arXiv Machine Learning June 25, 2026 By Philipp Grohs, Davide Nobile

Is Variational Monte Carlo Robust? Sharp Moment Thresholds and Heavy-tailed Stochastic Optimization

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arXiv:2606. 26009v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Variational Monte Carlo (VMC) is a central algorithm in electronic structure theory and has gained renewed importance through modern neural-network ans\"atze such as FermiNet.

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