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Continuum limit for a discrete Hodge-Dirac operator on square lattices

Mathematical Physics 2026-03-06 v1 Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

We study the continuum limit for Dirac-Hodge operators defined on the nn dimensional square lattice hZnh\mathbb{Z}^n as hh goes to 00. This result extends to a first order discrete differential operator the known convergence of discrete Schr\"odinger operators to their continuous counterpart. To be able to define such a discrete analog, we start by defining an alternative framework for a higher-dimensional discrete differential calculus. We believe that this framework, that generalize the standard one defined on simplicial complexes, could be of independent interest. We then express our operator as a differential operator acting on discrete forms to finally be able to show the limit to the continuous Dirac-Hodge operator.

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@article{arxiv.2304.00153,
  title  = {Continuum limit for a discrete Hodge-Dirac operator on square lattices},
  author = {Pablo Miranda and Daniel Parra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.00153},
  year   = {2026}
}
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