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OMNIFLOW: A Physics-Grounded Multimodal Agent for Generalized Scientific Reasoning

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Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated exceptional logical reasoning capabilities but frequently struggle with the continuous spatiotemporal dynamics governed by Partial Differential Equations (PDEs), often resulting in non-physical hallucinations. Existing approaches typically resort to costly, domain-specific fine-tuning, which severely limits cross-domain generalization and interpretability. To bridge this gap, we propose OMNIFLOW, a neuro-symbolic architecture designed to ground frozen multimodal LLMs in fundamental physical laws without requiring domain-specific parameter updates. OMNIFLOW introduces a novel \textit{Semantic-Symbolic Alignment} mechanism that projects high-dimensional flow tensors into topological linguistic descriptors, enabling the model to perceive physical structures rather than raw pixel values. Furthermore, we construct a Physics-Guided Chain-of-Thought (PG-CoT) workflow that orchestrates reasoning through dynamic constraint injection (e.g., mass conservation) and iterative reflexive verification. We evaluate OMNIFLOW on a comprehensive benchmark spanning microscopic turbulence, theoretical Navier-Stokes equations, and macroscopic global weather forecasting. Empirical results demonstrate that OMNIFLOW significantly outperforms traditional deep learning baselines in zero-shot generalization and few-shot adaptation tasks. Crucially, it offers transparent, physically consistent reasoning reports, marking a paradigm shift from black-box fitting to interpretable scientific reasoning.

Hao Wu, Yongheng Zhang, Yuan Gao, Fan Xu, Fan Zhang, Ruobing Xie, Ruijian Gou, Yuxuan Liang, Xiaomeng Huang, Xian Wu• 2026

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TaskDatasetResultRank
Spatiotemporal Prediction2D Turbulence Micro
RMSE0.582
18
Spatiotemporal PredictionSEVIR Regional
RMSE0.405
18
Spatiotemporal PredictionERA5 Global
RMSE0.552
14
ForecastingERA5 Global
RMSE59.1
4
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