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Life sciences · Preprint
arXiv · August 17, 2026
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This is an unrefereed preprint presenting iterative tensor network transformations (ITNT), a novel algorithmic framework for nonlinear element-wise operations on compressed tensor train data. The authors demonstrate the method on synthetic reactive flow simulation and combinatorial optimization problems, but the work remains at the methodological hypothesis stage without peer review, independent validation, or empirical comparison to competing approaches.
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ITNT enables element-wise evaluation of nonlinear elementary and filtering functions entirely in the compressed tensor train domain Framework demonstrated on 3D reactive flow field for reaction rate computation and region filtering Method applied to Max-SAT optimization on spaces up to 2^70 configurations
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Tensor networks are powerful formats for compressing large-scale data. However, their application to general data processing has been limited by the difficulty of performing nonlinear operations. Here, we introduce iterative tensor network transformations (ITNTs), a general algorithmic framework for the element-wise evaluation of elementary and nonlinear filtering functions on data encoded as tensor trains (TTs), a class of tensor networks. Our approach operates entirely in the compressed domain, enabling efficient computation on exponentially large datasets while maintaining a controlled computational cost. We demonstrate its power in two key areas: (I) evaluating highly nonlinear elementary and filtering functions on a 3D reactive flow field, enabling high-fidelity reaction rate computation and region filtering, and (II) finding extrema in complex optimization problems, such as solving Max-SAT instances on spaces up to $2^{70}$ configurations. These results establish ITNT as a foundational tool that provides tensor network methods with the capability for general-purpose data science and large-scale optimization.
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