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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

We present a super-polynomial improvement in the precision scaling of quantum simulations for coupled classical-quantum systems in this paper. Such systems are found, for example, in molecular dynamics simulations within the…

While it is well-known that quantum mechanics can be reformulated in terms of a path integral representation, it will be shown that such a formulation is also possible in the case of classical mechanics. From Koopman-von Neumann theory,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-11 James Shee

A number of recent studies have proposed that linear representations are appropriate for solving nonlinear dynamical systems with quantum computers, which fundamentally act linearly on a wave function in a Hilbert space. Linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Yen Ting Lin , Robert B. Lowrie , Denis Aslangil , Yiğit Subaşı , Andrew T. Sornborger

To simulate plasma phenomena, large-scale computational resources have been employed in developing high-precision and high-resolution plasma simulations. One of the main obstacles in plasma simulations is the requirement of computational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Hayato Higuchi , Yuki Ito , Kazuki Sakamoto , Keisuke Fujii , Akimasa Yoshikawa

Deterministic dynamical models are discussed which can be described in quantum mechanical terms. In particular, a local quantum field theory is presented which is a supersymmetric classical model. -- The Hilbert space approach of Koopman…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans-Thomas Elze

The Koopman-von Neumann equation describes the evolution of wavefunctions associated with autonomous ordinary differential equations and can be regarded as a quantum physics-inspired formulation of classical mechanics. The main advantage…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Stefan Klus , Feliks Nüske , Patrick Gelß

Based on Koopman's theory of classical wavefunctions in phase space, we present the Koopman-van Hove (KvH) formulation of classical mechanics as well as some of its properties. In particular, we show how the associated classical Liouville…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-07-05 François Gay-Balmaz , Cesare Tronci

Quantum computation offers potential exponential speedups for simulating certain physical systems, but its application to nonlinear dynamics is inherently constrained by the requirement of unitary evolution. We propose the quantum Koopman…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Baoyang Zhang , Zhen Lu , Yaomin Zhao , Yue Yang

Upon revisiting the Hamiltonian structure of classical wavefunctions in Koopman-von Neumann theory, this paper addresses the long-standing problem of formulating a dynamical theory of classical-quantum coupling. The proposed model not only…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-09-06 Denys I. Bondar , François Gay-Balmaz , Cesare Tronci

We construct quantum algorithms to compute the solution and/or physical observables of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi equations (HJE) via linear representations or exact mappings between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Shi Jin , Nana Liu , Yue Yu

Quantum dynamics for arbitrary system are traditionally realized by time evolutions of wave functions in Hilbert space and/or density operators in Liouville space. However, the traditional simulations may occasionally turn out to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-20 Gombojav O. Ariunbold

The quantum-classical Liouville equation describes the dynamics of a quantum subsystem coupled to a classical environment. It has been simulated using various methods, notably, surface-hopping schemes. A representation of this equation in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-11-17 Hyojoon Kim , Ali Nassimi , Raymond Kapral

The Koopman--von Neumann (KvN) formulation of spectrally truncated fluid and plasma dynamics is considered as a potential approach for quantum computation. The KvN framework embeds the Liouville equation into a Hilbert space with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Aleksandar Jemcov , Scott C. Morris

Although quantum computing holds promise to accelerate a wide range of computational tasks, the quantum simulation of quantum dynamics as originally envisaged by Feynman remains the most promising candidate for achieving quantum advantage.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 Sam Cochran , James Stokes , Paramsothy Jayakumar , Shravan Veerapaneni

Nelson's stochastic mechanics links quantum mechanics to an underlying Brownian motion with the identification $\hbar = m\sigma$. Ghose's interpolating equation introduces a continuous parameter $\lambda$ that suppresses the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Partha Ghose

The Liouville equation differs from the von Neumann equation 'only' by a characteristic superoperator. We demonstrate this for Hamiltonian dynamics, in general, and for the Jaynes-Cummings model, in particular. -- Employing superspace…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-11 Hans-Thomas Elze , Giovanni Gambarotta , Fabio Vallone

Koopman and von Neumann (KvN) extended the Liouville equation by introducing a phase space function $S^{(K)}(q,p,t)$ whose physical meaning is unknown. We show that a different $S(q,p,t)$, with well-defined physical meaning, may be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-21 Ulf Klein

Quantum algorithms for Hamiltonian simulation and linear differential equations more generally have provided promising exponential speed-ups over classical computers on a set of problems with high real-world interest. However, extending…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Noah Brüstle , Nathan Wiebe

Classical mechanics, in the Koopman-von Neumann formulation, is described in Hilbert space. It is shown here that classical canonical transformations are generated by Hermitian operators that are in general noncommutative. This naturally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Mustafa Amin
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