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The Dirac-Frenkel variational principle is a widely used building block for using nonlinear parametrizations in the context of model reduction and numerically solving partial differential equations; however, it typically leads to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Yijun Dong , Paul Schwerdtner , Benjamin Peherstorfer

We generalize the Time-Dependent Variational Principle (TDVP) to dissipative systems using Monte Carlo methods, allowing the application of existing variational classes for pure states, such as Matrix Product States (MPS), to the simulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 F. W. G. Transchel , A. Milsted , Tobias J. Osborne

Combining the time-dependent variational principle (TDVP) algorithm with the parallelization scheme introduced by Stoudenmire and White for the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG), we present the first parallel matrix product state…

When a Hamiltonian system is subject to constraints which depend explicitly on time, difficulties can arise in attempting to reduce the system to its physical phase space. Specifically, it is non-trivial to restrict the system in such a way…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Jonathan M. Evans , Philip A. Tuckey

We present a general formalism based on the variational principle for finding the time-optimal quantum evolution of mixed states governed by a master equation, when the Hamiltonian and the Lindblad operators are subject to certain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 A. Carlini , A. Hosoya , T. Koike , Y. Okudaira

Many astrophysical simulations involve extreme dynamic range of timescales around 'special points' in the domain (e.g. black holes, stars, planets, disks, galaxies, shocks, mixing interfaces), where processes on small scales couple strongly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-11 Philip F. Hopkins , Elias R. Most

We introduce a novel hybrid algorithm to simulate the real-time evolution of quantum systems using parameterized quantum circuits. The method, named "projected - Variational Quantum Dynamics" (p-VQD) realizes an iterative, global projection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Stefano Barison , Filippo Vicentini , Giuseppe Carleo

Compared to ground state electronic structure optimizations, accurate simulations of molecular real-time electron dynamics are usually much more difficult to perform. To simulate electron dynamics, the time-dependent density matrix…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-11-15 Imam S. Wahyutama , Henrik R. Larsson

The simulation of time evolution of large quantum systems is a classically challenging and in general intractable task, making it a promising application for quantum computation. A Trotter-Suzuki approximation yields an implementation…

Theoretical understanding of strongly correlated systems in one spatial dimension (1D) has been greatly advanced by the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm, which is a variational approach using a class of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-07-18 M. L. Wall , Lincoln D. Carr

We study the dynamical density matrix renormalization group (DDMRG) and time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (td-DMRG) algorithms in the ab initio context, to compute dynamical correlation functions of correlated systems. We…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Enrico Ronca , Zhendong Li , Carlos A. Jimenez-Hoyos , Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

We present the theory of a density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm which can solve for both the ground and excited states of non-Hermitian transcorrelated Hamiltonians, and show applications in \emph{ab initio} molecular…

We consider a quantum system with a time-independent Hamiltonian parametrized by a set of unknown parameters $\alpha$. The system is prepared in a general quantum state by an evolution operator that depends on a set of unknown parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-10 Wucheng Zhang , Ilia Tutunnikov , Ilya Sh. Averbukh , Roman V. Krems

In this work we develop several new simulation algorithms for 1D many-body quantum mechanical systems combining the Matrix Product State variational ansatz with Taylor, Pade and Arnoldi approximations to the evolution operator. By comparing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll

Time-varying optimization problems are central to many engineering applications, where performance metrics and system constraints evolve dynamically with time. Several algorithms have been proposed to address these problems; a common…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Gianluca Bianchin , Bryan Van Scoy

We present a time-step targetting scheme to simulate real-time dynamics efficiently using the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG). The algorithm works on ladders and systems with interactions beyond nearest neighbors, in contrast to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Adrian E. Feiguin , Steven R. White

Understanding the real-time evolution of many-electron quantum systems is essential for studying dynamical properties in condensed matter, quantum chemistry, and complex materials, yet it poses a significant theoretical and computational…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-07 Jannes Nys , Gabriel Pescia , Alessandro Sinibaldi , Giuseppe Carleo

Hamiltonian learning protocols are essential tools to benchmark quantum computers and simulators. Yet rigorous methods for time-dependent Hamiltonians and Lindbladians remain scarce despite their wide use. We close this gap by learning the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Daniel Stilck França , Tim Möbus , Cambyse Rouzé , Albert H. Werner

We reconsider the variational integration of optimal control problems for mechanical systems based on a direct discretization of the Lagrange-d'Alembert principle. This approach yields discrete dynamical constraints which by construction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-04-30 C. M. Campos , O. Junge , S. Ober-Blöbaum

This paper introduces a novel method for approximating the dynamics of a large autonomous system projected onto a fixed subspace. The core contribution is a novel recursive algorithm to construct an effective time-dependent generator that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Tommaso Grigoletto