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The Physics Is the Network: Fast, Training-Free Neural Emulation

Luka Todorovic·Kaushal Gianchandani·Sai Ravela
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Neural emulation need not require learning a substitute for known physics. We investigate PolyNets that couple a continuous-time neural representation of polynomial dynamics with a simple recurrent network for discrete-time integration. When the governing coefficients are known, the resulting tensor graph requires no training and preserves the prescribed numerical scheme while enabling efficient hardware execution and parallel simulation. Using the one-dimensional Korteweg-de Vries equation, we compare PolyNet with CPU and GPU finite-difference Runge-Kutta solvers and three trained neural models: a state-map emulator, a physics-informed predictor, and a learned-tendency integrator. Analytical soliton solutions provide a reference for amplitude and phase errors across grid resolutions, 10^6 dispersively scaled time steps, ensembles of up to 10^4 trajectories, and varying initial amplitudes. PolyNet achieves accuracy comparable to the numerical solvers, including at amplitudes outside the learned models' training conditions. It combines this fidelity with high GPU throughput, approximately constant over the tested resolution range, and favorable ensemble scaling.

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Luka Todorovic, Kaushal Gianchandani, Sai Ravela. 2026-10-14. The Physics Is the Network: Fast, Training-Free Neural Emulation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.20525

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