Finite element approximation in quantum theory

DOI10.1016/0378-4371(84)90229-2MaRDI QIDQ1079939zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carl M. Bender

Publication date 1984

Published in Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(84)90229-2

zbMATH Keywords

finite elementsMinkowski spaceMonte Carlooperator quantum field equationsoperator time-stepping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Review text

We use the method of finite elements to solve operator quantum field equations in Minkowski space directly. An accurate evaluation of a functional integral requires a great many Monte Carlo passes through the lattice. In our approach, we do operator time-stepping, which requires only one pass through the lattice. We believe that the finite element method is advantagenous in quantum field theory because, unlike other methods, it treats bosons and fermions on an equal footing. This is possible because in this method one does not introduce a finite difference approximation for derivatives.

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