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48 results for Physical Symmetries

Unconstrained models learn physical symmetries effectively with simple data augmentation.

problem Ensuring physical symmetries in machine learning models.
method Rigorous metrics to measure symmetry content, data augmentation strategy, architectural analysis.
result Unconstrained models can learn approximate equivariant behavior with simple data augmentation.

This paper aims to incorporate passive symmetries in machine learning for better generalization.

problem Machine learning's reliance on arbitrary choices leads to passive symmetries that can limit generalization.
method Translation among physics, mathematics, and machine learning to understand and implement passive symmetries.
result Respecting passive symmetries can improve machine learning's ability to generalize.

New method uses scalars to approximate physics functions.

problem Designing neural networks that respect physical symmetries.
method Parameterizing polynomial functions equivariant to various symmetries using scalars.
result Universal approximation of polynomial functions under various symmetries using scalars.

Equivariant flows generate symmetric distributions for complex systems.

problem Generating symmetric distributions for complex systems with exact likelihood.
method Equivariant normalizing flows that preserve symmetries.
result Equivariant flows generate symmetric distributions that are invariant to symmetries in physical systems.

One considers a special class of PDEs systems and one determines the associated symmetry group. Particulary, for the Blair system, one finds the symmetry group. A solutions of the Blair system gives a conformally flat contact metric structure and also it defines a "force-free" model of solar physics. By using the symme…

1999-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We explain the meaning of local symmetries in physics.

problem Understanding the meaning of local symmetries in physics.
method We argue that general covariance and gauge principles are principles of epistemic access to physical laws, leading to ontological insights.
result Relationality is a core notion in gauge field theory, encoded by local symmetries.

New theorem links symmetries to first integrals in plasma physics.

problem Understanding the relationship between symmetries and first integrals in divergence-free fields.
method Developed a Noether-type Theorem reformulation for three-dimensional divergence-free vector fields.
result Converse of the Noether-type Theorem holds on the toroidal region, proving the existence of flux coordinates.

L-GATr transforms high-energy physics data using geometric algebra and Lorentz symmetry.

problem Extracting scientific understanding from particle-physics experiments with high precision and efficiency.
method L-GATr, a geometric algebra Transformer, representing data in 4D space-time and being equivariant under Lorentz transformations.
result L-GATr achieves performance comparable to or better than domain-specific baselines on regression, classification, and generative tasks.

A machine learning model with approximate rotational symmetry is tested and found stable.

problem The effects of broken symmetries in machine learning models.
method Testing a model with approximate rotational symmetry in various physical scenarios.
result The model remains stable even with noticeable symmetry artifacts, suggesting potential benefits.

Symmetric observations don't necessarily imply symmetric causal explanations.

problem Inferring causal models from observed correlations is challenging and computationally intensive.
method An explicit example using a tripartite probability distribution over binary events.
result Symmetries in observations cannot be used to reduce the hypothesis space of causal models.

Symmetry-electronic fingerprints reveal competing magnetic phases in two-dimensional materials.

problem Predicting magnetic ground states, moments, and anisotropy in two-dimensional magnets.
method Introduce the symmetry-electronic fingerprint (SEF), a physically interpretable representation that encodes crystallographic symmetry operations, Wyckoff-site geometry, and site-resolved electronic structure.
result SEF-trained models accurately classify magnetic ordering and regress moments alongside anisotropy energies.

The Regge symmetry is a set of remarkable relations between two tetrahedra whose edge lengths are related in a simple fashion. It was first discovered as a consequence of an asymptotic formula in mathematical physics. Here we give a simple geometric proof of Regge symmetries in Euclidean, spherical, and hyperbolic geom…

2019-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Continuous symmetries and their breaking play a prominent role in contemporary physics. Effective low-energy field theories around symmetry breaking states explain diverse phenomena such as superconductivity, magnetism, and the mass of nucleons. We show that such field theories can also be a useful tool in machine lear…

2019-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Derives symmetric and antisymmetric kernels for quantum physics and chemistry applications.

problem Efficiently handling symmetries and antisymmetries in machine learning for quantum physics and chemistry.
method Symmetrizing and antisymmetrizing conventional kernels, analyzing feature space dimensions, proving kernel properties, proposing Slater determinant representation.
result Efficient evaluation of antisymmetric Gaussian kernels even in high-dimensional state spaces, significant reduction in training data size.

