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Main Authors: Zhu, Rui, Peng, Yuexing, Alexandropoulos, George C., Wang, Wenbo, Xiang, Wei
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08655
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author Zhu, Rui
Peng, Yuexing
Alexandropoulos, George C.
Wang, Wenbo
Xiang, Wei
author_facet Zhu, Rui
Peng, Yuexing
Alexandropoulos, George C.
Wang, Wenbo
Xiang, Wei
contents The Method of Moments (MoM) is constrained by the usage of static, geometry-defined basis functions, such as the Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) basis. This letter reframes electromagnetic modeling around a learnable basis representation rather than solving for the coefficients over a fixed basis. We first show that the RWG basis is essentially a static and piecewise-linear realization of the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem. Inspired by this insight, we propose PhyKAN, a physics-informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) that generalizes RWG into a learnable and adaptive basis family. Derived from the EFIE, PhyKAN integrates a local KAN branch with a global branch embedded with Green's function priors to preserve physical consistency. It is demonstrated that, across canonical geometries, PhyKAN achieves sub-0.01 reconstruction errors as well as accurate, unsupervised radar cross section predictions, offering an interpretable, physics-consistent bridge between classical solvers and modern neural network models for electromagnetic modeling.
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spellingShingle Learning the Basis: A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network Approach Embedding Green's Function Priors
Zhu, Rui
Peng, Yuexing
Alexandropoulos, George C.
Wang, Wenbo
Xiang, Wei
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
The Method of Moments (MoM) is constrained by the usage of static, geometry-defined basis functions, such as the Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) basis. This letter reframes electromagnetic modeling around a learnable basis representation rather than solving for the coefficients over a fixed basis. We first show that the RWG basis is essentially a static and piecewise-linear realization of the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem. Inspired by this insight, we propose PhyKAN, a physics-informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) that generalizes RWG into a learnable and adaptive basis family. Derived from the EFIE, PhyKAN integrates a local KAN branch with a global branch embedded with Green's function priors to preserve physical consistency. It is demonstrated that, across canonical geometries, PhyKAN achieves sub-0.01 reconstruction errors as well as accurate, unsupervised radar cross section predictions, offering an interpretable, physics-consistent bridge between classical solvers and modern neural network models for electromagnetic modeling.
title Learning the Basis: A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network Approach Embedding Green's Function Priors
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08655