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  • Transformers for In-Context PDE Solving and Inverse Problems transformers for inverse problems on PDEs, Part 6: How Attention Learns a Preconditioner

    Which training curves are exact, which are local diagnostics, and how query-key-value matrices become a learned solver step.

    7 min read   ·   July 06, 2026

    2026   ·   transformers   optimization   preconditioning   ·   research

  • Muon for Phase Retrieval IV: Proof Map for Signal Recovery

    Which steps are algebraic, which come from high-dimensional risk-curve theory, and where the final random-matrix comparison remains.

    7 min read   ·   July 06, 2026

    2026   ·   muon   proof   random-matrix   learning-curves   spectral-transitions   ·   blog

  • Transformers for In-Context PDE Solving and Inverse Problems transformers for inverse problems on PDEs, Part 5: Separating Encoder, Decoder, and Generalization Error

    A readable error budget for task inference, solver depth, training tasks, and held-out generalization.

    8 min read   ·   June 23, 2026

    2026   ·   transformers   optimization   generalization   ·   research

  • Muon for Phase Retrieval III: Choosing the Muon Power During Training

    Why the online exponent should move with the spectral front, and how entropy-regularized control turns spectral margins into a trajectory.

    7 min read   ·   June 14, 2026

    2026   ·   muon   phase-retrieval   message-passing   optimal-control   ·   blog

  • Transformers for In-Context PDE Solving and Inverse Problems transformers for inverse problems on PDEs, Part 4: What Can Be Proved About the Solver?

    The finite-dimensional encoder and decoder certificates, and why a full training theory needs replica order parameters.

    9 min read   ·   June 10, 2026

    2026   ·   transformers   proofs   generalization   ·   research

  • Transformers for In-Context PDE Solving and Inverse Problems transformers for inverse problems on PDEs, Part 3: Turning PDE Solutions Into Transformer Tokens

    A plain-language pipeline: functions become vectors, prompts become weak equations, and decoder layers become solver steps.

    8 min read   ·   May 27, 2026

    2026   ·   transformers   pde   methodology   ·   research

  • Dynamic BBP for Multi-Index Phase Retrieval

    A self-contained note on when the empirical Hessian reveals teacher directions in quadratic multi-index phase retrieval.

    4 min read   ·   May 23, 2026

    2026   ·   phase-retrieval   bbp   hessian   random-matrix   ·   blog

  • Transformers for In-Context PDE Solving and Inverse Problems transformers for inverse problems on PDEs, Part 2: Inferring Unknown PDE Coefficients From Examples

    When the PDE operator changes across tasks, the prompt becomes an inverse problem for the hidden coefficient vector.

    8 min read   ·   May 14, 2026

    2026   ·   transformers   pde   in-context-learning   ·   research

  • Muon for Phase Retrieval I: Recovering a Hidden Signal From Quadratic Measurements

    Why fixed-power Muon turns phase retrieval into a moving spectral-front problem.

    8 min read   ·   May 01, 2026

    2026   ·   muon   phase-retrieval   random-matrix   learning-curves   ·   blog

  • Transformers for In-Context PDE Solving and Inverse Problems transformers for inverse problems on PDEs, Part 1: Solving Many PDE Inputs With One Learned Decoder

    Start here: the PDE operator is fixed, so the transformer decoder is tested as a reusable preconditioned solver.

    8 min read   ·   May 01, 2026

    2026   ·   transformers   pde   in-context-learning   ·   research

  • A simple proof of an ENS Ulm exercise using Liouville's theorem

    A simple proof using discrete harmonic functions and Liouville's theorem

    4 min read   ·   September 18, 2022

    2022   ·   analysis   harmonic-functions   liouville-theorem   discrete-math   ·   mathematics

  • A simplified proof of an integral identity using density arguments

    A simplified proof of Theorem 2 using density arguments, avoiding lengthy variable changes

    5 min read   ·   June 18, 2022

    2022   ·   analysis   integration   density-arguments   analytic-number-theory   ·   mathematics

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