WIAS Preprint No. 2109, (2015)

A random walk model for the Schrödinger equation



Authors

  • Wagner, Wolfgang

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 35Q41 60J25 81Q05

Keywords

  • Schrödinger equation, probabilistic representation, random walk model, piecewise deterministic Markov process

DOI

10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.2109

Abstract

A random walk model for the spatially discretized time-dependent Schrödinger equation is constructed. The model consists of a class of piecewise deterministic Markov processes. The states of the processes are characterized by a position and a complex-valued weight. Jumps occur both on the spatial grid and in the space of weights. Between the jumps, the weights change according to deterministic rules. The main result is that certain functionals of the processes satisfy the Schrödinger equation.

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