Feynman checkers: towards algorithmic quantum theory

DOI10.1070/RM10025MaRDI QIDQ6137292zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexey Ustinov

Publication date 1 September 2023

Published in Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.12879, http://mathnet.ru/eng/rm10025

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac equationFeynman checkerboardIsing modelquantum walkstationary phase methodYoung diagram

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Trigonometric and exponential sums (general theory) (11L03) Analytic theory of partitions (11P82) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Time-dependent Schrödinger equations and Dirac equations (35Q41) Quantum algorithms and complexity in the theory of computing (68Q12) Quantum computation (81P68) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

Abstract: We survey and develop the most elementary model of electron motion introduced by R.Feynman. In this game, a checker moves on a checkerboard by simple rules, and we count the turns. Feynman checkers are also known as a one-dimensional quantum walk or an Ising model at imaginary temperature. We solve mathematically a problem by R.Feynman from 1965, which was to prove that the discrete model (for large time, small average velocity, and small lattice step) is consistent with the continuum one. We study asymptotic properties of the model (for small lattice step and large time) improving the results by J.Narlikar from 1972 and by T.Sunada-T.Tate from 2012. For the first time we observe and prove concentration of measure in the small-lattice-step limit. We perform the second quantization of the model.

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