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arXiv:2609.27132

Exact Equivariance from Ordinary Neural Networks for Lattice Many-Body Dynamics

Ho Jang, Sankha Subhra Bakshi, Gia-Wei Chern

Published Sep 22, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

Large-scale simulations of correlated electron systems require repeated evaluations of the electronic forces and transition energies driving collective dynamics. Machine-learning surrogates alleviate this bottleneck, but incorporating symmetry often involves carefully designed descriptors or specialized network architectures. We show that ordinary multilayer perceptrons equipped with finite-group averaging provide exactly equivariant surrogates directly from microscopic configurations. The construction separates symmetry enforcement from the internal network architecture and applies to both discrete and continuous lattice degrees of freedom. In the Falicov--Kimball model, it predicts directional hopping free-energy differences; in the Holstein model, its invariant limit generates conservative lattice forces. Benchmarks against exact diagonalization establish microscopic accuracy and agreement of dynamical correlations, while large-scale simulations recover multiscale charge ordering and charge-density-wave coarsening. These results demonstrate an accessible, reusable route to symmetry-preserving many-body dynamics for systems with finite lattice point groups.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2609.27132

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