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arxiv: 1112.5866 · v2 · pith:TT554AVVnew · submitted 2011-12-26 · 🪐 quant-ph

Structure of Fermionic Density Matrices: Complete N-representability Conditions

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keywords conditionsdensityknownmatrixn-representabilityamenableappearbipolar
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We present a constructive solution to the N-representability problem---a full characterization of the conditions for constraining the two-electron reduced density matrix (2-RDM) to represent an N-electron density matrix. Previously known conditions, while rigorous, were incomplete. Here we derive a hierarchy of constraints built upon (i) the bipolar theorem and (ii) tensor decompositions of model Hamiltonians. Existing conditions D, Q, G, T1, and T2, known classical conditions, and new conditions appear naturally. Subsets of the conditions are amenable to polynomial-time computations of strongly correlated systems.

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