with numerical experiments comparing performance to conventional approaches.

By Tak Shing Au Yeung, Ka Chun Cheung, Hannah Potgieter, Steven J. Ruuth, Simon See
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 2

The limits of exactness: On the failure of automatic differentiation in physics-informed machine learning

The article discusses how automatic differentiation (AD) enables neural networks to compute derivatives of governing equations to machine precision, forming the backbone of physics-informed machine learning. However, the author argues that numerical exactness does not guarantee physical fidelity, as AD lacks awareness of the physical structure a solution must satisfy. The paper highlights that many physical constraints—such as convection directionality, diffusion, dispersion, conservation, thermodynamic consistency, symmetry, symplectic structure, positivity, monotonicity, and boundedness—are overlooked by AD, suggesting a need to rethink how PDE-driven neural surrogates are built.

By Ameya D. Jagtap