Unverified 2026

KAM-Stabilized Quasiperiodic Recurrent Memory

Implementation & benchmark of arXiv:2608.05239 — Persistence of invariant graphs for twist maps under analytic perturbations

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Source paper: Persistence of invariant graphs for twist maps under analytic perturbations arXiv:2608.05239 ⓘ · analyzed Aug 31, 2026

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Idea description

Construct a recurrent module with a phase variable and a transverse memory coordinate modeled on a perturbed twist map. Train the transverse state to lie on an invariant graph over the phase, while the phase follows an approximately irrational rigid rotation. A KAM-inspired graph correction and residual penalty should reduce long-horizon drift in recurrent prediction.

Formulas

$$f(x,y)=\left(x+\omega+\lambda y+\varepsilon\phi(x),\;\lambda y+\varepsilon\phi(x)\right),\qquad \int_0^1\phi(x)\,dx=0.$$
$$h\!\left(x+\omega+\lambda h(x)+\varepsilon\phi(x)\right)=\lambda h(x)+\varepsilon\phi(x).$$
$$B(\omega)=\sum_{n\geq0}\frac{\log q_{n+1}}{q_n}<\infty,\qquad \omega=[a_0,a_1,\ldots],\quad \frac{p_n}{q_n}=[a_0,\ldots,a_n].$$
$$u(\theta+\omega)-u(\theta)=g(\theta),\qquad \widehat{u}_k=\frac{\widehat{g}_k}{e^{2\pi i k\omega}-1},\quad k\neq0.$$

Mathematical statement

The paper studies the map f(x,y) = (x + omega + lambda y + epsilon phi(x), lambda y + epsilon phi(x)), where x is a phase on the one-dimensional torus, y is a transverse state, omega is the rotation frequency, lambda is the transverse multiplier, epsilon is perturbation strength, and phi is a zero-mean periodic function. An invariant graph y = h(x) satisfies h(x + omega + lambda h(x) + epsilon phi(x)) = lambda h(x) + epsilon phi(x). Property A_omega requires analytic dynamics on the graph conjugate to the rigid rotation theta -> theta + omega. The relevant arithmetic quantity is the Brjuno sum B(omega) = sum_n log(q_(n+1))/q_n, where p_n/q_n are continued-fraction convergents of omega. The leading KAM correction solves u(theta + omega) - u(theta) = g(theta), with Fourier solution u_hat_k = g_hat_k/(exp(2 pi i k omega) - 1) for nonzero k. Small divisors determine whether graph corrections remain bounded.

Implementation notes

Integrate the mechanism as a recurrent state with phase theta_t in [0,1) and scalar or low-dimensional transverse state z_t. Use theta_(t+1) = frac(theta_t + omega + lambda z_t + epsilon phi_psi(theta_t)) and z_(t+1) = lambda z_t + epsilon phi_psi(theta_t) + W_r r_t, where r_t is the input embedding and phi_psi is a small Fourier network. Maintain a learnable graph h_eta(theta), represented by K sine and cosine modes. For each rollout, compute the prediction loss, the graph residual L_graph = mean_t ||z_(t+1) - h_eta(theta_(t+1))||^2, and the invariance residual L_inv = mean_t ||h_eta(theta_(t+1)) - lambda h_eta(theta_t) - epsilon phi_psi(theta_t)||^2. Estimate a KAM correction from residual samples on a uniform phase grid: take an FFT, divide each nonzero Fourier coefficient by exp(2 pi i k omega) - 1, truncate at frequency K, and add the correction to h_eta. The paper supplies the twist-map equation, invariant-graph condition, Brjuno criterion, and small-divisor correction; the graph, effective perturbation norm, residual spectrum, and Lyapunov exponents are estimated during training. First test on delayed-sine and Mackey-Glass prediction with equal-size tanh-RNN, fixed-frequency phase RNN, and corrected phase RNN baselines. Sweep epsilon and compare golden-ratio omega = (sqrt(5)-1)/2 against near-rational omega = 13/21. Measure graph residual, prediction error at horizons 100 to 10000, and the largest transverse Lyapunov exponent. The predicted signature is a sharp loss of graph persistence when A_K(omega) = max_(1<=|k|<=K) |exp(2 pi i k omega) - 1|^(-1) becomes large; the critical epsilon should decrease approximately as 1/A_K(omega), while the golden-ratio module should remain bounded at larger epsilon than the near-rational module.

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