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Main Authors: Haight, Chandler, Roudenko, Svetlana, Wang, Zhongming
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24634
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author Haight, Chandler
Roudenko, Svetlana
Wang, Zhongming
author_facet Haight, Chandler
Roudenko, Svetlana
Wang, Zhongming
contents We present a comparative study of classical numerical solvers, such as Petviashvili's method or finite difference with Newton iterations, and neural network-based methods for computing ground states or profiles of solitary-wave solutions to the one-dimensional dispersive PDEs that include the nonlinear Schrödinger, the nonlinear Klein-Gordon and the generalized KdV equations. We confirm that classical approaches retain high-order accuracy and strong computational efficiency for single-instance problems in the one-dimensional setting. Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are also able to reproduce qualitative solutions but are generally less accurate and less efficient in low dimensions than classical solvers due to expensive training and slow convergence. We also investigate the operator-learning methods, which, although computationally intensive during training, can be reused across many parameter instances, providing rapid inference after pretraining, making them attractive for applications involving repeated simulations or real-time predictions. For single-instance computations, however, the accuracy of operator-learning methods remains lower than that of classical methods or PINNs, in general.
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spellingShingle Soliton profiles: Classical Numerical Schemes vs. Neural Network - Based Solvers
Haight, Chandler
Roudenko, Svetlana
Wang, Zhongming
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
We present a comparative study of classical numerical solvers, such as Petviashvili's method or finite difference with Newton iterations, and neural network-based methods for computing ground states or profiles of solitary-wave solutions to the one-dimensional dispersive PDEs that include the nonlinear Schrödinger, the nonlinear Klein-Gordon and the generalized KdV equations. We confirm that classical approaches retain high-order accuracy and strong computational efficiency for single-instance problems in the one-dimensional setting. Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are also able to reproduce qualitative solutions but are generally less accurate and less efficient in low dimensions than classical solvers due to expensive training and slow convergence. We also investigate the operator-learning methods, which, although computationally intensive during training, can be reused across many parameter instances, providing rapid inference after pretraining, making them attractive for applications involving repeated simulations or real-time predictions. For single-instance computations, however, the accuracy of operator-learning methods remains lower than that of classical methods or PINNs, in general.
title Soliton profiles: Classical Numerical Schemes vs. Neural Network - Based Solvers
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24634