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Global stationary phase and the sign problem.

André G Moreira1, Stephan A Baeurle, Glenn H Fredrickson

  • 1Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|November 13, 2003
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This study introduces a computational method to overcome the sign problem in high-dimensional integrals. It uses adaptive sampling with a positive semidefinite weight, ensuring a vanishing average gradient for improved accuracy.

Area of Science:

  • Computational physics
  • Numerical analysis
  • Statistical mechanics

Background:

  • High-dimensional integrals with nonpositive definite weights present a significant computational challenge due to the sign problem.
  • The sign problem hinders accurate evaluation in fields like quantum field theory and statistical mechanics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a computational strategy for mitigating the sign problem in high-dimensional integrals.
  • To enable accurate evaluation of integrals with analytic, nonpositive definite weight functions.

Main Methods:

  • A novel computational strategy employing stochastic sampling with an adaptively determined positive semidefinite weight.
  • The method optimizes the sampling weight based on a variational principle derived from analytic actions.

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  • A global stationary phase condition, where the average gradient of the phase ImS vanishes along the sampling path, is utilized.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated reduction of the sign problem in computational evaluations.
    • Successfully applied the method to a model from statistical field theories of classical fluids.
    • Numerical results validate the effectiveness of the adaptive sampling strategy.

    Conclusions:

    • The presented computational strategy offers an effective approach to address the sign problem in high-dimensional integration.
    • Adaptive optimization of sampling weights is crucial for accurate calculations involving complex weight functions.
    • The method shows promise for applications in statistical field theories and related computational domains.