Discrete Solution Operator Learning for Geometry-Dependent PDEs

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Autores principales: Bai, Jinshuai, Li, Haolin, Khodaei, Zahra Sharif, Aliabadi, M. H., Gu, YuanTong, Feng, Xi-Qiao
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author Bai, Jinshuai
Li, Haolin
Khodaei, Zahra Sharif
Aliabadi, M. H.
Gu, YuanTong
Feng, Xi-Qiao
author_facet Bai, Jinshuai
Li, Haolin
Khodaei, Zahra Sharif
Aliabadi, M. H.
Gu, YuanTong
Feng, Xi-Qiao
contents Neural operator learning accelerates PDE solution by approximating operators as mappings between continuous function spaces. Yet in many engineering settings, varying geometry induces discrete structural changes, including topological changes, abrupt changes in boundary conditions or boundary types, and changes in the computational domain, which break the smooth-variation premise. Here we introduce Discrete Solution Operator Learning (DiSOL), a complementary paradigm that learns discrete solution procedures rather than continuous function-space operators. DiSOL factorizes the solver into learnable stages that mirror classical discretizations: local contribution encoding, multiscale assembly, and implicit solution reconstruction on an embedded grid, thereby preserving procedure-level consistency while adapting to geometry-dependent discrete structures. Across geometry-dependent Poisson, advection-diffusion, linear elasticity, as well as spatiotemporal heat conduction problems, DiSOL produces stable and accurate predictions under both in-distribution and strongly out-of-distribution geometries, including discontinuous boundaries and topological changes. These results highlight the need for procedural operator representations in geometry-dominated problems and position discrete solution operator learning as a distinct, complementary direction in scientific machine learning.
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spellingShingle Discrete Solution Operator Learning for Geometry-Dependent PDEs
Bai, Jinshuai
Li, Haolin
Khodaei, Zahra Sharif
Aliabadi, M. H.
Gu, YuanTong
Feng, Xi-Qiao
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
Computational Physics
Neural operator learning accelerates PDE solution by approximating operators as mappings between continuous function spaces. Yet in many engineering settings, varying geometry induces discrete structural changes, including topological changes, abrupt changes in boundary conditions or boundary types, and changes in the computational domain, which break the smooth-variation premise. Here we introduce Discrete Solution Operator Learning (DiSOL), a complementary paradigm that learns discrete solution procedures rather than continuous function-space operators. DiSOL factorizes the solver into learnable stages that mirror classical discretizations: local contribution encoding, multiscale assembly, and implicit solution reconstruction on an embedded grid, thereby preserving procedure-level consistency while adapting to geometry-dependent discrete structures. Across geometry-dependent Poisson, advection-diffusion, linear elasticity, as well as spatiotemporal heat conduction problems, DiSOL produces stable and accurate predictions under both in-distribution and strongly out-of-distribution geometries, including discontinuous boundaries and topological changes. These results highlight the need for procedural operator representations in geometry-dominated problems and position discrete solution operator learning as a distinct, complementary direction in scientific machine learning.
title Discrete Solution Operator Learning for Geometry-Dependent PDEs
topic Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09143