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Learning the Renyi entropy of multiple disjoint intervals in transverse-field quantum Ising models with a restricted Boltzmann machine

Han-Qing Shi, Hai-Qing Zhang

Published Nov 17, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

Renyi entropy with multiple disjoint intervals are computed from the improved swapping operations by two methods: One is from the direct diagonalization of the Hamiltonian and the other one is from the state-of-the-art machine learning method with neural networks. We use the paradigmatic transverse-field Ising model in one dimension to demonstrate the strategy of the improved swapping operation. In particular, we study the second Renyi entropy with two, three, and four disjoint intervals. We find that the results from the above two methods match each other very well within errors, which indicates that the machine learning method is applicable for calculating the Renyi entropy with multiple disjoint intervals. Moreover, as the magnetic field increases, the Renyi entropy grows as well until the system arrives at the critical point of the phase transition. However, as the magnetic field exceeds the critical value, the Renyi entropy will decrease since the system enters the paramagnetic phase. Overall, these results match the theoretical predictions very well and demonstrate the high accuracy of the machine learning methods with neural networks.

DOI: 10.1103/b8xy-nq85

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