RT Journal Article T1 Learning a local symmetry with neural networks A1 Decelle, A. A1 Martín Mayor, Víctor A1 Seoane, B. AB We explore the capacity of neural networks to detect a symmetry with complex local and non-local patterns: the gauge symmetry Z(2). This symmetry is present in physical problems from topological transitions to quantum chromodynamics, and controls the computational hardness of instances of spin-glasses. Here, we show how to design a neural network, and a dataset, able to learn this symmetry and to find compressed latent representations of the gauge orbits. Our method pays special attention to system-wrapping loops, the so-called Polyakov loops, known to be particularly relevant for computational complexity. PB American Physical Society SN 2470-0045 YR 2019 FD 2019-11-06 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/5980 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/5980 LA eng NO ©2019 American Physical Society.We thank L. A. Fernandez for encouraging discussions and Marco Baity-Jesi for his careful reading of the manuscript. This work was partially supported by Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO) (Spain) and by EU's FEDER program through Grants No. FIS2015-65078-C2-1-P and No. PGC2018-094684-B-C21 and by the LabEx CALSIMLAB (public Grant No. ANR-11-LABX-0037-01 constituting a part of the "Investissements d'Avenir" program - reference No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02). NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER NO LabEx CALSIMLAB DS Docta Complutense RD 16 may 2024