Coupled Cluster Theory: Toward an Algebraic Geometry Formulation

DOI10.1137/22M1491113arXiv2211.10389OpenAlexW4392077624MaRDI QIDQ6202393FDOQ6202393

Authors: Fabian M. Faulstich, Mathias Oster 

Publication date: 26 March 2024

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Coupled cluster theory produced arguably the most widely used high-accuracy computational quantum chemistry methods. Despite the approach's overall great computational success, its mathematical understanding is so far limited to results within the realm of functional analysis. The coupled cluster amplitudes, which are the targeted objects in coupled cluster theory, correspond to solutions to the coupled cluster equations, which is a system of polynomial equations of at most fourth order. The high-dimensionality of the electronic Schr"odinger equation and the non-linearity of the coupled cluster ansatz have so far stalled a formal analysis of this polynomial system. In this article we present the first algebraic investigations that shed light on the coupled cluster equations and the root structure of this ansatz. This is of paramount importance for the a posteriori evaluation of coupled cluster calculations, where alternative benchmark procedures cannot be employed. To that end, we investigate the root structure by means of Newton polytopes. We derive a general v-description, which is subsequently turned into an h-description for explicit examples. This perspective reveals an apparent connection between Pauli's exclusion principle and the geometrical structure of the Newton polytopes. Moreover, we provide numerical simulations of two computationally tractable systems, namely, the two electrons in four spin orbitals system and the three electrons in six spin orbitals system. These simulations provide novel insight into the physicality of the coupled cluster solutions when the coupled cluster ansatz is truncated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10389

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zbMATH Keywords

homotopy continuationNewton polytopequantum many-body problemSchrödinger equationcoupled-cluster theoryBernstein-Khovanskii-Kushnirenko theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quasi-Newton type (90C53) Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Computational methods for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-08) Molecular physics (81V55) Computational aspects of higher-dimensional varieties (14Q15)

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