The paper studies minimal resistance dynamics in radial fields, finding unique solutions for incompressible flows.

problem Nonlinear dynamics of minimal resistance in radial fields.
method Analysis of two non-equilibrium scenarios: scale-invariant free expansion and incompressible source flow.
result Incompressible flow acts as a structural regularizer, admitting unique, smooth, and strictly concave solutions.

Symmetry in neural networks affects generalization, as shown by CLT and RG transformations.

problem Improving generalization in neural networks by incorporating physical symmetries.
method Evaluation of symmetry constraints and expressivity in MLPs and GNNs using the CLT as a test case.
result Overly complex or overconstrained models generalize poorly, revealing a competition between symmetry constraints and expressivity.

Translationally equivariant neural networks improve performance and generalization in physics problems.

problem Performance and generalization issues in machine learning applied to physics problems.
method Investigation of translationally equivariant convolutional neural networks for complex scalar field theory on a 2D lattice.
result Translationally equivariant neural networks significantly outperform non-equivariant architectures in various regression and classification tasks.

New model uses symmetries and scaling laws to predict consumer advertising response.

problem Understanding consumer response to advertising efforts.
method Introduces a physics-based mathematical model to describe consumer response dynamics.
result The model better captures nonlinearities in advertising effects and provides new parameters for audience engagement.

We provide an introduction to the mathematics and physics of the deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation, a fully nonlinear geometric PDE on Kahler manifolds which plays an important role in mirror symmetry. We discuss the physical origin of the equation, and some recent progress towards its solution. In dimension 3 we …

2017-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Unconstrained MLIPs outperform constrained ones in accuracy and speed.

problem Improving the efficiency and accuracy of machine-learned interatomic potentials.
method Investigated unconstrained models trained on large datasets compared to physically constrained models.
result Unconstrained MLIPs can be superior in accuracy and speed compared to physically constrained models.

Symmetry in inverse problems leads to multiple solutions, but breaking symmetry helps deep learning.

problem Symmetry in physical systems causes multiple solutions in inverse problems, hindering deep learning.
method Careful symmetry breaking on training data helps solve inverse problems and improve deep learning performance.
result Symmetry breaking on training data significantly improves deep learning performance in inverse problems.

Symmetry, a central concept in understanding the laws of nature, has been used for centuries in physics, mathematics, and chemistry, to help make mathematical models tractable. Yet, despite its power, symmetry has not been used extensively in machine learning, until rather recently. In this article we show a general wa…

2018-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Summarizes quantum field theories with discrete symmetry, classifying representations and anomalies.

problem Classifying representations and anomalies in quantum field theories with discrete symmetry.
method Classification of representations and anomalies using the ring of profinite integers.
result Rich and complex classification of representations and anomalies.

We reformulate wealth taxation using Fokker-Planck equations to ensure tax neutrality.

problem Ensuring tax neutrality in wealth taxation frameworks.
method Reformulating the neutral wealth tax framework using stochastic dynamics and statistical physics, specifically Fokker-Planck equations.
result The framework clarifies when wealth taxation is a benign rescaling of dynamics and when it introduces new physics.

The existence of the theory of `twisted cotangent bundles' (symplectic groupoids) allows to study classical mechanical systems which are generalized in the sense that their configurations form a Poisson manifold. It is natural to study from this point of view first such systems which arise in the context of some basic …

1996-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach to Lagrangian systems using intrinsic geometry.

problem Developing a new framework for Lagrangian systems.
method Direct reformulation of Hamiltonian formalism, introduction of spatial equation and spatial-gauge symmetry.
result Covariant and non-covariant canonical variational principles demonstrated for Maxwell equations.