Explaining the advantage of quantum-enhanced physics-informed neural networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15046v1
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:50:17 GMT
• Title: Explaining the advantage of quantum-enhanced physics-informed neural networks
• Authors: Nils Klement, Veronika Eyring, Mierk Schwabe,
• Abstract summary: Partial differential equations (PDEs) form the backbone of simulations of many natural phenom- ena.<n>We show how quantum computing can improve the ability of physics-informed neural networks to solve PDEs.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Partial differential equations (PDEs) form the backbone of simulations of many natural phenom- ena, for example in climate modeling, material science, and even financial markets. The application of physics-informed neural networks to accelerate the solution of PDEs is promising, but not compet- itive with numerical solvers yet. Here, we show how quantum computing can improve the ability of physics-informed neural networks to solve partial differential equations. For this, we develop hybrid networks consisting of quantum circuits combined with classical layers and systematically test them on various non linear PDEs and boundary conditions in comparison with purely classical networks. We demonstrate that the advantage of using quantum networks lies in their ability to achieve an accurate approximation of the solution in substantially fewer training epochs, particularly for more complex problems. These findings provide the basis for targeted developments of hybrid quantum neural networks with the goal to significantly accelerate numerical modeling.

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