arxivcs.LGmath.NA2026-07-31
Freeze, Then Select: Structured Field Adapters and Stability-Validated Weak Selection for PDE Discovery from Sparse Observations
Juncheng Zhong, Chenghuang Shen, Jianfeng Liu, Zhengdong Xiao, Longjiu Luo, Qianrong Wang, et al.
PDE discovery from sparse observations requires reconstructing a continuous field and selecting the correct differential terms. Our analysis of optimization paths in coupled neural PDE discovery reveals three behaviors: the exact support can persist to the end of training, appear…