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Tensor network algorithms have proven to be very powerful tools for studying one- and two-dimensional quantum many-body systems. However, their application to three-dimensional (3D) quantum systems has so far been limited, mostly because…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-05-26 Patrick C. G. Vlaar , Philippe Corboz

We introduce a method for extracting meaningful entanglement measures of tensor network states in general dimensions. Current methods require the explicit reconstruction of the density matrix, which is highly demanding, or the contraction…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-28 Noa Feldman , Augustine Kshetrimayum , Jens Eisert , Moshe Goldstein

Contracting tensor networks is often computationally demanding. Well-designed contraction sequences can dramatically reduce the contraction cost. We explore the performance of simulated annealing and genetic algorithms, two common discrete…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Frank Schindler , Adam S. Jermyn

We present a pedagogical, hands-on tutorial on \emph{replica tensor-network} techniques for random quantum circuits. At its core, the method recasts circuit-averaged observables acting on multiple copies of the system as the contraction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Xhek Turkeshi

We show how to build a multi-scale entanglement renormalization ansatz (MERA) representation of the ground state of a many-body Hamiltonian $H$ by applying the recently proposed \textit{tensor network renormalization} (TNR) [G. Evenbly and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-18 Glen Evenbly , Guifre Vidal

Variational tensor network optimization has become a powerful tool for studying classical statistical models in two dimensions. However, its application to three-dimensional systems remains limited, primarily due to the high computational…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-10-14 Xia-Ze Xu , Tong-Yu Lin , Guang-Ming Zhang

Accurate contraction of tensor networks beyond one dimension is essential in various fields including quantum many-body physics. Existing approaches typically rely on approximate contraction schemes and do not provide certified error bars.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-19 Seishiro Ono , Yanbai Zhang , Hoi Chun Po

We introduce a unified formulation of variational methods for simulating ground state properties of quantum many-body systems. The key feature is a novel variational method over quantum circuits via infinitesimal unitary transformations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Christopher M. Dawson , Jens Eisert , Tobias J. Osborne

Once developed for quantum theory, tensor networks have been established as a successful machine learning paradigm. Now, they have been ported back to the quantum realm in the emerging field of quantum machine learning to assess problems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Hans-Martin Rieser , Frank Köster , Arne Peter Raulf

Tensor network decompositions offer an efficient description of certain many-body states of a lattice system and are the basis of a wealth of numerical simulation algorithms. In a recent paper [arXiv:0907.2994v1] we discussed how to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-06-01 Sukhwinder Singh , Robert N. C. Pfeifer , Guifre Vidal

Interacting systems of anyons pose a unique challenge to condensed matter simulations due to their non-trivial exchange statistics. These systems are of great interest as they have the potential for robust universal quantum computation, but…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-10-01 Robert N. C. Pfeifer , Philippe Corboz , Oliver Buerschaper , Miguel Aguado , Matthias Troyer , Guifre Vidal

Tensor network (TN) states, including entanglement renormalization (ER), can encompass a wider variety of entangled states. When the entanglement structure of the quantum state of interest is non-uniform in real space, accurately…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Ryo Watanabe , Hiroshi Ueda

An accurate calculation of the properties of quantum many-body systems is one of the most important yet intricate challenges of modern physics and computer science. In recent years, the tensor network ansatz has established itself as one of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Jonas Haferkamp , Dominik Hangleiter , Jens Eisert , Marek Gluza

Hybrid tensor networks offer a promising route to enhance the expressivity of classical tensor network methods by incorporating quantum states prepared on a quantum computer. Existing approaches are limited by the variational optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Julian Schuhmacher , Alberto Baiardi , Francesco Tacchino , Ivano Tavernelli

Tensor network theory and quantum simulation are respectively the key classical and quantum computing methods in understanding quantum many-body physics. Here, we introduce the framework of hybrid tensor networks with building blocks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-02 Xiao Yuan , Jinzhao Sun , Junyu Liu , Qi Zhao , You Zhou

We show that the formalism of tensor-network states, such as the matrix product states (MPS), can be used as a basis for variational quantum Monte Carlo simulations. Using a stochastic optimization method, we demonstrate the potential of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 A. W. Sandvik , G. Vidal

Tensor network states provide an efficient class of states that faithfully capture strongly correlated quantum models and systems in classical statistical mechanics. While tensor networks can now be seen as becoming standard tools in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 A. Nietner , B. Vanhecke , F. Verstraete , J. Eisert , L. Vanderstraeten

Tensor network algorithms seek to minimize correlations to compress the classical data representing quantum states. Tensor network algorithms and similar tools---called tensor network methods---form the backbone of modern numerical methods…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-08 Andrey Kardashin , Alexey Uvarov , Jacob Biamonte

Tensor network contraction is a powerful computational tool in quantum many-body physics, quantum information and quantum chemistry. The complexity of contracting a tensor network is thought to mainly depend on its entanglement properties,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Jiaqing Jiang , Jielun Chen , Norbert Schuch , Dominik Hangleiter

We analyze the barren plateau phenomenon in the variational optimization of quantum circuits inspired by matrix product states (qMPS), tree tensor networks (qTTN), and the multiscale entanglement renormalization ansatz (qMERA). We consider…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Enrique Cervero Martín , Kirill Plekhanov , Michael Lubasch