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This research introduces a Generalized Neural Operator designed to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) by balancing physical fidelity with computational speed. By explicitly conditioning on parameters and boundary conditions, the framework overcomes the typical trade-offs between data-driven flexibility and physics-based rigor in scientific machine learning. The proposed architecture maintains inference efficiency comparable to traditional numerical solvers while ensuring stable solutions across diverse physical regimes.
Generalized Neural Operator for Parametric and Boundary-Value Problems
arXiv:2607.21932v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Developing foundational neural simulators for Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) requires robust generalization across diverse physical parameters and boundary conditions. However, current deep learning approaches largely face a structural trade-off between condition-agnostic deployment and physical fidelity. Purely data-driven operators infer the underlying physics implicitly and thus lack the explicit constraints needed to ensure physically valid solutions across varying domains, rendering the learning problem ill-posed. On the other hand, Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) enforce rigorous physical constraints but necessitate costly, instance-specific optimization. Furthermore, the massive scale of emerging foundational operators has severely degraded their inference speeds, making them computationally uncompetitive with traditional numerical solvers. To address this bottleneck between condition-agnostic deployment, physical rigor, and inference efficiency, we propose a \textit{Generalized Neural Operator}. By formalizing the classical conditions for well-posedness within neural operators, our framework demonstrates the theoretical benefits of explicitly conditioning on PDE parameters and boundary conditions. To implement this synthesis without compromising computational speed, we introduce three novel architectural components: a parameter-gated mixture of kernels for efficient parameter generalization, a generalized boundary transfer operator that projects arbitrary boundary constraints into a unified latent Dirichlet representation, and a specialized training objective to ensure stability. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our theoretically grounded approach achieves superior generalization across heterogeneous physical regimes while maintaining strict inference efficiency comparable to conventional numerical baselines.
Abstract:Developing foundational neural simulators for Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) requires robust generalization across diverse physical parameters and boundary conditions. However, current deep learning approaches largely face a structural trade-off between condition-agnostic deployment and physical fidelity. Purely data-driven operators infer the underlying physics implicitly and thus lack the explicit constraints needed to ensure physically valid solutions across varying domains, rendering the learning problem ill-posed. On the other hand, Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) enforce rigorous physical constraints but necessitate costly, instance-specific optimization. Furthermore, the massive scale of emerging foundational operators has severely degraded their inference speeds, making them computationally uncompetitive with traditional numerical solvers. To address this bottleneck between condition-agnostic deployment, physical rigor, and inference efficiency, we propose a \textit{Generalized Neural Operator}. By formalizing the classical conditions for well-posedness within neural operators, our framework demonstrates the theoretical benefits of explicitly conditioning on PDE parameters and boundary conditions. To implement this synthesis without compromising computational speed, we introduce three novel architectural components: a parameter-gated mixture of kernels for efficient parameter generalization, a generalized boundary transfer operator that projects arbitrary boundary constraints into a unified latent Dirichlet representation, and a specialized training objective to ensure stability. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our theoretically grounded approach achieves superior generalization across heterogeneous physical regimes while maintaining strict inference efficiency comparable to conventional numerical baselines.
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2607.21932 [cs.CE]
(or arXiv:2607.21932v1 [cs.CE] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.21932 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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