Optimal Error Estimates for First-Order Gaussian Beam Approximations to the Schrödinger Equation

DOI10.1137/130935720zbMath1312.81077OpenAlexW2045391874MaRDI QIDQ5245395

Chunxiong Zhen

Publication date: 8 April 2015

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/130935720

zbMATH Keywords

causticsmoving frameoptimal error estimateWKB analysisGaussian beams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integral transforms in distribution spaces (46F12) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M25) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Asymptotic analysis in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M35)

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