Producing tensor network diagrams

[hws1302]

Hi, really sorry if this is not the correct place to put this just was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for producing tensor network diagrams in the same style as those on the blog post. Thanks so much in advance :)

[emstoudenmire]

Not a problem and thanks for asking. The answer might surprise you, which is that I just make them in Apple Keynote. I believe one could make similarly good diagrams in Powerpoint or Google Slides. The main trick to get them to look this way is to use shapes with a border width of 4 pixels, lines of the same width, and then use keyboard commands to rigidly move the shapes by a fixed spacing. For the Latex symbols in the image above, one can either use built-in Latex support in presentation software or use helper apps like Latexit on Mac to drag and drop small pdf's into the presentation.

[emstoudenmire]

In the future I'd love it if there was dedicated software for making tensor diagrams. We have some early prototypes at Flatiron but not finalized yet. You may also be interested in the TensorTrace software by Glen Evenbly.

[hws1302]

Hey @emstoudenmire thank you so much for the reply. I went with powerpoint in the end using IguanaTeX which has worked nicely! :)

[emstoudenmire]

Glad to hear it!

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Hey @emstoudenmire https://github.com/emstoudenmire thank you so much for the reply. I went with powerpoint in the end using IguanaTeX which has worked nicely! :)

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