Renormalization-Inspired Effective Field Neural Networks for Scalable Modeling of Classical and Quantum Many-Body Systems
Abstract
We introduce Effective Field Neural Networks (EFNNs), a new architecture based on continued functions -- mathematical tools used in renormalization to handle divergent perturbative series. Our key insight is that neural networks can implement these continued functions directly, providing a principled approach to many-body interactions. Testing on three systems (a classical 3-spin infinite- range model, a continuous classical Heisenberg spin system, and a quantum double exchange model), we find that EFNN outperforms standard deep networks, ResNet, and DenseNet. Most striking is EFNN's generalization: trained on lattices, it accurately predicts behavior on systems up to with no additional training -- and the accuracy improves with system size, with a computational time speed-up of compared to ED for lattice. This demonstrates that EFNN captures the underlying physics rather than merely fitting data, making it valuable beyond many-body problems to any field where renormalization ideas apply.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.17665,
title = {Renormalization-Inspired Effective Field Neural Networks for Scalable Modeling of Classical and Quantum Many-Body Systems},
author = {Xi Liu and Yujun Zhao and Chun Yu Wan and Yang Zhang and Junwei Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17665},
year = {2026}
}