Mathematical Foundations of Modern Quantum Many-Body Theory


Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MATH 6940, Fall 2024


This is the official website for the reading course: Mathematical Foundations of Modern Quantum Many-Body Theory, held in Fall 2024

General information


Instructor: Fabian M. Faulstich

Time: Tue 3:00PM - 5:00PM Carnegie 102

Office Hours: Wed 8:00AM-9:00AM. 406 Amos Eaton Hall

Schedule

Date Topic Presenter
10/02 Hybrid grid/basis set discretizations of the Schrödinger equation Chanaka Mapa Mudiyanselage
10/09 Quantum Dynamical Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Jack Mandell
10/16 Even Shorter Quantum Circuit for Phase Estimation on Early Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers Ibrahim Abdulazeez
10/23 Quantum Chemical Calculation of Molecular Properties Talha Aziz
10/30 Linear scaling coupled cluster and perturbation theories in the atomic orbital basis Chanaka Mapa Mudiyanselage
11/06 A Quantum Engineer’s Guide to Superconducting Qubits Jack Mandell
11/13 Estimating Eigenenergies from Quantum Dynamics: A Unified Noise-Resilient Measurement-Driven Approach Ibrahim Abdulazeez
10/20 Convergence Analysis of Adaptive DIIS Algorithms with Application to Electronic Ground State Calculations Talha Aziz

Meetings marked with an asterisk (*) are subject to potential cancellation. In case this happens, the scheduled presenter for that date will present at the next occurring meeting, causing all subsequent presenters to be rescheduled to the following occuring dates.

Textbooks


Mathematics:

A Mathematical Introduction To Electronic Structure Theory by Lin Lin and Jianfeng Lu

Chemistry:

Molecular Electronic‐Structure Theory by Trygve Helgaker, Poul Jørgensen, Jeppe Olsen
Modern Quantum Chemistry: Introduction to Advanced Electronic Structure Theory by Attila Szabo and Neil S. Ostlund

Physics:

Additional Resources


Hybrid grid/basis set discretizations of the Schrödinger equation
by Steven R. White

Linear scaling coupled cluster and perturbation theories in the atomic orbital basis
by Gustavo E. Scuseria and Philippe Y. Ayala

Quantum Dynamical Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
by Owen Lockwood, Peter Weiss, Filip Aronshtein, Guillaume Verdon

A Quantum Engineer's Guide to Superconducting Qubits
by Philip Krantz, Morten Kjaergaard, Fei Yan, Terry P. Orlando, Simon Gustavsson, William D. Oliver

Even shorter quantum circuit for phase estimation on early fault-tolerant quantum computers with applications to ground-state energy estimation
by Zhiyan Ding, Lin Lin

Estimating Eigenenergies from Quantum Dynamics: A Unified Noise-Resilient Measurement-Driven Approach
by Yizhi Shen, Daan Camps, Aaron Szasz, Siva Darbha, Katherine Klymko, David B. Williams-Young, Norm M. Tubman, Roel Van Beeumen

Convergence Analysis of Adaptive DIIS Algorithms with Application to Electronic Ground State Calculations
by Maxime Chupin, Mi-Song Dupuy, Guillaume Legendre, Eric Séré

Molecular properties by Jurgen Gauss

Notes and Presentations


Chanaka Mapa Mudiyanselage: Hybrid grid/basis set discretizations of the Schrödinger equation

Jack Mandell Quantum Dynamical Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Ibrahim Abdulazeez Even Shorter Quantum Circuit for Phase Estimation on Early Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Talha Aziz Molecular properties

Chanaka Mapa Mudiyanselage: Linear scaling coupled cluster and perturbation theories in the atomic orbital basis

Jack Mandell A Quantum Engineer’s Guide to Superconducting Qubits

Ibrahim Abdulazeez Estimating Eigenenergies from Quantum Dynamics: A Unified Noise-Resilient Measurement-Driven Approach

Talha Aziz Convergence Analysis of Adaptive DIIS Algorithms with Application to Electronic Ground State Calculations