Numerical Algebraic Geometry for Energy Computations on Tensor Train Varieties
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| author | Borovik, Viktoriia Friedman, Hannah Hoşten, Serkan Pfeffer, Max |
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| contents | We study energy minimization problems in quantum chemistry through the lens of computational algebraic geometry. We focus on minimizing the Rayleigh quotient of a Hamiltonian over a tensor train variety. The complex critical points of this problem approximate eigenstates of the quantum system, with the global minimum approximating the ground state. We call the number of critical points the Rayleigh-Ritz degree.
After introducing tensor train varieties, we identify instances when they are Segre products of projective spaces. We also report what we know about the defining ideals of tensor trains. We present a birational parametrization of them from products of Grassmannians. Along the way, we study the Rayleigh-Ritz degree, and we introduce the Rayleigh-Ritz discriminant, which describes Hamiltonians that lead to deficient number of critical points. We use homotopy continuation to compute all critical points of this optimization problem over various tensor train and determinantal varieties. Finally, we use these results to benchmark state-of-the-art methods, the Alternating Linear Scheme and Density Matrix Renormalization Group. |
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| spellingShingle | Numerical Algebraic Geometry for Energy Computations on Tensor Train Varieties Borovik, Viktoriia Friedman, Hannah Hoşten, Serkan Pfeffer, Max Algebraic Geometry Optimization and Control Chemical Physics 14M12, 14Q65, 14Q15, 90C23 We study energy minimization problems in quantum chemistry through the lens of computational algebraic geometry. We focus on minimizing the Rayleigh quotient of a Hamiltonian over a tensor train variety. The complex critical points of this problem approximate eigenstates of the quantum system, with the global minimum approximating the ground state. We call the number of critical points the Rayleigh-Ritz degree. After introducing tensor train varieties, we identify instances when they are Segre products of projective spaces. We also report what we know about the defining ideals of tensor trains. We present a birational parametrization of them from products of Grassmannians. Along the way, we study the Rayleigh-Ritz degree, and we introduce the Rayleigh-Ritz discriminant, which describes Hamiltonians that lead to deficient number of critical points. We use homotopy continuation to compute all critical points of this optimization problem over various tensor train and determinantal varieties. Finally, we use these results to benchmark state-of-the-art methods, the Alternating Linear Scheme and Density Matrix Renormalization Group. |
| title | Numerical Algebraic Geometry for Energy Computations on Tensor Train Varieties |
| topic | Algebraic Geometry Optimization and Control Chemical Physics 14M12, 14Q65, 14Q15, 90C23 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06939 |