ML and AI for density functional theory: different priorities for Kohn-Sham and orbital-free DFT, for electronic and nuclear DFT

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04095v1
• Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:16:48 GMT
• Title: ML and AI for density functional theory: different priorities for Kohn-Sham and orbital-free DFT, for electronic and nuclear DFT
• Abstract summary: We show similarities and differences in computational bottlenecks and accuracy requirements that can be addressed with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques.<n>We highlight different promising methodological and algorithmic choices depending on whether one machine learns the exchange correlation (XC) functional, the kinetic energy functional (KEF) or the density.<n>We point out promising approaches that can be carried from the more extensively investigated ML-enhanced electronic DFT to nuclear DFT.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: We overview similarities and, importantly, differences in computational bottlenecks and accuracy requirements that can be addressed with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in electronic and nuclear DFT. From these follow different promising methodological and algorithmic choices depending on whether one machine learns the exchange correlation (XC) functional, the kinetic energy functional (KEF), the density or the basis functions. In particular, while the popular deep neural networks remain a potent choice in the context of KS DFT, we highlight their disadvantages when building KEFs and highlight conceptual advantages - yet to be fully realized - of symbolic regression for both electronic and nuclear DFT. We point out promising approaches that can be carried from the more extensively investigated ML-enhanced electronic DFT to nuclear DFT.

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