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Using a combination of recurrent neural networks and signature methods from the rough paths theory we design efficient algorithms for solving parametric families of path dependent partial differential equations (PPDEs) that arise in pricing…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2020-11-24 Marc Sabate-Vidales , David Šiška , Lukasz Szpruch

The manner in which probability amplitudes of paths sum up to form wave functions of a harmonic oscillator, as well as other, simple 1-dimensional problems, is described. Using known, closed-form, path-based propagators for each problem, an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Randall M. Feenstra

As a main step in the numerical solution of control problems in continuous time, the controlled process is approximated by sequences of controlled Markov chains, thus discretising time and space. A new feature in this context is to allow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Markus Fischer , Markus Reiss

We propose a formalism to analyze discrete stochastic processes with finite-state-level N. By using an (N+1)-dimensional representation of su(2) Lie algebra, we re-express the master equation to a time-evolution equation for the state…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-10-27 Takashi Arai

A numerical method for coupled 3D-1D problems with discontinuous solutions at the interfaces is derived and discussed. This extends a previous work on the subject where only continuous solutions were considered. Thanks to properly defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-04 Stefano Berrone , Denise Grappein , Stefano Scialò

A new method of solution is proposed for solution of the wave equation in one space dimension with continuously-varying coefficients. By considering all paths along which information arrives at a given point, the solution is expressed as an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-11 Jithin D. George , David I. Ketcheson , Randall J. LeVeque

An efficient computational algorithm to price financial derivatives is presented. It is based on a path integral formulation of the pricing problem. It is shown how the path integral approach can be worked out in order to obtain fast and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Montagna , O. Nicrosini , N. Moreni

Quantum transition amplitudes are formulated for a model system with local internal time, using path integrals. The amplitudes are shown to be more regular near a turning point of internal time than could be expected based on existing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-19 M. M. Amaral , Martin Bojowald

In this paper, we investigate Hamiltonian path problem in the context of split graphs, and produce a dichotomy result on the complexity of the problem. Our main result is a deep investigation of the structure of $K_{1,4}$-free split graphs…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-11-28 P. Renjith , N. Sadagopan

In this paper, the recoverable robust shortest path problem under interval uncertainty representations is discussed. This problem is known to be strongly NP-hard and also hard to approximate in general digraphs. In this paper, the class of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Marcel Jackiewicz , Adam Kasperski , Pawel Zielinski

In this note, we propose polynomial-time algorithms solving the Monge and Kantorovich formulations of the $\infty$-optimal transport problem in the discrete and finite setting. It is the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-27 Meyer Scetbon

The evolution of a continuous time Markov process with a finite number of states is usually calculated by the Master equation - a linear differential equations with a singular generator matrix. We derive a general method for reducing the…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2012-07-19 Daniel Soudry , Ron Meir

In this paper we consider discrete time stochastic optimal control problems over infinite and finite time horizons. We show that for a large class of such problems the Taylor polynomials of the solutions to the associated Dynamic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-26 Arthur J Krener

Solving the reactive low-Mach Navier-Stokes equations with high-order adaptive methods in time is still a challenging problem, in particular due to the handling of the algebraic variables involved in the mass constraint. We focus on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Laurent François , Joël Dupays , Dmitry Davidenko , Marc Massot

Discrete signatures are invariants computed from time series corresponding to the discretised version of the signature of paths. We study the algebraic varieties arising from their images, the discrete signature varieties. We introduce them…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-13 Carlo Bellingeri , Raul Penaguiao

We bring a control perspective to the problem of identifying paths of measures for sampling via dynamic measure transport (DMT). We highlight the fact that commonly used paths may be poor choices for DMT and connect existing methods for…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-07 Aimee Maurais , Bamdad Hosseini , Youssef Marzouk

We derive an exact solution for a simple non-autonomous delay differential equation (DDE) over the entire real-time axis, representing it as a sum of Gaussian-shaped dynamics with distinct peak positions. This marks the first explicit…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Kenta Ohira

The Teukolsky Master Equation is the basic tool for study of perturbations of the Kerr metric in linear approximation. It admits separation of variables, thus yielding the Teukolsky Radial Equation and the Teukolsky Angular Equation. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-25 Plamen P. Fiziev

We present a novel probabilistic approach for optimal path experimental design. In this approach a discrete path optimization problem is defined on a static navigation mesh, and trajectories are modeled as random variables governed by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Ahmed Attia

The Master equation describes the time evolution of the probabilities of a system with a discrete state space. This time evolution approaches for long times a stationary state that will in general depend on the initial probability…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-03-09 Bernd Fernengel , Barbara Drossel