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    Generalized Lanczos method for systematic optimization of neural-network quantum states

    Jia-Qi Wang1,2, Rong-Qiang He1,2,*, and Zhong-Yi Lu1,2,3,†

    • *Contact author: rqhe@ruc.edu.cn
    • †Contact author: zlu@ruc.edu.cn

    Phys. Rev. B 113, 085120 – Published 11 February, 2026

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/m4c7-qz8l

    Abstract

    Recently, artificial intelligence for science has made significant inroads into various fields of natural science research. In the field of quantum many-body computation, researchers have developed numerous ground-state solvers based on neural-network quantum states (NQSs), achieving ground-state energies with accuracy comparable to or surpassing traditional methods such as variational Monte Carlo methods, density matrix renormalization group, and quantum Monte Carlo methods. Here, we combine supervised learning, variational Monte Carlo (VMC) and the Lanczos method to develop a systematic approach to improving the NQSs of many-body systems, which we refer to as the NQS Lanczos method. The algorithm mainly consists of two parts: the supervised learning part and the VMC optimization part. Through supervised learning, the Lanczos states are represented by the NQSs. Through VMC, the NQSs are further optimized. We analyze the reasons for the underfitting problem and demonstrate how the NQS Lanczos method systematically improves the energy in the highly frustrated regime of the two-dimensional Heisenberg J1−J2 model. Compared to the existing method that combines the Lanczos method with the restricted Boltzmann machine, the primary advantage of the NQS Lanczos method is its linearly increasing computational cost.

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