Core Concepts
Geometric Neural Operators (GNPs) can be used to learn operators on functions defined on manifolds, accounting for geometric contributions in the data-driven deep learning process.
Abstract
The paper introduces Geometric Neural Operators (GNPs) for learning operators on functions defined on manifolds. The key highlights are:
- GNPs can incorporate geometric contributions, such as the metric and curvatures, as features and as part of the operations performed on functions.
- GNPs can be used to estimate geometric properties, such as the metric and curvatures, from point-cloud representations of manifolds.
- GNPs can be used to approximate Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on manifolds, learn solution maps for Laplace-Beltrami (LB) operators, and solve Bayesian inverse problems for identifying manifold shapes.
- The methods allow for handling geometries of general shape, including point-cloud representations, by incorporating the roles of geometry in data-driven learning of operators.
Stats
GNPs can learn the metric components E, F, G and curvature components L, M, N, K from point-cloud representations of manifolds with an L2-error around 5.19 × 10−2.
GNPs can learn the solution operator for the Laplace-Beltrami PDE on manifolds with an L2-error ranging from 1.07 × 10−2 for simpler spherical shapes to 9.03 × 10−2 for more complex shapes.
GNP-Bayesian methods can accurately identify the true manifold shape from observations of Laplace-Beltrami responses, with the top prediction matching the true shape in most cases.
Quotes
"We introduce Geometric Neural Operators (GNPs) for accounting for geometric contributions in data-driven deep learning of operators."
"GNPs handle the geometric contributions in addition to function inputs based on network architectures building on Neural Operators."
"The methods allow for handling geometries of general shape including point-cloud representations."