Summary of Fourier Pinns: From Strong Boundary Conditions to Adaptive Fourier Bases, by Madison Cooley et al.
Fourier PINNs: From Strong Boundary Conditions to Adaptive Fourier Bases
by Madison Cooley, Varun Shankar, Robert M. Kirby, Shandian Zhe
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) are increasingly popular for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, PINNs often struggle with high-frequency and multi-scale target solutions. This paper investigates a strong Boundary Condition (BC) version of PINNs, which outperforms standard PINNs in terms of relative error. Theoretical analysis reveals that strong BC PINNs better capture the amplitudes of high-frequency components. Despite its effectiveness, constructing architectures for strong BC PINNs can be challenging. To address this issue, the authors propose Fourier PINNs, a simple and powerful method that incorporates pre-specified Fourier bases into PINNs. An adaptive learning algorithm is developed to identify significant frequencies while suppressing nominal ones. The proposed approach demonstrates improved performance in a set of systematic experiments. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Scientists are exploring new ways to solve complex math problems using artificial intelligence. One type of AI, called Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), can be great at solving some types of math problems. However, PINNs often struggle with very detailed or changing solutions. This paper looks at a special version of PINNs that works better than the usual ones in certain situations. The researchers also develop a new way to use PINNs that helps them solve more complex problems. They test their approach and show that it works well in different scenarios. |
