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Discrete Lehmann representation of three-point functions

Computational Physics 2025-03-27 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We present a generalization of the discrete Lehmann representation (DLR) to three-point correlation and vertex functions in imaginary time and Matsubara frequency. The representation takes the form of a linear combination of judiciously chosen exponentials in imaginary time, and products of simple poles in Matsubara frequency, which are universal for a given temperature and energy cutoff. We present a systematic algorithm to generate compact sampling grids, from which the coefficients of such an expansion can be obtained by solving a linear system. We show that the explicit form of the representation can be used to evaluate diagrammatic expressions involving infinite Matsubara sums, such as polarization functions or self-energies, with controllable, high-order accuracy. This collection of techniques establishes a framework through which methods involving three-point objects can be implemented robustly, with a substantially reduced computational cost and memory footprint.

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@article{arxiv.2405.06716,
  title  = {Discrete Lehmann representation of three-point functions},
  author = {Dominik Kiese and Hugo U. R. Strand and Kun Chen and Nils Wentzell and Olivier Parcollet and Jason Kaye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.06716},
  year   = {2025}
}
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