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Neural network representation of tensor network and chiral states

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2021-10-22 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the representational power of Boltzmann machines (a type of neural network) in quantum many-body systems. We prove that any (local) tensor network state has a (local) neural network representation. The construction is almost optimal in the sense that the number of parameters in the neural network representation is almost linear in the number of nonzero parameters in the tensor network representation. Despite the difficulty of representing (gapped) chiral topological states with local tensor networks, we construct a quasi-local neural network representation for a chiral pp-wave superconductor. These results demonstrate the power of Boltzmann machines.

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@article{arxiv.1701.06246,
  title  = {Neural network representation of tensor network and chiral states},
  author = {Yichen Huang and Joel E. Moore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06246},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

v2: introduction expanded; close to the published version