Estimating Green's functions with a robust quantum Arnoldi method

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Main Authors: Nelson, Jacob S., Baczewski, Andrew B.
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Published: 2026
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author Nelson, Jacob S.
Baczewski, Andrew B.
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Baczewski, Andrew B.
contents Many applications of Green's functions (GFs) require their evaluation over intervals or at multiple points, motivating quantum algorithms that return an efficiently computable functional representation rather than mere point estimates. We introduce a robust quantum Arnoldi method (ROQAM) that achieves this goal. Its robustness is derived from formulation in terms of orthogonal polynomials, which preserves the upper-Hessenberg structure of the projected matrices despite finite-precision estimation. We also show that as the iteration depth increases, the precision required for matrix-element estimation can be reduced. Resource estimates for the spectral function of a quantum impurity model indicate that ROQAM outperforms pointwise estimation via quantum singular value transformation by multiple orders of magnitude. Finally, we show that the ROQAM can be used to estimate GFs at nonzero temperatures using only a single Krylov subspace.
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spellingShingle Estimating Green's functions with a robust quantum Arnoldi method
Nelson, Jacob S.
Baczewski, Andrew B.
Quantum Physics
Many applications of Green's functions (GFs) require their evaluation over intervals or at multiple points, motivating quantum algorithms that return an efficiently computable functional representation rather than mere point estimates. We introduce a robust quantum Arnoldi method (ROQAM) that achieves this goal. Its robustness is derived from formulation in terms of orthogonal polynomials, which preserves the upper-Hessenberg structure of the projected matrices despite finite-precision estimation. We also show that as the iteration depth increases, the precision required for matrix-element estimation can be reduced. Resource estimates for the spectral function of a quantum impurity model indicate that ROQAM outperforms pointwise estimation via quantum singular value transformation by multiple orders of magnitude. Finally, we show that the ROQAM can be used to estimate GFs at nonzero temperatures using only a single Krylov subspace.
title Estimating Green's functions with a robust quantum Arnoldi method
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22920