Abstract
We propose an approach to implement the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) in two dimensions. With this approach the initial blocks of a lattice are built up directly from the matrix elements of a lattice and the topological characteristics of two-dimensional lattices are preserved in the iteration of DMRG. By applying it to the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on both square and triangular lattices, we find that this approach is significantly more efficient and accurate than other two-dimensional DMRG methods currently in use.
- Received 20 February 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.104414
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