Higher energy state approximations in the `Many Interacting Worlds' model

Abstract

In the `Many Interacting Worlds' (MIW) discrete Hamiltonian system approximation of Schr\"odinger's wave equation, introduced in \cite{hall_2014}, convergence of ground states to the Normal ground state of the quantum harmonic oscillator, via Stein's method, in Wasserstein-$1$ distance with rate $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{\log N}/N)$ has been shown in McKeague-Levin (2016), Chen-Thanh (2023), McKeague-Swan (2023). In this context, we construct approximate higher energy states of the MIW system, and show their convergence with the same rate in Wasserstein-$1$ distance to higher energy states of the quantum harmonic oscillator. In terms of techniques, we apply the `differential equation' approach to Stein's method, which allows to handle behavior near zeros of the higher energy states.