Neural-POD: A Plug-and-Play Neural Operator Framework for Infinite-Dimensional Functional Nonlinear Proper Orthogonal Decomposition

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15632v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:01:40 GMT
• Title: Neural-POD: A Plug-and-Play Neural Operator Framework for Infinite-Dimensional Functional Nonlinear Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
• Authors: Changhong Mou, Binghang Lu, Guang Lin,
• Abstract summary: We propose the Neural Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (Neural-POD), a plug-and-play neural operator framework.<n>Neural-POD formulates basis construction as a sequence of residual minimization problems solved through neural network training.<n>We demonstrate the robustness of Neural-POD with different complex resolutions, including the Burgers' and NavierStokes equations.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The rapid development of AI for Science is often hindered by the "discretization", where learned representations remain restricted to the specific grids or resolutions used during training. We propose the Neural Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (Neural-POD), a plug-and-play neural operator framework that constructs nonlinear, orthogonal basis functions in infinite-dimensional space using neural networks. Unlike the classical Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD), which is limited to linear subspace approximations obtained through singular value decomposition (SVD), Neural-POD formulates basis construction as a sequence of residual minimization problems solved through neural network training. Each basis function is obtained by learning to represent the remaining structure in the data, following a process analogous to Gram--Schmidt orthogonalization. This neural formulation introduces several key advantages over classical POD: it enables optimization in arbitrary norms (e.g., $L^2$, $L^1$), learns mappings between infinite-dimensional function spaces that is resolution-invariant, generalizes effectively to unseen parameter regimes, and inherently captures nonlinear structures in complex spatiotemporal systems. The resulting basis functions are interpretable, reusable, and enabling integration into both reduced order modeling (ROM) and operator learning frameworks such as deep operator learning (DeepONet). We demonstrate the robustness of Neural-POD with different complex spatiotemporal systems, including the Burgers' and Navier-Stokes equations. We further show that Neural-POD serves as a high performance, plug-and-play bridge between classical Galerkin projection and operator learning that enables consistent integration with both projection-based reduced order models and DeepONet frameworks.

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