Inverse Mellin Transformation of Continuous Singular Value Decomposition: A Route to Holographic Renormalization

We examine holographic renormalization by singular value decomposition (SVD) of matrix data generated by a Monte Carlo snapshot of the two-dimensional (2D) classical Ising model at criticality. Taking the continuous limit of the SVD enables us to find the mathematical form of each SVD component by the inverse Mellin transformation as well as the power-law behavior of the SVD spectrum. We find that each SVD component is characterized by the two-point spin correlator with a finite correlation length. Then, the continuous limit of the decomposition index in the SVD corresponds to the inverse of the correlation length. These features strongly indicate that the SVD contains the same mathematical structure as the holographic renormalization.