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@ARTICLE{Sarkar:890687,
author = {Sarkar, Avik and Lee, Dean},
title = {{C}onvergence of {E}igenvector {C}ontinuation},
journal = {Physical review letters},
volume = {126},
number = {3},
issn = {1079-7114},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01129},
pages = {032501},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Eigenvector continuation is a computational method that
finds the extremal eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a
Hamiltonian matrix with one or more control parameters. It
does this by projection onto a subspace of eigenvectors
corresponding to selected training values of the control
parameters. The method has proven to be very efficient and
accurate for interpolating and extrapolating eigenvectors.
However, almost nothing is known about how the method
converges, and its rapid convergence properties have
remained mysterious. In this Letter, we present the first
study of the convergence of eigenvector continuation. In
order to perform the mathematical analysis, we introduce a
new variant of eigenvector continuation that we call vector
continuation. We first prove that eigenvector continuation
and vector continuation have identical convergence
properties and then analyze the convergence of vector
continuation. Our analysis shows that, in general,
eigenvector continuation converges more rapidly than
perturbation theory. The faster convergence is achieved by
eliminating a phenomenon that we call differential folding,
the interference between nonorthogonal vectors appearing at
different orders in perturbation theory. From our analysis
we can predict how eigenvector continuation converges both
inside and outside the radius of convergence of perturbation
theory. While eigenvector continuation is a nonperturbative
method, we show that its rate of convergence can be deduced
from power series expansions of the eigenvectors. Our
results also yield new insights into the nature of
divergences in perturbation theory.},
ddc = {530},
pnm = {Nuclear Lattice Simulations $(jara0015_20200501)$},
pid = {$G:(DE-Juel1)jara0015_20200501$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.032501},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/890687},
}