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A Kernel Approach for PDE Discovery and Operator Learning

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Oct 14, 2022
Da Long, Nicole Mrvaljevic, Shandian Zhe, Bamdad Hosseini

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This article presents a three-step framework for learning and solving partial differential equations (PDEs) using kernel methods. Given a training set consisting of pairs of noisy PDE solutions and source/boundary terms on a mesh, kernel smoothing is utilized to denoise the data and approximate derivatives of the solution. This information is then used in a kernel regression model to learn the algebraic form of the PDE. The learned PDE is then used within a kernel based solver to approximate the solution of the PDE with a new source/boundary term, thereby constituting an operator learning framework. The proposed method is mathematically interpretable and amenable to analysis, and convenient to implement. Numerical experiments compare the method to state-of-the-art algorithms and demonstrate its superior performance on small amounts of training data and for PDEs with spatially variable coefficients.

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