An adaptive Deep Ritz framework for second-order fully nonlinear partial differential equations

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Main Authors: Caboussat, Alexandre, Leclercq, Martin T., Peruso, Anna
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author Caboussat, Alexandre
Leclercq, Martin T.
Peruso, Anna
author_facet Caboussat, Alexandre
Leclercq, Martin T.
Peruso, Anna
contents As an alternative to PINNs, a Deep Ritz framework is proposed to solve fully nonlinear PDEs. A least-squares algorithm is advocated to decouple the nonlinearities from the variational features of several fully nonlinear PDEs. A splitting method allows to iteratively solve local nonlinear problems and linear variational problems at each iteration. While existing nonlinear solvers are applied to solve for nonlinearities, we propose a novel coupling with a Deep Ritz neural network approach that is well-suited to the variational flavor of the linear variational problems. An adaptive sampling strategy for the selection of collocation points is incorporated to increase the efficiency of the algorithm without sacrificing its accuracy. Numerical experiments are presented to solve the Dirichlet problem for several fully nonlinear equations, starting with the prototypical Monge-Ampère equation, showing the flexibility of the approach. Numerical results are compared with results obtained using a full PINNs approach. Finally, numerical experiments are extended to address the optimal transport Monge-Ampère problem with transport boundary conditions.
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spellingShingle An adaptive Deep Ritz framework for second-order fully nonlinear partial differential equations
Caboussat, Alexandre
Leclercq, Martin T.
Peruso, Anna
Numerical Analysis
35G30, 49Q22, 65M99, 68T07
G.1.8; I.2.0
As an alternative to PINNs, a Deep Ritz framework is proposed to solve fully nonlinear PDEs. A least-squares algorithm is advocated to decouple the nonlinearities from the variational features of several fully nonlinear PDEs. A splitting method allows to iteratively solve local nonlinear problems and linear variational problems at each iteration. While existing nonlinear solvers are applied to solve for nonlinearities, we propose a novel coupling with a Deep Ritz neural network approach that is well-suited to the variational flavor of the linear variational problems. An adaptive sampling strategy for the selection of collocation points is incorporated to increase the efficiency of the algorithm without sacrificing its accuracy. Numerical experiments are presented to solve the Dirichlet problem for several fully nonlinear equations, starting with the prototypical Monge-Ampère equation, showing the flexibility of the approach. Numerical results are compared with results obtained using a full PINNs approach. Finally, numerical experiments are extended to address the optimal transport Monge-Ampère problem with transport boundary conditions.
title An adaptive Deep Ritz framework for second-order fully nonlinear partial differential equations
topic Numerical Analysis
35G30, 49Q22, 65M99, 68T07
G.1.8; I.2.0
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27731