pETNNs: Partial Evolutionary Tensor Neural Networks for Solving Time-Dependent Partial Differential Equations

Abstract

We present partial evolutionary tensor neural networks (pETNNs), a novel approach for solving time-dependent partial differential equations with high accuracy and capable of handling high-dimensional problems. Our architecture incorporates tensor neural networks and evolutionary parametric approximation. A posteriori error bound is proposed to support the extrapolation capabilities. In numerical implementations, we adopt a partial update strategy to achieve a significant reduction in computational cost while maintaining precision and robustness. Notably, as a low-rank approximation method of complex dynamical systems, pETNNs enhance the accuracy of evolutionary deep neural networks and empower computational abilities to address high-dimensional problems. Numerical experiments demonstrate the superior performance of the pETNNs in solving complex time-dependent equations, including the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, high-dimensional heat equations, high-dimensional transport equations, and dispersive equations of higher-order derivatives.