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We propose a method for solving the time independent Schr\"odinger equation based on the von Neumann (vN) lattice of phase space Gaussians. By incorporating periodic boundary conditions into the vN lattice [F. Dimler et al., New J. Phys.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Asaf Shimshovitz , David J. Tannor

The von Neumann lattice refers to a discrete basis of Gaussians located on a lattice in phase space. It provides an attractive approach for solving quantum mechanical problems, allowing the pruning of tensor-product basis sets using phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-15 Shai Machnes , Elie Assémat , David Tannor

The Koopman-von Neumann (KvN) formulation brings classical mechanics to Hilbert space, but many techniques familiar from quantum mechanics remain missing. One would hope to solve eigenvalue problems, obtain orthonormal eigenstates of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Mustafa Amin , Mark A. Walton

The Koopman-von Neumann (KvN) formalism recasts classical mechanics in a Hilbert space framework using complex wavefunctions and linear operators, akin to quantum mechanics. Instead of evolving probability densities in phase space (as in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Xinfeng Gao , Olivier Pfister , Stefan Bekiranov

In this paper, we present a variational treatment of the linear dependence for a non-orthogonal time-dependent basis set in solving the Schr\"odinger equation. The method is based on: i) the definition of a linearly independent working…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Loïc Joubert-Doriol

We consider the numerical integration of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a potential trap given by a time-dependent harmonic potential or a small perturbation thereof. Splitting methods are frequently used with Fourier techniques since…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Philipp Bader , Sergio Blanes

A variationally improved Sturmian approximation for solving time-independent Schr\"odinger equation is developed. This approximation is used to obtain the energy levels of a quartic anharmonic oscillator, a quartic potential, and a Gaussian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ali Mostafazadeh

Linear combinations of complex gaussian functions, where the linear and nonlinear parameters are allowed to vary, are shown to provide an extremely flexible and effective approach for solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation in one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-08 Simen Kvaal , Caroline Lasser , Thomas Bondo Pedersen , Ludwik Adamowicz

We introduce a numerical method for the solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation with a smooth potential, based on its reformulation as a Volterra integral equation. We present versions of the method both for periodic boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Jason Kaye , Alex Barnett , Leslie Greengard

This work addresses a central challenge in the numerical analysis of the cutoff spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation: the development of rigorously justified, accurate numerical schemes. We present (i) a novel Fourier spectral method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Yanzhi Gui , Ling-Bing He , Liu Liu

This report is concerned with the efficiency of numerical methods for simulating quantum spin systems, with the aim to implement an improved method for simulation of a time-dependent Hamiltonian that displays chirped pulses at a high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Danny Goodacre

The time-dependent variational principle is used to optimize the linear and nonlinear parameters of Gaussian basis functions to solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation in 1 and 3 dimensions for a one-body soft Coulomb potential in a…

This paper proposes a numerical method for solving time-dependent Schrodinger equations with finite spectral bandwidth, which applies to both periodic and non-periodic cases. We introduce the concept of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-23 Qi-Ming Chen , Re-Bing Wu

A variational technique is established to deal with the Schrodinger equation with parity-time(PT) symmetric Gaussian complex potential. The method is extended to the linear and self-focusing and defocusing nonlinear cases. Some unusual…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-03-09 Sumei Hu , Guo Liang , Shanyong Cai , Daquan Lu , Qi Guo , Wei Hu

An efficient solver for the three dimensional free-space Poisson equation is presented. The underlying numerical method is based on finite Fourier series approximation. While the error of all involved approximations can be fully controlled,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Lukas Exl

A Gaussian resolution method for the computation of equilibrium density matrices rho(T) for a general multidimensional quantum problem is presented. The variational principle applied to the ``imaginary time'' Schroedinger equation provides…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Frantsuzov , A. Neumaier , V. A. Mandelshtam

We introduce a scalable variational method for simulating the dynamics of interacting open quantum bosonic systems deep in the quantum regime. The method is based on a multi-dimensional Wigner phase-space representation and employs a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-21 Jacopo Tosca , Francesco Carnazza , Luca Giacomelli , Cristiano Ciuti

Quantum computers can be used to simulate nonlinear non-Hamiltonian classical dynamics on phase space by using the generalized Koopman-von Neumann formulation of classical mechanics. The Koopman-von Neumann formulation implies that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-27 Ilon Joseph

This paper introduces a new accurate model for periodic fractional optimal control problems (PFOCPs) using Riemann-Liouville (RL) and Caputo fractional derivatives (FDs) with sliding fixed memory lengths. The paper also provides a novel…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-26 Kareem T. Elgindy

The paper introduces a new meshfree pseudospectral method based on Gaussian radial basis functions (RBFs) collocation to solve fractional Poisson equations. Hypergeometric functions are used to represent the fractional Laplacian of Gaussian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-01 Xiaochuan Tian , Yixuan Wu , Yanzhi Zhang
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