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Main Authors: Bai, Tianming, Yang, Jiannan
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06462
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author Bai, Tianming
Yang, Jiannan
author_facet Bai, Tianming
Yang, Jiannan
contents Applying Physics-Informed Gaussian Process Regression to the eigenvalue problem $(\mathcal{L}-λ)u = 0$ poses a fundamental challenge, where the null source term results in a trivial predictive mean and a degenerate marginal likelihood. Drawing inspiration from system identification, we construct a transfer function-type indicator for the unknown eigenvalue/eigenfunction using the physics-informed Gaussian Process posterior. We demonstrate that the posterior covariance is only non-trivial when $λ$ corresponds to an eigenvalue of the partial differential operator $\mathcal{L}$, reflecting the existence of a non-trivial eigenspace, and any sample from the posterior lies in the eigenspace of the linear operator. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach through several numerical examples with both linear and non-linear eigenvalue problems.
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spellingShingle Physics-informed Gaussian Process Regression in Solving Eigenvalue Problem of Linear Operators
Bai, Tianming
Yang, Jiannan
Machine Learning
Applying Physics-Informed Gaussian Process Regression to the eigenvalue problem $(\mathcal{L}-λ)u = 0$ poses a fundamental challenge, where the null source term results in a trivial predictive mean and a degenerate marginal likelihood. Drawing inspiration from system identification, we construct a transfer function-type indicator for the unknown eigenvalue/eigenfunction using the physics-informed Gaussian Process posterior. We demonstrate that the posterior covariance is only non-trivial when $λ$ corresponds to an eigenvalue of the partial differential operator $\mathcal{L}$, reflecting the existence of a non-trivial eigenspace, and any sample from the posterior lies in the eigenspace of the linear operator. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach through several numerical examples with both linear and non-linear eigenvalue problems.
title Physics-informed Gaussian Process Regression in Solving Eigenvalue Problem of Linear Operators
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06462