Operator-Level Quantum Acceleration of Non-Logconcave Sampling

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Autori principali: Leng, Jiaqi, Ding, Zhiyan, Chen, Zherui, Lin, Lin
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author Leng, Jiaqi
Ding, Zhiyan
Chen, Zherui
Lin, Lin
author_facet Leng, Jiaqi
Ding, Zhiyan
Chen, Zherui
Lin, Lin
contents Sampling from probability distributions of the form $σ\propto e^{-βV}$, where $V$ is a continuous potential, is a fundamental task across physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and statistics. However, when $V$ is non-convex, the resulting distribution becomes non-logconcave, and classical methods such as Langevin dynamics often exhibit poor performance. We introduce the first quantum algorithm that provably accelerates a broad class of continuous-time sampling dynamics. For Langevin dynamics, our method encodes the target Gibbs measure into the amplitudes of a quantum state, identified as the kernel of a block matrix derived from a factorization of the Witten Laplacian operator. This connection enables Gibbs sampling via singular value thresholding and yields up to a quartic quantum speedup over best-known classical Langevin-based methods in the non-logconcave setting. Building on this framework, we further develop the first quantum algorithm that accelerates replica exchange Langevin diffusion, a widely used method for sampling from complex, rugged energy landscapes.
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Leng, Jiaqi
Ding, Zhiyan
Chen, Zherui
Lin, Lin
Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
Sampling from probability distributions of the form $σ\propto e^{-βV}$, where $V$ is a continuous potential, is a fundamental task across physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and statistics. However, when $V$ is non-convex, the resulting distribution becomes non-logconcave, and classical methods such as Langevin dynamics often exhibit poor performance. We introduce the first quantum algorithm that provably accelerates a broad class of continuous-time sampling dynamics. For Langevin dynamics, our method encodes the target Gibbs measure into the amplitudes of a quantum state, identified as the kernel of a block matrix derived from a factorization of the Witten Laplacian operator. This connection enables Gibbs sampling via singular value thresholding and yields up to a quartic quantum speedup over best-known classical Langevin-based methods in the non-logconcave setting. Building on this framework, we further develop the first quantum algorithm that accelerates replica exchange Langevin diffusion, a widely used method for sampling from complex, rugged energy landscapes.
title Operator-Level Quantum Acceleration of Non-Logconcave Sampling
topic Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05301