Unverified 2026

Complex Phase-Corrected State Integrator

Implementation & benchmark of arXiv:2608.22315 — Sharp CFL stability and temporal-dispersion optimization of symmetric splitting schemes for time-domain Maxwell equations

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Source paper: Sharp CFL stability and temporal-dispersion optimization of symmetric splitting schemes for time-domain Maxwell equations arXiv:2608.22315 ⓘ · analyzed Aug 29, 2026

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Idea description

Use the complex-conjugate palindromic coefficient that cancels the leading temporal phase defect of oscillatory modes. Implement complex arithmetic directly or use an exactly equivalent doubled-real state, then project the final state to its real component for real-valued prediction tasks.

Formulas

$$g_2=\frac{a(1-2a)}{2},\qquad g_2=\frac1{12}\Longrightarrow a=\frac14\pm i\frac{\sqrt3}{12}.$$

$$s_* = \frac{6\sqrt3}{7\sqrt d}.$$

$$z_+=e^{a\Delta t A_H}e^{(\Delta t/2)A_E}e^{(1-2a)\Delta t A_H}e^{(\Delta t/2)A_E}e^{a\Delta t A_H}z,\qquad x_+=\operatorname{Re}(z_+).$$

$$\begin{bmatrix}u_+\\v_+\end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}\operatorname{Re}S&-\operatorname{Im}S\\\operatorname{Im}S&\operatorname{Re}S\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}u\\v\end{bmatrix},\qquad z=u+iv.$$

Mathematical statement

For the same palindromic family, $g_2=a(1-2a)/2$. The leading temporal phase defect cancels when $g_2=1/12$, but every real coefficient satisfies $g_2\leq1/16$. Solving the cancellation equation gives $a=1/4\pm i\sqrt{3}/12$. The paper reports the resulting stability threshold $s_*=6\sqrt{3}/(7\sqrt d)$, and distinguishes fourth-order phase accuracy for each fixed semidiscrete Fourier mode from second-order global field accuracy. For a real neural state, use a complex state $z=u+iv$, apply the palindromic composition with the complex coefficient, and return $u=\operatorname{Re}(z)$. A real-only implementation stores $(u,v)$ and applies the block-real representation of every complex linear map.

Implementation notes

Integrate this into an oscillatory SSM or Hamiltonian neural ODE for long-context sequence prediction, especially when hidden dynamics encode rotations, Fourier modes, or wave-like memory. Start with a linear split state consisting of h and e, and set a=0.25+i*sqrt(3)/12. In complex PyTorch or JAX, implement each shear with complex scalar multiplication. In real-only code, duplicate every hidden channel into real and imaginary parts and implement a complex matrix W=A+iB as the real block matrix [[A,-B],[B,A]]. Use the same coefficient throughout the palindromic composition; do not learn unrelated real and imaginary paths. Estimate the coupling norm with power iteration and restrict the step to delta_t*L_hat <= 0.9*6*sqrt(3)/(7*sqrt(d)). For a cheap falsification experiment, train a small sinusoid-forecasting SSM and a copy-memory model with sequence lengths 1000 and 10000. Compare Euler, the real a=1/4 splitter, and the complex splitter at matched numbers of operator calls and matched parameter counts where possible. Measure phase error after 1000 and 10000 steps, spectral radius, hidden-state norm, gradient norms, training loss, and validation loss. The expected signal is lower accumulated phase drift and better long-horizon prediction at equal step size. Reject the method if doubled-real memory and compute erase the accuracy gain, if the real projection causes optimization instability, or if it does not outperform the real stability-optimized splitter on oscillatory data.

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