pbdl-book/notation.md
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Notation and Abbreviations

Math notation:

Symbol Meaning
A matrix
\eta learning rate or step size
\Gamma boundary of computational domain \Omega
f^{*} generic function to be approximated, typically unknown
f approximate version of f^{*}
\Omega computational domain
\mathcal P^* continuous/ideal physical model
\mathcal P discretized physical model, PDE
\theta neural network params
t time dimension
\mathbf{u} vector-valued velocity
x neural network input or spatial coordinate
y neural network output
y^* learning targets: ground truth, reference or observation data

Summary of the most important abbreviations:

Abbreviation Meaning
BNN Bayesian neural network
CNN Convolutional neural network
DL Deep Learning
GD (steepest) Gradient Descent
MLP Multi-Layer Perceptron, a neural network with fully connected layers
NN Neural network (a generic one, in contrast to, e.g., a CNN or MLP)
PDE Partial Differential Equation
PBDL Physics-Based Deep Learning
SGD Stochastic Gradient Descent