The Tensor-Network Kinetic Solver - Classical, Deployable Today
The kinetic distribution function is highly compressible in a low-rank tensor-network representation, and that yields a practical classical solver, not a storage trick. On a 1D1V BGK test, a matrix-product-state truncation reaches relative-L² error 2×10−⁴ at rank 8 using ~0.19× the dense storage, with the error falling exponentially in rank. Unlike the fault-tolerant-horizon quantum route, this runs today.
Authors
- Priyanca Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-1752)
Institutions
- Fusion for Energy (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22132192
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Type
- preprint