An overview on deep learning-based approximation methods for partial differential equations
Abstract
It is one of the most challenging problems in applied mathematics to approximatively solve high-dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs). Recently, several deep learning-based approximation algorithms for attacking this problem have been proposed and tested numerically on a number of examples of high-dimensional PDEs. This has given rise to a lively field of research in which deep learning-based methods and related Monte Carlo methods are applied to the approximation of high-dimensional PDEs. In this article we offer an introduction to this field of research by revisiting selected mathematical results related to deep learning approximation methods for PDEs and reviewing the main ideas of their proofs. We also provide a short overview of the recent literature in this area of research.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2012.12348
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2012.12348
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv201212348B
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Numerical Analysis;
- Computer Science - Machine Learning;
- 65M99 (Primary);
- 35-02;
- 65-02;
- 68T07 (Secondary)
- E-Print:
- 49 pages. Compared to the first version, the manuscript has been significantly expanded. In particular, Python source code implementing several of the presented methods using PyTorch, as well as numerical simulations have been added