A Jin--Xin Relaxation Gradual Convergence Method for Conservation-Law PINNs

arXiv:2608.22493 2026 Training 1 ideas extracted · analyzed Aug 29, 2026

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The paper gives a constructive continuation strategy for neural approximations of hyperbolic conservation laws with shocks. Instead of optimizing directly at a nearly singular relaxation scale, a network first solves a smooth Jin–Xin system and is then warm-started through progressively smaller relaxation parameters. The transferable asset is the homotopy between smooth finite-width profiles and the entropy solution, together with an auxiliary flux variable and a sub-characteristic stability condition. This should be tested as a training curriculum for shock-containing PINNs and neural PDE solvers.

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Jin–Xin shock homotopy for PINNs

Train on a sequence of Jin–Xin relaxation problems with decreasing relaxation width rather than training immediately on the singular conservation law. The network predicts both the conserved state and an auxiliary flux, and each stage is initialized from the previous stage so that the learned shock profile sharpens gradually.

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Paper: A Jin--Xin Relaxation Gradual Convergence Method for Conservation-Law PINNs arXiv:2608.22493