Quantum spectral methods for differential equations

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DOI10.1007/S00220-020-03699-ZzbMATH Open1444.81011arXiv1901.00961OpenAlexW3102764375MaRDI QIDQ2174656FDOQ2174656

Jin-Peng Liu, Andrew M. Childs

Publication date: 21 April 2020

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recently developed quantum algorithms address computational challenges in numerical analysis by performing linear algebra in Hilbert space. Such algorithms can produce a quantum state proportional to the solution of a d-dimensional system of linear equations or linear differential equations with complexity mathrmpoly(logd). While several of these algorithms approximate the solution to within epsilon with complexity mathrmpoly(log(1/epsilon)), no such algorithm was previously known for differential equations with time-dependent coefficients. Here we develop a quantum algorithm for linear ordinary differential equations based on so-called spectral methods, an alternative to finite difference methods that approximates the solution globally. Using this approach, we give a quantum algorithm for time-dependent initial and boundary value problems with complexity mathrmpoly(logd,log(1/epsilon)).


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.00961





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