Matrix product states, geometry, and invariant theory

Matrix product states play an important role in quantum information theory to represent states of many-body systems. They can be seen as low-dimensional subvarieties of a high-dimensional tensor space. In these notes, we consider two variants: homogeneous matrix product states and uniform matrix pro...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-12
Main Author: Seynnaeve, Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Information theory
Invariants
Mathematical analysis
Polynomials
Quantum phenomena
Tensors
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Summary:Matrix product states play an important role in quantum information theory to represent states of many-body systems. They can be seen as low-dimensional subvarieties of a high-dimensional tensor space. In these notes, we consider two variants: homogeneous matrix product states and uniform matrix product states. Studying the linear spans of these varieties leads to a natural connection with invariant theory of matrices. For homogeneous matrix product states, a classical result on polynomial identities of matrices leads to a formula for the dimension of the linear span, in the case of 2x2 matrices. These notes are based partially on a talk given by the author at the University of Warsaw during the thematic semester "AGATES: Algebraic Geometry with Applications to TEnsors and Secants", and partially on further research done during the semester. This is still a preliminary version; an updated version will be uploaded over the course of 2023.
ISSN:2331-8422