Variational Quantum Crank-Nicolson and Method of Lines for the Solution of Initial Value Problems
arXiv:2404.07016 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.110.042415
Abstract
In this paper we use a Variational Quantum Algorithm to solve Initial Value Problems with the Implicit Crank-Nicolson and the Method of Lines (MoL) evolution schemes. The unknown functions use a spectral decomposition with the Fourier basis. The examples developed to illustrate the implementation are the Advection equation, the wave equation written as a system of first order coupled equations and the viscous Burgers equation as a non-linear case. The problems are solved using: i) standard Finite Differences as the solution to compare with, ii) the State Vector Formalism (SVF), and iii) the Sampling Error Formalism (SEF). The contributions of this paper include: 1) cost functions for generic first order in time PDEs using the implicit Crank-Nicholson and the MoL, 2) detailed convergence or self-convergence tests are presented for all the equations solved, 3) a system of three coupled PDEs is solved, 4) solutions using sampling error are presented, which highlights the importance of simulating the sampling process and 5) a fast version of the SVF and SEF was developed which can be used to test different optimizers faster.
14 pages, 7 figures. Accepted - Phys. Rev. A
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