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Because neural-network quantum states are a form of correlator product state, they can represent several well-known quantum states exactly, as the paper states.
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What the paper says, word for word
“Another immediate implication of the equivalence to CPS is that we are able to formulate exact NQS representations for a wide range of paradigmatic states, including superposition of weighed-graph states, the Laughlin state, toric code states, and the resonating valence bond state.”
From Clark (2018), arXiv 1710.03545. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 14 Oct 2026.
correlator product state (CPS):
A way of writing a lattice quantum state by gluing together states of small overlapping clusters of sites, called correlators, so that its amplitudes can be sampled exactly and efficiently.
neural-network quantum state (NQS):
A way of writing a quantum state with a neural network inspired by the restricted Boltzmann machine from machine learning.
resonating valence bond state:
A quantum state of a magnetic lattice system in which spins are paired into bonds, with the state being a superposition of many different pairing patterns.
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The paper
Unifying neural-network quantum states and correlator product states via tensor networks
Stephen R. L. Clark
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical · published 2018 · arXiv 1710.03545
Using tensor networks, the paper shows neural-network quantum states are a special form of correlator product states, and uses this to build exact representations of several paradigmatic quantum states.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 14 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
Neural-network quantum states are a machine-learning-inspired way of writing down the state of many interacting quantum particles. If they are a special case of correlator product states, results known for the latter carry over, and known states can be written as neural networks exactly. The paper says these examples point to using higher-dimensional hidden units and a second hidden layer, and to improving variational Monte Carlo methods for strongly correlated fermions.
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What the authors did
The author used the formalism of tensor networks, a diagram-based way of writing quantum states, to compare neural-network quantum states with correlator product states. This was a theoretical analysis rather than an experiment.
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What they found
Neural-network quantum states are a special form of correlator product states with novel properties.
They are correlator product states built from extensively sized GHZ-form correlators, linked to a canonical polyadic decomposition of a tensor, which makes them uniquely unbiased geometrically.
Exact representations follow for superpositions of weighted-graph states, the Laughlin state, toric code states and the resonating valence bond state.
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"Another immediate implication of the equivalence to CPS is that we are able to formulate exact NQS representations for a wide range of paradigmatic states, including superposition of weighed-graph states, the Laughlin state, toric code states, and the resonating valence bond state."
(Clark, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical, 2018)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): Because neural-network quantum states are a form of correlator product state, they can represent several well-known quantum states exactly, as the paper states.
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Refuted if there exists a state among the listed ones that cannot be represented exactly by any neural‑network quantum state using a finite hidden layer size and standard RBM architecture with polynomially many parameters.
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