Solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on multiple different scales using the quantics tensor train representation
Abstract
Solving partial differential equations of highly featured problems represents a formidable challenge, where reaching high precision across multiple length scales can require a prohibitive amount of computer memory or computing time. However, the solutions to physics problems typically have structures operating on different length scales, and as a result exhibit a high degree of compressibility. Here, we use the quantics tensor train representation to build a solver for the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation. We demonstrate that the quantics approach generalizes well to the presence of the non-linear term in the equation. We show that we can resolve phenomena across length scales separated by seven orders of magnitude in one dimension within one hour on a single core in a laptop, greatly surpassing the capabilities of more naive methods. We illustrate our methodology with various modulated optical trap potentials presenting features at vastly different length scales, including solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on two-dimensional grids above a trillion points (). This quantum-inspired methodology can be readily extended to other partial differential equations combining spatial and temporal evolutions, providing a powerful method to solve highly featured differential equations at unprecedented length scales.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.04262,
title = {Solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on multiple different scales using the quantics tensor train representation},
author = {Marcel Niedermeier and Adrien Moulinas and Thibaud Louvet and Jose L. Lado and Xavier Waintal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.04262},
year = {2026}
}
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13 pages, 8 figures