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arXiv2026

A Fractional-Memory Physics-Informed Neural Network with Fast History Compression for Tempered Fractional Coupled Phase-Field Systems

Tempered time-fractional coupled phase-field (tTFCP) systems are used to model interfacial phenomena involving memory-dependent transport and relaxation mechanisms. Numerical solutions to these systems are challenging due to the simultaneous presence of nonlocal temporal operators, weak initial singularities, moving diffuse interfaces, and strongly coupled multiphysics dynamics. In this work, we introduce FM-tfPINN (fractional-memory physics-informed neural network), which is used for forward simulation and inverse parameter identification in tempered fractional coupled phase-field systems. Unlike conventional fractional PINNs, which enforce memory effects solely through residual constraints, our framework incorporates tempered fractional memory directly into the neural representation via latent memory-source functions and a tempered fractional integral operator. We develop a fast shifted residual formulation based on graded temporal meshes and sum-of-exponentials (SOE) history compression to efficiently evaluate the tempered fractional operators. This framework combines interface-aware and residual-adaptive collocation strategies, improving resolution near evolving diffuse interfaces. A unified, physics-informed loss formulation allows for the forward prediction and inverse recovery of unknown physical parameters from sparse observations. We assess the proposed method on a class of tempered fractional corrosion phase-field models, including one-dimensional corrosion-front propagation, activation- and diffusion-controlled regimes, two-dimensional pitting corrosion, and inverse mobility identification problems. The numerical results demonstrate the accurate recovery of coupled phase and concentration fields, the robust prediction of physically relevant interface diagnostics, and the reliable estimation of parameters from limited data.

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arXiv2026

Alikhanov-XfPINNs: Adaptive Physics-Informed Learning for Nonlinear Fractional PDEs on Nonuniform Meshes

To address the initial singularity inherent in solutions to fractional partial differential equations (fPDEs), we propose an accelerated Alikhanov discretization formulation implemented on nonuniform time grids. Based on the physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) framework, we introduce an Alikhanov-extended fractional PINNs (XfPINNs) architecture that combines high-order temporal discretization and deep learning. The nonlocal memory term in fPDEs leads to high computational cost, while the weak singularity near $t\to 0^+$ can deteriorate accuracy on uniform meshes. To separate temporal discretization effects from optimization and sampling errors, we further develop an auxiliary time-marching configuration that enables auditable temporal-convergence studies under controlled training tolerances. This architecture can solve general nonlinear fPDEs. The XfPINNs approach is designed for forward and inverse problems, allowing for data-driven solution reconstruction and parameter estimation. First, the neural network approximates the solution of nonlinear fPDEs; then, an adaptive activation function accelerates convergence and enhances training efficiency. The optimization framework embeds a variational loss function constructed from the Alikhanov scheme, where the initial and boundary conditions are imposed using a combination of hard and soft constraints. Numerical experiments, including cases with known and unknown exact solutions which demonstrate the robustness, computational efficiency, and significant CPU time savings of the Alikhanov-XfPINNs method.

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