文章简述了数值重正化群方法的历史发展,包括威耳逊(Wilson)的数值重正化群算法,S.R.White的密度矩阵重正化群方法,以及近期迅速发展的处理强关联量子系统的几种张量网络态与张量网络算法.在此基础上,文章重点介绍了作者最近提出的用于研究量子多体系统热力学性质的线性张量重正化群方法,以及该方法在一维和二维量子系统中的应用.
We review the development of numerical renormalization group methods, including Wilson's numerical renormalization group , White's density matrix renormalization group, and several recent rapidly developing tensor network state-based algorithms. Among these, particular emphasis is laid on the linearized tensor renormalization group method, which was recently proposed to accurately calculate the thermo dynamic properties of quantum many-body lattice systems, and which may have broad applications in both one- and two-dimensional quantum systems.