arXiv:2603.07299cs.LGcs.AI2026-03

通过谱稀疏性识别连续对称性,无需搜索变换生成器。

Spectral Discovery of Continuous Symmetries via Generalized Fourier Transforms

  • 利用广义傅里叶变换在谱域检测对称性诱导的稀疏模式。
  • 在双摆和顶夸克识别任务中成功发现一参数对称性。
  • 适合需要可解释对称性发现的研究者,如物理建模与粒子探测。

连续对称性在众多科学与学习问题中具有基础意义,但常未知。现有方法通常直接搜索变换生成器或依赖学习的增强方案。我们提出基于谱结构的全新视角:通过广义傅里叶变换(GFT)发现一参数子群。核心观察是,对子群的不变性会在函数在不可约表示上的谱分解中引发结构化稀疏。我们不优化生成器,而是通过检测谱域中的稀疏模式来识别对称性。在极大环面(maximal torus)上,GFT退化为多维傅里叶分析,利用其不可约表示进行对称性检测。在双摆和顶夸克标记等结构化任务中,谱稀疏性可靠揭示了一参数对称性。结果表明,谱分析可作为生成器方法之外的严谨且可解释的对称性发现新范式。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Continuous symmetries are fundamental to many scientific and learning problems, yet they are often unknown a priori. Existing symmetry discovery approaches typically search directly in the space of transformation generators or rely on learned augmentation schemes. We propose a fundamentally different perspective based on spectral structure. We introduce a framework for discovering continuous one-parameter subgroups using the Generalized Fourier Transform (GFT). Our central observation is that invariance to a subgroup induces structured sparsity in the spectral decomposition of a function across irreducible representations. Instead of optimizing over generators, we detect symmetries by identifying this induced sparsity pattern in the spectral domain. We develop symmetry detection procedures on maximal tori, where the GFT reduces to multi-dimensional Fourier analysis through their irreducible representations. Across structured tasks, including the double pendulum and top quark tagging, we demonstrate that spectral sparsity reliably reveals one-parameter symmetries. These results position spectral analysis as a principled and interpretable alternative to generator-based symmetry discovery.

对称性发现谱分析广义傅里叶变换可解释性

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