arXiv:2506.06125math.OCcs.IT2025-06

用线性规划求自旋系统的局域期望值,保证严格上下界。

Convergence of linear programming hierarchies for Gibbs states of spin systems

  • 基于局部自旋翻转或马尔可夫链构建双线性规划层级
  • 在相关性衰减或快速混合条件下,误差ε时规模为n/ε的准多项式
  • 适合需要严格边界而非近似值的物理与计算场景

本文研究自旋系统在吉布斯分布下局域函数期望值的计算问题,提出两类线性规划层级方法。第一类基于局部自旋翻转对称性,在空间混合(相关性衰减)条件下实现快速收敛,例如二维以上伊辛模型高于临界温度时;第二类基于以吉布斯态为不动点的马尔可夫链,在链快速混合时同样收敛迅速。两种方法均能在交互可嵌入常数维网格的前提下,以大小为(n/ε)^(O(log n))的线性规划实现ε-近似。相比标准蒙特卡洛方法,该方法始终提供严格上界与下界,无需预先分析收敛速度。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We consider the problem of computing expectation values of local functions under the Gibbs distribution of a spin system. In particular, we study two families of linear programming hierarchies for this problem. The first hierarchy imposes local spin flip equalities and has been considered in the bootstrap literature in high energy physics. For this hierarchy, we prove fast convergence under a spatial mixing (decay of correlations) condition. This condition is satisfied for example above the critical temperature for Ising models on a $d$-dimensional grid. The second hierarchy is based on a Markov chain having the Gibbs state as a fixed point and has been studied in the optimization literature and more recently in the bootstrap literature. For this hierarchy, we prove fast convergence provided the Markov chain mixes rapidly. Both hierarchies lead to an $\varepsilon$-approximation for local expectation values using a linear program of size quasi-polynomial in $n/\varepsilon$, where $n$ is the total number of sites, provided the interactions can be embedded in a $d$-dimensional grid with constant $d$. Compared to standard Monte Carlo methods, an advantage of this approach is that it always (i.e., for any system) outputs rigorous upper and lower bounds on the expectation value of interest, without needing an a priori analysis of the convergence speed.

自旋系统线性规划吉布斯分布严格边界

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