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Main Authors: Feng, Yuanyuan, Li, Lei, Liu, Jian-Guo, Xu, Xiaoqian
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23981
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author Feng, Yuanyuan
Li, Lei
Liu, Jian-Guo
Xu, Xiaoqian
author_facet Feng, Yuanyuan
Li, Lei
Liu, Jian-Guo
Xu, Xiaoqian
contents In this paper, we accelerate Langevin Monte Carlo sampling from Gibbs measures $π\propto \exp(-U)$ by adding a large drift that preserves the invariant measure. For warm-start initial data, we characterize the sharp asymptotic decay rate of the relative entropy and introduce asymptotic relaxation enhancing flows: sequences that achieve arbitrarily fast decay. We construct such flows on the torus by scaling cellular flows and pushing them forward via diffeomorphisms, and we extend the construction to the full space using a Lyapunov function method to control behavior at infinity without periodization, obtaining explicit finite energy flows that guarantee arbitrarily fast convergence under natural growth conditions on $U$.
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spellingShingle Accelerating sampling via asymptotic relaxation enhancing flows
Feng, Yuanyuan
Li, Lei
Liu, Jian-Guo
Xu, Xiaoqian
Probability
Dynamical Systems
37A25
In this paper, we accelerate Langevin Monte Carlo sampling from Gibbs measures $π\propto \exp(-U)$ by adding a large drift that preserves the invariant measure. For warm-start initial data, we characterize the sharp asymptotic decay rate of the relative entropy and introduce asymptotic relaxation enhancing flows: sequences that achieve arbitrarily fast decay. We construct such flows on the torus by scaling cellular flows and pushing them forward via diffeomorphisms, and we extend the construction to the full space using a Lyapunov function method to control behavior at infinity without periodization, obtaining explicit finite energy flows that guarantee arbitrarily fast convergence under natural growth conditions on $U$.
title Accelerating sampling via asymptotic relaxation enhancing flows
topic Probability
Dynamical Systems
37A25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23981