arXiv Machine Learning

Can Deep Learning Achieve Cross-Physics Mapping?

The paper introduces Cross-Physics Mapping (CPM), an operator-learning framework that enables deep learning to translate physical fields governed by different equations. By aligning latent representations and applying a dimensionless scaling principle, CPM maps between heterogeneous domains such as diffusion and wave fields. Experiments with seven neural operator architectures show directional asymmetry: diffusion-to-wave mapping is harder, while wave-to-diffusion mapping is more stable, with neural operators outperforming conventional convolutional baselines.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 5

When Attention Beats Fourier: Multi-Scale Transformers for PDE Solving on Irregular Domains

arXiv:2605. 08318v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study the problem of \emph{architecture selection} for deep learning models trained to solve partial differential equations (PDEs), asking when transformer-based architectures with learned attention outperform Fourier-domain neural operators.

By Brandon Yee, Pairie Koh, Jack Rodriguez, Mihir Tekal
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 7

Disentangling Attention in Deep Operator Learning: A Controlled Study of Data-Driven and Physics-Informed Architectures

The paper investigates how different attention mechanisms affect the performance of DeepONet neural operators. Five variants—varying in cross‑attention, self‑attention, tokenization, and attention depth—are trained in both data‑driven and physics‑informed settings on one‑ and two‑dimensional PDE benchmarks. Results show that per‑sensor tokenization with cross‑attention consistently reduces error, while branch self‑attention helps only in complex spatial problems, and deeper cross‑attention yields diminishing returns with higher cost.

By Amar Alem Koric, Qibang Liu, Seid Koric
arXiv AI
4d ago

Transolver-$\sigma$: Joint Spectral-Physical Subspace Modeling for Neural PDE Solving

Transolver‑σ is a neural PDE solver that jointly models spectral and physical subspaces to improve accuracy in both one‑step and autoregressive rollouts. The method uses adaptive physical-state interactions, Slice‑Residual Physics‑Attention, and an axis‑factorized Fourier operator to enable information exchange between representations. Across five standard PDE benchmarks, Transolver‑σ reduces benchmark‑averaged relative error by 33.4% compared to the strongest baseline and shows strong performance on coupled multiphysics systems and real‑world fluid and combustion data.

By Haonan Shangguan, Hang Zhou, Haixu Wu, Yuezhou Ma, Jianmin Wang, Mingsheng Long
arXiv AI
Jul 2

A Multi-Resolution Finite-Volume Inspired Deep Learning Framework for Spatiotemporal Dynamics Prediction

arXiv:2607. 00460v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Predicting complex spatiotemporal dynamics in physical processes often demands computationally expensive numerical methods or data-driven neural networks that suffer from high training costs, error accumulation, and limited generalizability to unseen parameters.

By Xin-Yang Liu, Xiantao Fan, Jian-Xun Wang