Machine Learning Conservation Laws from Trajectories

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 May 7;126(18):180604. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.180604.

Abstract

We present AI Poincaré, a machine learning algorithm for autodiscovering conserved quantities using trajectory data from unknown dynamical systems. We test it on five Hamiltonian systems, including the gravitational three-body problem, and find that it discovers not only all exactly conserved quantities, but also periodic orbits, phase transitions, and breakdown timescales for approximate conservation laws.