Riesz Neural Operator for Solving Partial Differential Equations

ICLR 2026 Conference Submission15229 Authors

Keywords: Neural Operator, Local derivative, Taylor expansion, Nonlinear, PDEs

TL;DR: Riesz Neural Operator blends global spectra and local derivatives via the Riesz transform, capturing non-stationarity and outperforming prior PDE models.

Abstract: Local non-stationarity is pivotal to solving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, in operator learning, the spatially local information inherent in the data is often overlooked. Even when explicitly modeled, it is usually collapsed into local superpositions within the model architecture, preventing full exploitation of local features in physical phenomena. To address this limitation, our paper proposes a novel Riesz Neural Operator (RNO) based on the spectral derivative representation. Since PDEs are fundamentally governed by local derivatives, RNO leverages the Riesz transform, a natural spectral representation of derivatives, to mix global spectral information with local directional variations. This approach allows the RNO to outperform existing operators in complex scenarios that require sensitivity to local detail. Our design bridges the gap between physical interpretability and local dynamics. Experimental results demonstrate that the RNO consistently achieves superior prediction accuracy and generalization performance compared to existing approaches across various benchmark PDE problems and complex real-world datasets, presenting superior non-linear reconstruction capability in model analysis.

Primary Area: applications to physical sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.)

Submission Number: 15229