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Molan Li

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preprint2026arXiv

Machine Learning Symmetry Discovery for Integrable Hamiltonian Dynamics

We propose a data-driven Machine-Learning Symmetry Discovery (MLSD) framework for identifying continuous symmetry generators and their Lie-algebraic structure directly from phase-space trajectory data expressed in canonical coordinates. MLSD parameterizes candidate conserved quantities with neural networks and learns antisymmetric structure coefficients by enforcing Poisson-bracket closure, supplemented by a weak independence regularizer. We validate MLSD on two integrable benchmark systems -- the three-dimensional Kepler problem and the three-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator -- recovering the expected non-Abelian algebras (respectively $\mathfrak{so}(4)$ and $\mathfrak{su}(3)$) up to basis transformations. This work focuses on integrable benchmark dynamics, where global conserved quantities are well-defined and admit compact representations learnable from canonical-coordinate trajectories. Extending symmetry discovery to mixed or chaotic phase-space regimes is an important direction for future work.

preprint2026arXiv

Self-organized MT Direction Maps Emerge from Spatiotemporal Contrastive Optimization

The spatial and functional organization of the primate visual cortex is a fundamental problem in neuroscience. While recent computational frameworks like the Topographic Deep Artificial Neural Network (TDANN) have successfully modeled spatial organization in the ventral stream, the computational origins of the dorsal stream's distinct topographies, such as direction-selective maps in the middle temporal (MT) area, remain largely unresolved. In this work, we present a spatiotemporal TDANN to investigate whether MT topography is governed by the same universal principles. By training a 3D ResNet on naturalistic videos via a Momentum Contrast (MoCo) self-supervised paradigm alongside a biologically inspired spatial loss, we demonstrate the spontaneous emergence of brain-like direction maps and topological pinwheel structures. Crucially, we reveal that MT tuning properties, characterized by strong direction selectivity paired with a residual axial component, arise from a strict optimization trade-off between task-driven discriminative pressure and spatial regularization. The model's representations quantitatively match in vivo macaque MT physiological baselines, including direction selectivity index, circular variance, and pinwheel density. These findings unify the computational origins of the ventral and dorsal streams, establishing a general mechanism for cortical self-organization.