A Note on the Zolotarev optimal rational approximation for the overlap Dirac operator

We discuss the salient features of Zolotarev optimal rational approximation for the inverse square root function, in particular, for its applications in lattice QCD with overlap Dirac quark. The theoretical error bound for the matrix-vector multiplication

H_w (H_w^2)^{-1/2}Y

is derived. We check that the error bound is always satisfied amply, for any QCD gauge configurations we have tested. An empirical formula for the error bound is determined, together with its numerical values (by evaluating elliptic functions) listed in Table 2 as well as plotted in Figure 3. Our results suggest that with Zolotarev approximation to

(H_w^2)^{-1/2}

, one can practically preserve the exact chiral symmetry of the overlap Dirac operator to very high precision, for any gauge configurations on a finite lattice.

12.38.Gc
11.30.Rd
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operator: Dirac
approximation: rational
fermion: lattice field theory
numerical methods
numerical calculations

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