Target localization, identification and sensing using latent symmetries

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.01421v1
• Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 19:42:13 GMT
• Title: Target localization, identification and sensing using latent symmetries
• Abstract summary: This is the first time latent symmetries have been exploited successfully for sensing problems.<n>It is also the first time latent symmetries have been observed in a three-dimensional open system that cannot be approximated by a sparse graph.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We show that an array of scatterers which has been designed to have latent ("hidden") symmetries can be used as a sensor. We use the capacitance matrix as a canonical model for three-dimensional hybridisation and study how the introduction of an "intruder'' scatterer breaks the latent symmetries. By analysing the degree to which each symmetry is broken, we identify the radius of the intruder and localize its position. This can be achieved using a dictionary-based approach, however Bayesian inference or an artificial neural network (multi-layer perceptron) perform better in the presence of measurement noise. To our knowledge, this is the first time latent symmetries have been exploited successfully for sensing problems. It is also the first time latent symmetries have been observed in a three-dimensional open system that cannot be approximated by a sparse graph.

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