The existence of positive representations for complex weights

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/40/31/016zbMATH Open1121.82009arXiv0706.4359OpenAlexW3098696140MaRDI QIDQ5757601FDOQ5757601

Authors: L. L. Salcedo 

Publication date: 7 September 2007

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The necessity of computing integrals with complex weights over manifolds with a large number of dimensions, e.g., in some field theoretical settings, poses a problem for the use of Monte Carlo techniques. Here it is shown that very general complex weight functions P(x) on R^d can be represented by real and positive weights p(z) on C^d, in the sense that for any observable f, <f(x)>_P = <f(z)>_p, f(z) being the analytical extension of f(x). The construction is extended to arbitrary compact Lie groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4359

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zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo methodsprobability density functionLangevin approachHodge's decomposition theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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