Summary of Global Lyapunov Functions: a Long-standing Open Problem in Mathematics, with Symbolic Transformers, by Alberto Alfarano et al.
Global Lyapunov functions: a long-standing open problem in mathematics, with symbolic transformers
by Alberto Alfarano, François Charton, Amaury Hayat
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper tackles the long-standing challenge of discovering a Lyapunov function ensuring global stability in dynamical systems. Despite advancements in language models, they struggle with complex reasoning tasks like advanced mathematics. The authors propose a novel method for generating synthetic training samples from random solutions and train sequence-to-sequence transformers on these datasets. They demonstrate that this approach outperforms algorithmic solvers and humans on polynomial systems and can discover new Lyapunov functions for non-polynomial systems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about finding a way to make sure complex systems remain stable. Right now, computers have trouble doing this for really hard math problems. The authors came up with a new method to create fake training data that helps computers learn better. They tested their approach on some simple systems and found that it worked better than other methods or even humans in some cases. This could be useful for solving complex problems in the future. |
