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We propose a method to derive the stationary size distributions of a system, and the degree distributions of networks, using maximisation of the Gibbs-Shannon entropy. We apply this to a preferential attachment-type algorithm for systems of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-03-17 Cornelia Metzig , Caroline Colijn

We optimize matrix-product state-based algorithms for simulating quantum circuits with finite fidelity, specifically the time-evolving block decimation (TEBD) and the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithms, by exploiting the…

We present a novel method called TESALOCS (TEnsor SAmpling and LOCal Search) for multidimensional optimization, combining the strengths of gradient-free discrete methods and gradient-based approaches. The discrete optimization in our method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Konstantin Sozykin , Andrei Chertkov , Anh-Huy Phan , Ivan Oseledets , Gleb Ryzhakov

We introduce a tensor renormalization group scheme for coarse-graining a two-dimensional tensor network that can be successfully applied to both classical and quantum systems on and off criticality. The key innovation in our scheme is to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-03-17 Shuo Yang , Zheng-Cheng Gu , Xiao-Gang Wen

This paper gives simple distributed algorithms for the fundamental problem of computing graph distances in the Congested Clique model. One of the main components of our algorithms is fast matrix multiplication, for which we show an…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-24 Keren Censor-Hillel , Ami Paz

We address the fundamental network design problem of constructing approximate minimum spanners. Our contributions are for the distributed setting, providing both algorithmic and hardness results. Our main hardness result shows that an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-12 Keren Censor-Hillel , Michal Dory

We give an efficient perfect sampling algorithm for weighted, connected induced subgraphs (or graphlets) of rooted, bounded degree graphs. Our algorithm utilizes a vertex-percolation process with a carefully chosen rejection filter and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-17 Antonio Blanca , Sarah Cannon , Will Perkins

Spin-glasses are universal models that can capture complex behavior of many-body systems at the interface of statistical physics and computer science including discrete optimization, inference in graphical models, and automated reasoning.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Gavin S. Hartnett , Masoud Mohseni

In tensor-network analysis of quantum many-body systems, it is of crucial importance to employ a tensor network with a spatial structure suitable for representing the state of interest. In the previous work [Hikihara et al., Phys. Rev.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-19 Toshiya Hikihara , Hiroshi Ueda , Kouichi Okunishi , Kenji Harada , Tomotoshi Nishino

We derive a rigorous upper bound on the classical computation time of finite-ranged tensor network contractions in $d \geq 2$ dimensions. Consequently, we show that quantum circuits of single-qubit and finite-ranged two-qubit gates can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Thorsten B. Wahl , Sergii Strelchuk

Optimizing a high-dimensional non-convex function is, in general, computationally hard and many problems of this type are hard to solve even approximately. Complexity theory characterizes the optimal approximation ratios achievable in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-25 Ahmed El Alaoui , Andrea Montanari

Replica symmetry breaking postulates that near optima of spin glass Hamiltonians have an ultrametric structure. Namely, near optima can be associated to leaves of a tree, and the Euclidean distance between them corresponds to the distance…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Antonio Auffinger , Andrea Montanari , Eliran Subag

For a graph $G$, let $Z(G,\lambda)$ be the partition function of the monomer-dimer system defined by $\sum_k m_k(G)\lambda^k$, where $m_k(G)$ is the number of matchings of size $k$ in $G$. We consider graphs of bounded degree and develop a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-05 Marc Lelarge , Hang Zhou

Semi-supervised clustering problems focus on clustering data with labels. In this paper,we consider the semi-supervised hypergraph problems. We use the hypergraph related tensor to construct an orthogonal constrained optimization model. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Jingya Chang , Dongdong Liu , Min Xi

Given observations of a physical system, identifying the underlying non-linear governing equation is a fundamental task, necessary both for gaining understanding and generating deterministic future predictions. Of most practical relevance…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-02 A. Goeßmann , M. Götte , I. Roth , R. Sweke , G. Kutyniok , J. Eisert

Estimating the density of states of systems with rugged free energy landscapes is a notoriously difficult task of the utmost importance in many areas of physics ranging from spin glasses to biopolymers. Density of states estimation has also…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-07-31 Lev Barash , Jeffrey Marshall , Martin Weigel , Itay Hen

This paper addresses a fundamental problem in random variate generation: given access to a random source that emits a stream of independent fair bits, what is the most accurate and entropy-efficient algorithm for sampling from a discrete…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Feras A. Saad , Cameron E. Freer , Martin C. Rinard , Vikash K. Mansinghka

We propose randomized subspace gradient methods for high-dimensional constrained optimization. While there have been similarly purposed studies on unconstrained optimization problems, there have been few on constrained optimization problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-10 Ryota Nozawa , Pierre-Louis Poirion , Akiko Takeda

The global optimization of atomic clusters represents a fundamental challenge in computational chemistry and materials science due to the exponential growth of local minima with system size (i.e., the curse of dimensionality). We introduce…

High-order clustering aims to identify heterogeneous substructures in multiway datasets that arise commonly in neuroimaging, genomics, social network studies, etc. The non-convex and discontinuous nature of this problem pose significant…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-10-11 Rungang Han , Yuetian Luo , Miaoyan Wang , Anru R. Zhang