PIRSA:14050039

A polynomial-time algorithm for the ground state of 1D gapped local Hamiltonians

Vidick, T. (2014). A polynomial-time algorithm for the ground state of 1D gapped local Hamiltonians. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14050039

Vidick, Thomas. A polynomial-time algorithm for the ground state of 1D gapped local Hamiltonians. Perimeter Institute, May. 14, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14050039 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14050039,
            doi = {10.48660/14050039},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14050039},
            author = {Vidick, Thomas},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {A polynomial-time algorithm for the ground state of 1D gapped local Hamiltonians},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:14050039 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Thomas Vidick Weizmann Institute of Science

Talk numberPIRSA:14050039
DOI10.48660/14050039
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series

Abstract

Computing ground states of local Hamiltonians is a fundamental problem in condensed matter physics. We give the first randomized polynomial-time algorithm for finding ground states of gapped one-dimensional Hamiltonians: it outputs an (inverse-polynomial) approximation, expressed as a matrix product state (MPS) of polynomial bond dimension. The algorithm combines many ingredients, including recently discovered structural features of gapped 1D systems, convex programming, insights from classical algorithms for 1D satisfiability, and new techniques for manipulating and bounding the complexity of MPS. Our result provides one of the first major classes of Hamiltonians for which computing ground states is provably tractable despite the exponential nature of the objects involved. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-style-parent:""; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}