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We present improved algorithms for fast calculation of the inverse square root for single-precision floating-point numbers. The algorithms are much more accurate than the famous fast inverse square root algorithm and have the same or…

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Residual entropy, which reflects the degrees of freedom in a system at absolute zero temperature, is crucial for understanding quantum and classical ground states. Despite its key role in explaining low-temperature phenomena and ground…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-20 Zenan Dai , Xiao Yan Xu

We combine a generic method for finding fast orthogonal transforms for a given quasi-Monte Carlo integration problem with the multilevel Monte Carlo method. It is shown by example that this combined method can vastly improve the efficiency…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Christian Irrgeher , Gunther Leobacher

An approximate treatment of exchange in finite-temperature path integral Monte Carlo simulations for fermions has been proposed. In this method, some of the fine details of density matrix due to permutations have been smoothed over or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. Y. Sun

A common way to simulate the transport and spread of pollutants in the atmosphere is via stochastic Lagrangian dispersion models. Mathematically, these models describe turbulent transport processes with stochastic differential equations…

A boundary-based net-exchange Monte Carlo method was introduced in [1] that allows to bypass the difficulties encountered by standard Monte Carlo algorithms in the limit of optically thick absorption (and/or for quasi-isothermal…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 V. Eymet , R. Fournier , S. Blanco , J. L. Dufresne

In this paper, we present a sparse grid-based Monte Carlo method for solving high-dimensional semi-linear nonlocal diffusion equations with volume constraints. The nonlocal model is governed by a class of semi-linear partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Changtao Sheng , Bihao Su , Chenglong Xu

This analysis proposes an analytical-numerical approach for providing solutions of a class of nonlinear fractional Klein-Gordon equation subjected to appropriate initial conditions in Caputo sense by using the Fractional Reduced…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Eman Abuteen , Asad Freihat , Mohammed Al-Smadi , Hammad Khalil , Rahmat Ali Khan

Starting from the recently proposed energy-based deviational formulation for solving the Boltzmann equation [J.-P. Peraud and N. G. Hadjiconstantinou, Phys. Rev. B 84, 2011], which provides significant computational speedup compared to…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jean-Philippe Peraud , Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou

While multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) methods for the numerical approximation of partial differential equations with random coefficients enjoy great popularity, combinations with spatial adaptivity seem to be rare. We present an adaptive MLMC…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-20 Ralf Kornhuber , Evgenia Youett

The partition function of a factor graph can sometimes be accurately estimated by Monte Carlo methods. In this paper, such methods are extended to factor graphs with negative and complex factors.

Computation · Statistics 2012-10-09 Mehdi Molkaraie , Hans-Andrea Loeliger

We present a novel technique to incorporate precision calculations from quantum chromodynamics into fully differential particle-level Monte-Carlo simulations. By minimizing an information-theoretic quantity subject to constraints, our…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-19 Benoît Assi , Stefan Höche , Kyle Lee , Jesse Thaler

Floating-point arithmetic performance determines the overall performance of important applications, from graphics to AI. Meeting the IEEE-754 specification for floating-point requires that final results of addition, subtraction,…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Lucas M. Dutton , Christopher Kumar Anand , Robert Enenkel , Silvia Melitta Müller

The quantum Monte Carlo methods represent a powerful and broadly applicable computational tool for finding very accurate solutions of the stationary Schroedinger equation for atoms, molecules, solids and a variety of model systems. The…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-01-28 Jindrich Kolorenc , Lubos Mitas

We use the technique of information relaxation to develop a duality-driven iterative approach to obtaining and improving confidence interval estimates for the true value of finite-horizon stochastic dynamic programming problems. We show…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Nan Chen , Xiang Ma , Yanchu Liu , Wei Yu

The auxiliary field diffusion Monte Carlo method uses imaginary-time projection techniques to accurately solve the ground-state wave function of atomic nuclei and infinite nuclear matter. In this work, we present a novel representation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-23 Jordan M. R. Fox , Alessandro Lovato , Alessandro Roggero , Ermal Rrapaj

We propose a sampling-based framework for finite-horizon trajectory and policy optimization under differentiable dynamics by casting controller design as inference. Specifically, we minimize a KL-regularized expected trajectory cost, which…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Heng Yang

The Iterative Quasi-Monte Carlo method, or iQMC, replaces standard quadrature techniques used in deterministic linear solvers with Quasi-Monte Carlo simulation for more accurate and efficient solutions to the neutron transport equation.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Samuel Pasmann , Ilham Variansyah , C. T. Kelley , Ryan G. McClarren

The calculation of thermal conductivity in insulating solids at temperatures below the Debye temperature is problematic, due to the breakdown of classical and semi-classical approaches. In this work, we present a fully quantum methodology…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-19 Vladislav Efremkin , Stefano Mossa , Jean-Louis Barrat , Markus Holzmann

The present work provides a critical assessment of numerical solutions of the space-fractional diffusion-advection equation, which is of high significance for applications in various natural sciences. In view of the fact that, in contrast…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-27 Robin Stern , Frederic Effenberger , Horst Fichtner , Tobias Schaefer